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Dry cough followed by wet cough

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devendra
devendra

Hi

My daughter just 3 and half year old have recurrent cough, the condition starts as follows

1) She is just sitting inside home and started having brief dry cough once every 2 to 3 minutes

2) cough frequency increases to once every 4 to 5 seconds.

3) no other symptoms like fever, wheezing and shortness of breath

4) Administrated bronchodilator through puff and nebulizer, but no improvement observed in cough

5) Administrated corticosteroid through nebulizer in the night 

6) Next day the cough converts to wet cough with a frequency of cough every 2 to 3 hours

7) Administrated corticosteroid every day for five days but again the dry cough cycle started.

8) These cycles repeated for atleast 4 times in a month

9) Now we are adiministrating corticosteroid , levolin, antibiotic and sometimes benadryl (brown) as suggested by the doctor from last two weeks and the cycles does not started

10) Please note that we are also giving montelulast and levocitrezine from last 3 months 

Could you please help me know what is the possible cause, because i am so much confused whether she has asthma or something else because there is no wheezing

Please let me know if you need more information

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  • chris03990
    chris03990 devendra

    Posted

    If your daughter is no better after receiving treatment from the doctor, ask to be referred to a specialist if you are not too happy. As an ex teacher , I came across an alarming number of children who seemed to have coughs and breathing difficulties  , more alarming was the number  fobbed off with inhalers which in all likelihood were neither appropriate or necessary. Why treat for asthma if not necessary  I always believed. Only a specialist can put your mind at rest as the problem has gone on for too long
  • lucynewas
    lucynewas devendra

    Posted

    I'm assuming the treatment above has been prescribed by your doctor?  Has your daughter been referred to a paediatrician?
  • gtcttww
    gtcttww devendra

    Posted

    This may or may not apply to your daughter's condition, but I just have to put it out there.  I am a 54 year old house cleaner and I cannot believe the number of houses that I have cleaned where the children are on inhalers.  Once I clean the house, most of them are able to come off of the inhalers.  That tells me that the dust and animal hairs are a big problem for children.  Doctors don't usually ask how tidy the house is, they just write the dang prescriptions.  And guess what?  2 of the houses I clean regularly now are doctors!  One doctor's 5 year old daughter was hospitalized for a week a couple of years ago for asthma.  When I mentioned that dust aggrevates asthma, his reply was "she's not allergic to dust, she's allergic to dust mites."  I couldn't believe what I just heard.  She also has at least 200 (kid you not) stuffed animals in her room.  I've tried to get them to bag them up, but they refuse.  Anyhow, what I'm trying to say is I know for a fact that a lot of things cause allergies, asthma, breathing problems.... including dust, animal hair and dander, candles, air fresheners, musky clothes, dampness, too much dairy products, fragrances, carpets, etc....  I use to suffer from bronchitis twice a year for most of my life.  In the past 15 years,  I vacuum and dust more and have gotten rid of all the smelly things in my home.  Bronchitis free for 15 years now.  Please rethink the medicines and think more on the environment.  Sometimes, the best medicine is no medicine.
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