Help with a cough in an almost 7 year old please.
Kyra's had this nasty cough for a couple weeks now. It started getting worse so we took her to her pedi. He said there is a respiratory (sp?) thing going around causing bad coughing. Gave her an antibiotic and said to keep up with the clariton in the morning, benadryl at night, saline nose spray when needed and cough drops. We're doing all that. Plus vicks on her chest and feet with socks and under her nose at night. The clariton doesn't help so we're switching to zyrtec tomorrow. She's halfway through the antibiotics.
What else can we do? The cough seems to be getting worse. While before it was just at bedtime it's now an all day thing. Poor kid can't finish a sentence without having to stop a few times with the coughing.
I plan to call her pedi monday or tuesday if it continues to get worse. In the meantime how can I help her with this?
Thanks!
What else can we do? The cough seems to be getting worse. While before it was just at bedtime it's now an all day thing. Poor kid can't finish a sentence without having to stop a few times with the coughing.
I plan to call her pedi monday or tuesday if it continues to get worse. In the meantime how can I help her with this?
Thanks!
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on Feb. 11, 2012 at 5:45 PM
Sounds like its going into bronchitis. Do you have a cool mist vaporizer, she probably needs one at her bedside. Air is dry so she is coughing, might get her some robitussin too.
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Wendy
on Feb. 11, 2012 at 5:47 PM
We don't have a vaporizer.
I don't recall the brand but we tried a few doses of a cough syrup and it didn't have any effect either. Sorry, forgot to add that in the OP.
I don't recall the brand but we tried a few doses of a cough syrup and it didn't have any effect either. Sorry, forgot to add that in the OP.
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Sounds like its going into bronchitis. Do you have a cool mist vaporizer, she probably needs one at her bedside. Air is dry so she is coughing, might get her some robitussin too.
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on Feb. 11, 2012 at 5:48 PM
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This is what we have been battled with this past Fall. I used Mucinex it's the best. I had my cough for 2 months. So it does take a long time to go away.
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on Feb. 11, 2012 at 5:51 PM
Mucinex is good, has 2 different decongestants. Sitting in the steamy room is good too, a vaporizer might be a good investment. Need to use distilled water in them.
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on Feb. 11, 2012 at 5:53 PM
my son get croup(sp?) all the time along with sinus infections and he is 6 we give him Chestal its a natural medicine and you give every 2 hours after the 2nd dose it stops his cough so he can sleep at night I'm not one of the mom who really care about natural and healthy as long as it works and don't kill then its great by me
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Wendy
on Feb. 11, 2012 at 6:02 PM
Thanks. I think I'll head back to the pharmacy and look at the mucinex. Not sure if we have any.
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Wendy
on Feb. 11, 2012 at 6:18 PM
I dug in the cabinet and found some mucinex. Gave her half a pill, hoping it helps.
Thanks, ladies.
Thanks, ladies.
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on Feb. 11, 2012 at 6:19 PM
Sounds like she needs nebulizer treatments. The cough lasted 5 weeks in our house :(
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