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COMMENTS AND OPINIONS
Association of Snoring With Chronic Bronchitis

Sonna Ifeacho, MRCS; Tony Narula, MA, FRCS, FRCS(Edin)

Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.

We read with interest the study by Baik et al.1 We note that chronic bronchitis was diagnosed on the basis of a positive history of chronic sputum production on most days for at least 3 months a year for at least 2 successive years.2

Chronic rhinosinusitis is characterized by nasal obstruction, rhinorrhea, postnasal drip, and anosmia.3 Similar to chronic bronchitis, these symptoms are also elicited by a positive history. Snoring may arise as a result of the nasal obstruction associated with chronic rhinosinusitis.

Data collection for the study by Baik et al1 was collated exclusively from questionnaires with no recourse to physical examination. Self-reported sputum production may well be postnasal drip. Therefore, without a full nasal examination, a diagnosis of chronic rhinosinusitis cannot be excluded and may be the cause of the snoring rather than chronic bronchitis.


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Correspondence: Dr Ifeacho, Department of . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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Association of Snoring With Chronic Bronchitis
Inkyung Baik, Jehyeong Kim, Robert D. Abbott, Soonjae Joo, Kihwan Jung, Sungyong Lee, Jaejeong Shim, Kwangho In, Kyungho Kang, Sehwa Yoo, and Chol Shin
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Association of Snoring With Chronic Bronchitis—Reply
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Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(17):1930.
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