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chesty cough
Hiya, just wondering if anyone has had the same problems as me. My baby caugh a cold about 7 weeks ago now. He was rushed in to hospital by ambulance as he stopped breathing during a coughing fit. It was only for a few seconds but he went blue so I panicked. He wasn't admitted and was given the all clear (easy for them to say). Since hen he has had a persistant cough that wouldn't shift especially at night (I sit him up). I went to te doctors who said "he's teething!!!" (whatever). Anyway, the respiratory nurse came to see him as I still wasn't happy. She said he didn't have a chest infection but he did have a lot of muck on both sides of his chest. She prescribed a atrovent inhaler to use before he went to bed. I used it and it definatly helped him. I stopped using it after 2 weeks but is cough is still there!! The nurse is coming again on monday to re assess him but im now worried it may be asthma due to an allergy or something. My house is always aired and at the right temp and we don't smoke or have any pets. Is anybody else in the same situation as me???
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Can't suggest anything I'm afraid, but if you are concerned about asthma can you ask to be referred to an asthma specialist? I know our surgery has a speicific asthma nurse
is his cough gone and breathing back to normal now?
hope all well, would of freaked me out if he'd ever stopped breathing.
take care, julesy
my son is three months old and has a wezy chest I talked to the peadatrician about this and was told that he has a slight cold and not much can be done about it. i remembered back to my childhood and my mom would use vicks vapour rub on me in such a situation however i also remember how much it burns. So what i"ve been doing is rubbing a small quantity on my hands and then wiping them on his singlet as i change him before bed time. It has helped him breath easier during the night but hasn"t lifted his cough. If you were to try this i would stress be very careful that your child gets none of this stuff on there hands. my basic proceedure is 1) get a small quantity of vicks rub on hands and wipe on singlet then wash hands 2) change my son into bedtime cloths (remember to put the vicks on the out side of the singlet to avoide contact with skin ) 3 feed and putdown for the night I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH ABOUT THIS BUT MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD GETS NONE OF THIS ON THERE HANDS
We will be seeing the peadatrician again in a couple of days i will keep you posted on what she says Hope this helps One word of advice find a decent doctor and stick to them don"t mess around with a bunch of wannabes
Hi. My son is 3 years old. He has had a persistent cough for about 2 years ususally just in the morning. The doctor has now put him on the inhaler. We have dogs but they are outdoors. My familt thinks he is allergic to the dogs but the only symptom he has is the coughing in the morning. Help.