Symptoms
|
Definition
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Cough | Answered yes to: |
Do you usually cough first thing in the morning in the winter? |
or |
Do you usually cough during the day, or at night, in the winter? |
Sputum production | Answered yes to: |
Do you usually bring up any phlegm from your chest first thing in the morning in the winter? |
or |
Do you usually bring up any phlegm from your chest during the day or at night in the winter? |
Cough and sputum production | Both cough and sputum production as defined above |
Chronic bronchitis | Both cough and sputum production and answered yes to: |
Do you cough like this on most days for as much as 3 months each year? |
and |
Do you bring up phlegm like this on most days for as much as 3 months each year? |