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Son has a cough that wont go away!!?

My 14 month old has a cough that wont go away..he has had it for about a few months now. He had it for a few months last year as well from Christmas til about March, then it went away, now it has come back. He has seen his Doctor many many times. He has been on a nebulizer, allergy medicine, we have used a humidifier, EVERYTHING!. It is a wet cough that comes with a nasty runny nose too. I don't want to continue giving him medicine if its not helping him. Any suggestions?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    go to another doctor. because he is so young, you dont want to prolong the cough for a long time. it might be a bacteria or something more chronic. but get it checked out by another doctor and if needed a third doctor until you are satisfied..

  • 1 decade ago

    Ask if you can get him a chest xray to rule out pneumonia or infiltrates. Does he actually cough anything up? If he does, you can ask the doctor if he can order a sputum sample to check for bacteria, etc.

    Go to another doctor for a second opinion. That doesn't neccessarily mean that you won't see his current doctor anymore (unless you don't want to see that doctor anymore), you're just having someone look at it with fresh eyes.

  • 1 decade ago

    My child had had cough for 5 weeks and no one doctor was brave enough to prescribe antibiotics ... There was no high temperature so it is not bacterial it is viral or allergic was the answer ... Finally an old doctor prescribed her the antibiotics and she became OK within three days .

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    5 years ago

    i could wager that he has some thing like allergic bronchitis. I had that once a ordinary chilly. It became clinically determined once I stepped forward a cough that purely does not flow away. as quickly as the respiration tissues are aggravated, that is hard to calm them down returned. attempt some mandatory oils to do away with the bacterial or viral an infection that retains him coughing. Thieves oil combination will try this. upload Ocotea oil to appease the aggravated tissues. Use Copaiba to calm his physique's reaction to regardless of irritates his respiratory passage. because his subject many times happens at evening, you're able to evaluate what in his room could be demanding his bronchial tubes. Is the floor protecting different than interior of something of the living house? Do you wash his pajamas and bedding in gentle epidermis detergent like that made by technique of Arm and Hammer? in case you do no longer, he could be aggravated by technique of your laundry detergent. Are there scented infant care products in his room that are demanding him? issues that did no longer worsen him earlier will now make him cough. as quickly as I stepped forward a cough after a chilly, I had to sidestep all scented cleansing and kinfolk products. i could no longer even walk close to the aisle the place those products have been stocked. returned, in case you utilize mandatory oils products like those made by technique of youthful residing, he won't journey the inflammation because of the fact they are organic healing grade oils without chemical ingredients. touch me in case you like greater tips.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Sounds like an allergy. that is too long! Switch doctors.

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