Re: Help With Child's Cough Please

From: Stormin Mormon (cayoung61-#spamblock*-_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:36:00 -0400

When I was about 10, I developed a constant cough. About
once every 15 seconds. We went to see the pediatrician, who
referred us to an allergy doctor.

There was a battery of tests, and they isolated and
identified the allergens. By removing a few foods from my
diet (and injections for the pollen) I was symptom free.

It wasn't a lot of fun, the testing involved about 200
scratches for skin sensetivity, followed by about 60 "skin
popper" syringes to test for sensetivity. 

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"tech27" <tech27@mail.anonymizer.com> wrote in message
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My daughter (4 years old, in excellent health otherwise),
has developed a
persistent cough. She coughs a bit during the day but it is
mostly in the
morning at just before bedtime. She also has coughing
episodes all through
the night. Before bedtime, after lying down for a while, the
coughing is
no-stop to the point where her stomach/chest hurts and she
sometimes vomits.
Her doctor prescribed 2 nebulizers, one with Flovent,
administered before
bedtime and in the morning, and another, Ratio-salbutamol,
given only before
bedtime.
Unfortunately, I didn't get much feedback from the doctor (I
didn't take her
in), and she (the doctor) isn't much for detailed
explanations.
What are these meds for and what are they meant to treat? I
don't know if
this is just a treatment or if it is going to become a
maintenance therapy?
She mentioned something about asthma and allergies,
suggested vacuuming the
bedroom carpet every day, washing stuffed animals, etc.
Sad when the doctor doesn't take the time to make things
clear to the
parents, but it was an "emergency" visit squeezed in at our
request.
Thanks.

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