Public release date: 24-Oct-2007
New research investigates a possible link between iron deficiency in women and idiopathic cough. Italian researchers evaluated 16 healthy, non-smoking women, all of whom had normal lung function tests. All of the women suffered from chronic idiopathic cough and were iron deficient. Researchers found that these symptoms were strongly associated with extrathoracic airway hyperresponsiveness in all of the participants.
American College of Chest Physicians