Chronic Cough

[livingwith]

This story comes from a mom who hs been praying so hard for some kind of answer… My daughter was diagnosed with “asthma” when she was 18 mos old. She has been on every kind of nebulizer and hand held inhaler known to man! and still coughing! We have been to ENT’s and Pulminologists [pulmonologists]. We found out she is allergic to peanuts and were gave allergy drops to use once a day. Still the Cough..
Then after about 4 years of being in and out of the hospital 2 or...Read the full article

[kenw1234]

I just read your note and could have written it myself given my own experiences with my son. I hope the sweat test came back negative. We went through the same routine. My son was on antibiotics 9 months out of the year to contol the coughing (it did only briefly - once off, the cough came back). We had his adenoids and tonsils removed over a year ago and he has not been on an antibiotic since. He still gets the cough periodically but it goes away in a few days without antibiotics. He still uses the nebulizer. I am still in search of something that will provide relief from the bouts of coughing -- he barks the night through and often coughs until he vomits - poor little guy.