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Six year old with chronic cough and fevers, going on 4 months now?
My 6 year old daughter first got sick in September. The 6th to be exact, it was my son's second birthday. Fever topping out at 102.7°, cough, runny nose, fatigue. I figured it was a back to school cold, like many of her classmates had, and it would go away. Within 5-7 days she was seeming to get better except for the cough but I know that coughs can linger so I kept an eye on it.
Well she has had this cough since then with fevers every few weeks/month. I took her to the pediatrician 6 weeks ago when it got bad again and he said it was probably walking pneumonia and gave a script for azithromyacin in case it has turned bacterial. She started feeling a little better, except for the cough.
Once again, she kept having fevers and was extremely tired so I took her to the emergency room on New Years Day. They did blood work and a chest x-ray which showed negative. Diagnosed her with bronchitis and sent us home. Her stomach muscles and throat hurt from coughing so much and I don't know what to do anymore.
I take her to see the pulmonologist at Children's on the 22nd, their first opening, but I don't know what to do until then. She is exhausted and miserable. Advice?
1 Answer
- formerly_bobLv 76 years ago
Based on this information, everything is consistent with bronchitis, although that isn't the only possibility. Viral infections can sometimes cause bronchitis and coughing to linger for months. The blood test rules out some of the more serious possibilities.
If you live in a place that has cold temperatures and your house has no humidifier, placing an evaporative humidifier (not the steam type) in her bedroom might help if the cough is actually caused by bronchitis. Her pediatrician could possibly prescribe a codeine-based cough suppressant to use primarily at night.
if nothing surfaces with the pulmonologist, allergies are another possibility, and maybe it would be worthwhile to have her tested for allergies in that event.
