DK what to do.. My daughter has had a cough for like 5 days.. I took her to the dr and she will not give her anything. My daughter is 22 months btw. She keeps coughing then shell start chocking... She just started getting a runny nose like 3 days ago.. She has no fever but i can tell the coughings bothering her.. all the dr said was stuff for home treatment.. like running hot shower in bathroom and sit in there with her etc it doesnt freaking work. Im getting annoyed shes waking her self up at night coughing does anybody have any other ideas
Seems to me like you were hoping they would give her drugs. WHY??? Why not try everything else....like what you were told? Have you even? It's not gonna be instant relief ya know. You have to keep on with it and eventually her cough will get better. Don't rely on medication when there are other means to treat it.
Try vicks on her feet covered in socks...it works great.
It sounds silly, but have you tried Vick's on the bottom of her feet (covered by socks)? I've found with my son it really helps him out. Could be just a very bad cold that has to run it course. BUT is there any history of asthma in the family? I know my son would ALWAYS have a really bad cough that lasted for days before/after his cold. He was diagnosed with asthma.......
baby saline nose spray, soothing vapors plug in and boil water on stove, put in hot sauce, chili powder and lots of pepper and boil. its better than a vaporizer. At 22 months they dont recommend cough meds but there are some u can give depending on her weight and I would question asthma or allergies too. watch for fever she'll need to go back and be seen. If its a congested cough ask about liquid prednisone or albuterol if its not better after trying the basic things.
My first suggestion is find another doctor.
You can try either the Vick's Plug In's or the Pedicare Plug In's. I would also suggested using a cool mist humidifer. The air in her room may be dry and that may be causing the coughing issue.
Other than not I'm not sure what to tell you.
Good Luck and I hope your LO feels better soon.
You have GOT to be kidding?? Find another Dr bc hers is apparently against unnecessary medicating a 1 yr old?? Wow.
Quoting mommyat37:
My first suggestion is find another doctor.
You can try either the Vick's Plug In's or the Pedicare Plug In's. I would also suggested using a cool mist humidifer. The air in her room may be dry and that may be causing the coughing issue.
Other than not I'm not sure what to tell you.
Good Luck and I hope your LO feels better soon.
your doctor told you what you need to do... i know its hard.. but there really is no medication to give her.. my son has the same thing.. but we did buy him a cold mist humidifier, and OMGthat worked wonders, especially at night... im sorry you feel helpless.. but an anti biotic isnt going to help.. it will run its course and be gone.. i cleaned our house.. and use the humidifier, and he has improved... have you tried getting one? we found a little frog one at target... very nice..
and when i say i cleaned my house.. it just means that i cleaned the door knobs, the phones, anything that gets touched very often.. i also clean my sons toys nightly... i want germs in my home, but sometimes the ones that bring on the boogers... ewww... lots of hand washing and wetwips over knobs, remote controls, etc
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- Proudmama2009
on Feb. 12, 2009 at 2:20 PM