Cullen K J, Elder J, Adams A R, Stenhouse N S
Br Med J. 1970 Feb 14;1(5693):394-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5693.394.
A review of persons with chronic bronchitis and controls without bronchitis showed several irritants around the home that aggravated cough, such as house dust, flowers and grasses, smoke, strong fumes, hair spray, insecticide, and soap powders. Most subjects with bronchitis were affected by exposure to one or more of these irritants for at least once a day for three months of the year or more. Out of 163 subjects with chronic bronchitis only six non-smokers were free of factors associated with pulmonary irritation. This evidence from non-smokers not exposed to air pollution adds further strength to the hypothesis that daily phlegm is caused by persistent inhalation of irritants.
一项针对慢性支气管炎患者和无支气管炎对照人群的研究表明,家中有几种刺激物会加重咳嗽,如灰尘、花草、烟雾、浓烈气味、发胶、杀虫剂和洗衣粉。大多数支气管炎患者每年至少有三个月每天会接触到这些刺激物中的一种或多种。在163名慢性支气管炎患者中,只有6名不吸烟的患者没有与肺部刺激相关的因素。未接触空气污染的非吸烟者的这一证据进一步支持了每日咳痰是由持续吸入刺激物引起的这一假设。