Dyspnoea follows a nocturnal coughing fit
A man in his 30s presents with dyspnoea after a late-night ‘coughing fit’
John, a 32-year-old software engineer, presents with a five-day history of worsening shortness of breath.
John reports that, five nights ago, he woke in the middle of the night gasping for breath and having a ‘coughing fit’, with an associated sensation that something was stuck in his throat.
