Posted: 02/27/07 - 14:01 Post subject: Toddler coughing at night
My 3 year old son has been coughing at night for the last 2 months. It is so bad that he sounds like he will through up or choke!! The doctor does not see any infection and insists that it is a allergy thing or possibly asthma. I have just been told to start him on an inhaler. But also he has had very puffy eyes for the past 2 months as well. do you think these could be connected somehow?
Posted: 06/26/07 - 01:41 Post subject: Re: Toddler coughing at night
Get a second opinion--Don't trust your doctor unless you get a second opinion.
Coughing wrote:
My 3 year old son has been coughing at night for the last 2 months. It is so bad that he sounds like he will through up or choke!! The doctor does not see any infection and insists that it is a allergy thing or possibly asthma. I have just been told to start him on an inhaler. But also he has had very puffy eyes for the past 2 months as well. do you think these could be connected somehow?
Hi, I have a 3 1/2 year old little boy that had the same problem @ age 2 1/2 or so. That baby Would cough until he threw up. We just had no idea what to do!! He was treated for EVERYTHING!! They also did the allergy stuff to no avail.
One doctor then said, well, let's just try something. They put him on Singular (which is used basically for asthma and related things) He takes 1, 4mg a night. After being on it for 3 weeks, that child never coughed (unless he got sick) again! He's still on it and doing great! **We also added a humidifier in his room that seemed to help because of such dry air. Just make sure to keep it clean
Posted: 04/28/08 - 02:55 Post subject: keep asking
I agree about getting a second opinion (or third, fourth, fifth .... as we did). Our son started coughing on cue at our bedtime (10pm) and we'd lie and wait for the signs that he was about to vomit !. All night, no sleep made us very grumpy parents. For us he was finally diagnosed indirectly (at age 4) on a visit to our other childs ENT specialist. Chronic rhinitis. It fits better than asthma diagnosis yet we keep him well on Flixotide & Ventolin when really bad. All happy now we sleep !
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