Re: Help With Child's Cough Please

From: Joseph (js_at_mixmix.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:58:12 -0400

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"Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61-#spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2jrjqpF15996aU1@uni-berlin.de...
> 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
> news:OYDAc.113768$vn.280342@sea-read.news.verio.net...
> 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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