Violin teacher Constance Meyer’s chronic hacking cough was driving other people crazy. The mother of a new student figured out the cause — just in time.

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Dr. Duffy says asthma, reflux, post-nasal drip, and drugs like ACE inhibitors for blood pressure, cause the most coughs. GERD, or reflux, can cause coughing, although coughing can also cause GERD.

3. Congestion: A buildup of fluid in the lungs, often mistaken for the flu, can cause wheezing, shortness of breath, or a chronic cough, even without a respiratory infection. This "cardiac cough ...

“That cough’s going to give me a heart attack!” quipped one father, a doctor who had accompanied his young son to a lesson. Meyer’s own doctors couldn’t agree on a cause. One attributed ...