prolong cough

have you had any experience/comments on prolong cough? DD 3.5yo gone
for chest x-ray and is fine. ped suspect sensitive lungs and put her
on some medication. he is worried that it may be the initial stage of
asthma. but she is not wheezing or have constant cough. cough usually
in the night. sounds rough but again, not that "many" coughs. just 2
or 3 rough coughs in the night.

thanks in advance for all contributions.

In article , Jean says...

have you had any experience/comments on prolong cough? DD 3.5yo gone
for chest x-ray and is fine. ped suspect sensitive lungs and put her
on some medication. he is worried that it may be the initial stage of
asthma. but she is not wheezing or have constant cough. cough usually
in the night. sounds rough but again, not that "many" coughs. just 2
or 3 rough coughs in the night.

thanks in advance for all contributions.

"Sensitive lungs" isn't much of a diagnosis. If you suspect asthma, see a
pediatric allergist.

Banty

On 22 Apr 2004 18:14:56 -0700, (Jean) wrote:

have you had any experience/comments on prolong cough? DD 3.5yo gone
for chest x-ray and is fine. ped suspect sensitive lungs and put her
on some medication. he is worried that it may be the initial stage of
asthma. but she is not wheezing or have constant cough. cough usually
in the night. sounds rough but again, not that "many" coughs. just 2
or 3 rough coughs in the night.

It sounds a little like a post-viral cough. My kids tend to have it
for up to a month after any kind of virus that causes them to cough.
My older son has been tentatively diagnosed with reactive airway
disorder which is apparently a diagnosis of the same thing as an
extended post-viral cough. It can be a sign that they may develop
asthma later but then it may not.


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Cheryl
Mum to Shrimp (11 Mar 99), Thud (4 Oct 00)
and Mischief (30 Jul 02)

Jean wrote:
have you had any experience/comments on prolong cough? DD 3.5yo gone
for chest x-ray and is fine. ped suspect sensitive lungs and put her
on some medication. he is worried that it may be the initial stage of
asthma. but she is not wheezing or have constant cough. cough usually
in the night. sounds rough but again, not that "many" coughs. just 2
or 3 rough coughs in the night.

thanks in advance for all contributions.

For the past two winters my daughter and I have had bad colds
accompanied by coughs that hung on up to 6 weeks. We just waited it
out. However - has your daughter had a cold? If she just had the cough
by itself, I'd at least suspect allergies. (But then, I live in
Atlanta, the pollen capital of the U.S., so any odd respiratory problem
at this time of year makes me think of allergies. Last year my daughter
suffered temporary moderate hearing loss because of it.)

Clisby

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have you had any experience/comments on prolong cough? DD 3.5yo gone
for chest x-ray and is fine. ped suspect sensitive lungs and put her
on some medication. he is worried that it may be the initial stage of
asthma. but she is not wheezing or have constant cough. cough usually
in the night. sounds rough but again, not that "many" coughs. just 2
or 3 rough coughs in the night.

thanks in advance for all contributions.

Has she had a bad case of pneumonia or bronchitis in the past? I had a bad
case after my son was born and since then, I have developed asthma (in
addition to other allergy symptoms that have been there forever). The
biggest symptom is that I get a barking-like cough, mostly at night. I take
claritin everyday and it seems to be under control. My son has seasonal
allergies that present as a persistent cough as well but when he takes
claritin he's fine. Have you tried some kind of antihistimine? Claritin
comes in a liquid form as well as those dissolvable tablets that just melt
on your tongue. Probably wouldn't hurt to just try it.

Leigh

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have you had any experience/comments on prolong cough? DD 3.5yo gone
for chest x-ray and is fine. ped suspect sensitive lungs and put her
on some medication. he is worried that it may be the initial stage of
asthma. but she is not wheezing or have constant cough. cough usually
in the night. sounds rough but again, not that "many" coughs. just 2
or 3 rough coughs in the night.

thanks in advance for all contributions.

My 5 yr old had a cough for months. The Drs thought it was allergies - even
the ENT. Nothing helped. We thought it was a nervous tic, and it went away
on its own.

Sophie
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