HELP! Daughter can't stop coughing?!


Question: HELP! Daughter can't stop coughing?
My 3 yr. old daughter can't seem to stop coughing, especially when she sleeps. She's been coughing off and on since July/August of 2010. She's gone through 3 doctors, who gave her antibiotics and other prescribed medicines that worked for the first 3-4 days and stopped working afterwards. She has gotten her blood drawn, seen an allergist, and had a skin allergy test. We found out that she's allergic to grass but the allergist said there's nothing they can give her at this young age besides an inhaler. So, I decided to get her Children's Claritin, which worked for about a week, and now she's coughing again. One of her doctors told me to give her Children's Benadryl but they didn't have it at our CVS pharmacy, I'm guessing it's been recalled. I've tried cold & cough meds, soar throat lollipops, regular lollipops, honey, tea, water with sugar, and plain water. The plain water sometimes helps relieve her throat for about a minute so she can fall asleep, but an hour later she keeps coughing. This has really gotten bad. She is being sent home from her daycare every other day because she can't take her nap because she's coughing and ends up crying.

What options do I have? What can I do to help stop her cough and have her get a good night's sleep? It's affecting our whole family. She loves preschool and gets upset when they won't let her go back, and I'm a full time college student, and can't go to class when they send her home. I really want her to get better. Any help please?

Answers:

Don't listen to that **** saying she may be dying!

If there is no physical reasons why shes coughing so much it may be a psychological reason? As shes been coughing so long she leaned just do it? I don't really know just a suggestion.

Hasn't she got asthma or anything?
I'm surprised your doctor hasn't referred you to a respiratory system Specialist ( don't know the correct name)

sorry i haven't been that much of a help



probab|y a virus if you honesty dont know what to do go to the hospita| and get her checked out through|y and carefu||y and the guy at the top is a jerk wad dont |isten he has no |ife which is why hes saying a bunch of random ****.



umm she might be dying.....im not too sure but it doesnt sound good. you should take her to her favorite place in case she does get really sick or dies. have a nice day!!

im a trained doctor from harvard med school




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