Cough

give the child honey when the cough is coming on. You can give honey as often as you need too. Then at night get vicks and rub his feet with vicks and put socks on him. It has helped my Grand daughter.

If you find the answer let me know. I've had that cough for 13 years and I've yet to find a doctor willing to take anymore time than writing a decongestant or cough syrup...which never works.

My recommendation is to take him to a specialist -- ENT or respiratory. I have suffered from allergies and asthma and find that the general physicians have not been as helpful as a specialist, other than prescribing drugs.

Maybe he has post (sp?) nasal drip. I always give my son saline by the nose every time I change his diaper and this helps clear his nasal passages and throat. Maybe you can check an ENT or allergist. Good luck!

I am a 41 year old mom with 4 and 2 year old girls. My 4 year old is in preschool and comes home w/all the germs. She had a cronic cough for so long. She was at at the doctor's office 3x in one month. My ped. suggested a special cover for there bedding and pillow cases for dust mites. I clean there bedding all the time, including all stuffed animals. But, the doctor said they will still get in there bedding. YUCK!! I vacuum a lot too!! This seemed to help a lot. I also bought a "GERMINATOR" device kind of like the expensive "ION" machine. But not at all expensive at Bed, Bath and Beyond. Good luck!! Hope he feels better soon!! A. P.

My son has a productive cough from Aug to May every year, this is his 4th year. He has been tested for all allergens 3 times..everything is negative. He is on singulair, veramyst, zyrtec and pulmicort once a day. His pulmonologist also says his lungs are clear. He has had 4 sinusites in the past 6 months. He has been fine for a month w/ only slight cough. He has been tested for cystic fibrosis as well. It could be reflux in your son's case, not mine b/c he doesn't cough in the summer. I have never been told to give cough suppressant so don't. I have been to 2 ENT's. 2 allergists and 1 pulmonologist. I have asked repeatedly if I should ignore the cough. I've been told no if it interfers with his quality of life and if it gets complicated (ear infections in your case, sinusitus in ours). I hope my experience helps a little but know you may never know why he does that and we just have to hope he outgrows it w/out developing asthma or further complications. Good luck!

My brothers and sisters had a lot of allergies. Maybe you should see a allergist. They can test him to see what he is sensitive to. He may have either a food allergy or may be allergic to the detergent you use on his clothes.

Have you considered asthma? My daughter doesn't seem to have asthma normally, but whenever she gets sick, it triggers something and she ends up with a nasty cough for weeks. One time it got so bad I went to the doctor for prescription cough medicine. He gave her asthma medication instead and had her stay on it for 10 days. That worked. So now whenever she gets sick to the point her cough doesn't go away, I put her on asthma medication and it clears up her problems. You may also want to make sure you have a allergen filter for your A/C unit and may want to consider investing in an air purifier unit for his room. Good luck

Dear K.,
I was like your son at that age. I am 55 now and still have that cough once in a while. The cough that your son has, if everything is alright with his lungs, could be an allergic form of cough like it was for me. Sadly I did not discover it until I was 20, when I went to a farm full of sheeps and I started to cough. I was allergic to wool. Most of the materials that you use on bed in winter is wool.I was allergic to wool. I went to an allergist and I discovered that besides wool, I was allergic to cat's hair, house dust(that includes curtains and rugs)and powder cement. All of those things made me cough at night if I had been on conctact with them. There is no medicine that can cure that, not even allergy medicines, did not worked for me.There is only one thing that my mother did, that would ease the coughing and that was: She took a table lamp, removed the shade and she had this cotton cloth that she would fold in fourhts, she placed them over the light bulb of the lamp,waited for it to get hot, tried with her hand to see it was not to hot to burn me, and placed that cotton cloth hot over my bare chest before going to sleep at bed time. This used to work and I stopped coughing most of the night. You should take your son for an allergy test to determine what's in his room that is giving him the cough. Good luck! A.

Have you considered allergies? I am not a doctor but my kids and I suffer from allergies and coughing could be an indication of a reaction to something. We eliminated all the rugs, carpeting, etc. and placed air purifiers in their rooms. It has helped a lot. You may also want to consult with an allergist.

Hi K.,
Has your son been to an allergist. I know with the colds my son coughs a lot and since this is a bad time of year his cough comes and goes. I usually put vicks baby rub on his chest and back at night and I use the vicks plug ins. Personally sometimes I use a vaporizer but never a humidifer (I find it makes you cough more). Good luck

Try removing dairy from the diet.
If that doesn't work, try gluten.
Also; I never found any pediatrician as useful as a Chinese Herbalist for figuring out what is wrong and finding and inexpensice natural way to fix it. We use a delicious tasting, Chinese Herbal cough medicine that costs $8 for a big bottle and our coughs are always gone in days!
: )

Dear K.:
There are many things you can find over the counter that could help your baby with this cough. My brother is a pediatrid pneumologyst in Atlanta. I do not know where are you from, but if you need to contact him, do not hesitate to let me know. ____@____.com
I use to put Vicks on my babies chest and back when they had these coughs. There is a pink medicine which you can put on his chest called neumotizine, I do not know if they still sell it, but it is great!
I suggest you to take him to an allergist, this could help a lot. Wish you luck.

Trying putting a couple of pillows under his mattress to bring it up. I do that with my daughter if she has a cold or her allergies are acting up.

My daughter also wasn't able to digest whole milk. Once I took her off of it, her ear infections and coughs disappeared.

I had the same situation with my daughter now 24 months. She was constantly sick and getting respiratory medication. I couldn't sleep at night with fear. All day long she was tired and crampy. One day I changed doctor-went to a different pediatrician and this new doctor said her chest was clear, blood tests were OK so he asked me to take out all milk/lactose/ eggs...etc from her diet. From that moment on she has never received respiratory therapy again. I'm not saying yuors have the same problem (intolerance to lactose and animal proteins) but you can check with your doctor and try to change his diet...It worked for me!

You might try taking him to an allergist. My daughter had the same thing last year and she was diagnosed with allergies. Many times they can flare at night or while laying down post nasal drip from allergies can cause coughing. My husband and I both have asthma brought on by allergies and out symptoms (coughing) are worst at night. If we see a Dr., our lungs sound clear, but for some reason we both have issues at night (esp. if we haven't taken our medication).

Could your air conditioning vents or heater vents need cleaning? This seems to be a big issue at our house. Everybody seems to breath easier after it is done at our place. Hope this helps.

hi K.,

My son, 15 months old, had the SAME thing. Sometimes he'd cough so hard he would throw up. I finally went to Whole Foods & talked to the Whole Body expert, who recommended a homeopathic formula (dispensed in little tablets) that cured his cough in two days!! It was amazing. Also, my pharmacist in Weston dispenses these tablets. If you live near Weston, the place is called Weston Pharmacy, right off 75 N, on Indian Trace.
I swear by them. They are perfectly safe.
These homeopathic tablets also helped with teething, and with swelling when he was recently injured.
Good luck.
J.

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Hi K.
My advice....we lived this life for months and months too...get him to an allergist. Let them test him to see if it's food or EA or both.
We have a fantastic allergist! Email me directly and I can talk to you more about it if you want.
Good Luck
L.

Hi K.:
What the Dr. said about his ears, no infection? What about sinus? Sometimes I have a lot of cough and is cause because of frontal sinus.
Anyway, if youlive near the ocean , my grandmother always took us to the sea , because she said it will clera our respiratory sistem, it work with us.I hope it work for you.
Hope to hear that your son get well soon!!
W.

An old country remedy:
Rub his feet with Vick's Vaporub over his entire soles before he goes to sleep.

Also, check with an allergist. maybe he is allergic to something in the house or his room. Even the detergents and/or softeners could cause allergies.

Good Luck.

B.

Hi K.. My name is T.. I think this was a blessing that I saw your blog this morning. I was very concerned today when I walked in my daughters classroom and heard all this coughing going around. I would love to talk to you and tell you what works for my family. I plan on speaking to the parents in my daughters class this week. My daughter use to catch all these colds from school. Ever since we made some simple changes to our home we have seen common colds and other issues disappear. Our immune system is increasingly stronger. I use to get really bad bronchitis every year, I am so happy to say I have not had an episode in over a year. Call me. I am a stay at home mother. I work from home. I am 37 years old and my daughter is 7. ###-###-####ph ____@____.com or my website is www.mommyandme4life.com

Hey Kim, it has to be allergies, my daughter Christin has been doing that " COUGH" all the time, she is on Claritin and all the other medicines. She is 16 years old now and still goes around with the cough , we took her to an eyes nose mouth doctor and he says that the allergy usually goes in the eyes or nose and thats why they cough, so he can have an allergy to anything like dust pollen smoke anything. There is nothing really we can do about it, i got a clean air effects in the house and i wash her sheets and blankets and whatever she has on her beds like stuffed animals they are great for collecting dust and dander from animals and stuff. It drove me crazy because she would cough all night long i don't know how she got any sleep, but the medicines seemed to help alot it took a long time to kick in though, you have always give them the medicine daily I hope this helps and if you have any other questions feel free to ask

Yes! My 1 1/2yr. old daughter has a cough that comes and goes! What I do so she can have a good night sleep, I put on the vicks vaporizer and I also rub a little vicks on her chest & back. MY daughter sleeps through the night and doesn't cough either. I don't know if you have tried this yet, if you haven't try it and let me know. Take care and I hope your baby gets well soon.

It sounds like allergies. My son has had this cough since he was an infant, and he is now 16 years old. Although he has been tested for allergies, we have never been able to pinpoint what he's allergic to, but it seems to be seasonal. As a toddler we also had him on a nebulizer and albuterol. Now he takes Zyrtec when he's having issues (especially when he gets a cold) and has an albuterol inhaler that he only uses for when he gets 'sports induced' asthma. (He's in high school basketball, and this happens only when they've had a very strenuous workout.) Also, he likes to sleep with the cool air mist humidifier when he has colds. Since your little one is so young, be sure to keep asking questions and get 2nd opinions from other doctors.

Hi K.. My name is Marian. My son had asthma as a young child. He is 8 now and has outgrown it. He had pneumonia at 6 months etc. The cough always came when he was having difficulty breathing. It wasn't a huge cough - just an annoying thing. It seems to me that your son could be having the same issue or has allergies w/a post nasal drip. That makes you cough as well. My son did REALLY well using Singular (sp). Clariton didn't do much for either of my kids. Maybe a different Pulmanologist... Maybe his adnoids - I can't spell any of this either!!

Probably didn't help much but just know that you are not alone and I'm sure a doctor will figure it out. Just don't give up!

My son is going to be 5 and he has had a cough since he is 15 months. The doctors thought it originated in his sinuses since they seem to get infected as well. The problem is that he has absolutely no known allergies. I am going to my fifth ENT with him next week. If I get any answers, I will definitely let you know.

Hi K.. My name is S.. I work at the daycare center that my 11 month old daughter attends. She started having a cough starting back in August. I have had her seen by many different doctors and one thought it was reflux, one said it was an upper respiratory infection and she would get rid of it herself and another said it was a cold that she just keeps catching and trying to get rid of but as soon as she tries to get rid of it she catches it again from someone else at daycare. It's definately a stressful issue but she has kind of overcome it. I'm not sure if your son has had any ear infections but my daughter suffers from them alot! I know this response wasn't exactly a help but I just wanted to let you know you're not alone in this struggle. I still don't know why she coughs so much and apparently neither do the doctors. Possibly teething? Ear infections? Not sure but i'll be in touch if they figure anything out for her, maybe it will help you, too. Good luck!

K.,
I hope by now your son has stopped coughing. Not only is it unsettling for the whole family, it must be so h*** o* your son.

Have you thought about how close his nose is to his clothes, sheets, even the floor? Chemicals in the cleaning products you use may contribute to his coughing. Do you use products like Lysol, bleach, Tide and Mr Clean? There are non-toxic, "green" products that works as well or better. And they don't have the harmful chemicals that can cause breathing problems, itching, headaches and more.

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On the 11 pm news tonight, (Friday, March 21st), there will be a report on household chemicals. I just saw the promo on the local NBC channel out of West Palm Beach. It’s Channel 3 on cable here in Boca.

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I hope you find an answer soon.

Ask your MD to consider a work up for Pertusis...there has been an outbreak in the area, and several children, even though immunized, were affected. The test involves a nasal swab and if positive, a course of antibiotics could be indicated. Good luck. D.

Hi K.,
My son had the same issues: a cold with a cough, the nose and chest congestion went away (with antibiotics), but the cough remained. He was put on a nebulizer and Zyrtec which helped a bit, but that COUGH!? Until one day, in the airport, my son took a pretty nasty fall and landed on his head. The airport paramedics suggested we go to the ER (and not board a plane) until we have his head checked out (there was a HUGE bump on his forehead). In the ER he had a CT Scan of his injury which thankfully was fine, no problems. HOWEVER...the doctor said "we did notice that he does have left maxillary sinusitis". On the CT Scan they could see inflammation in his sinus cavity. We explained this history of coughing, nebulizer treatments etc.. and the pediatrician in the hospital said that sinusitis is an infection that takes weeks of antibiotics to cure. That a typical 10-day course of treatment with antibiotics will "seem" to knock out a respiratory infection, but if it has spread to the sinuses, it takes a good 6 weeks of antibiotics to "reach that far up" to the infection in the sinuses. That was why the cough kept coming back...the sinuses would drip down the back of his throat, especially at night. We got a prescription for "Augmentin" antibiotic for six weeks of treatment. At first the thought of that much in my sons system was unsettling, but also the thought of long-term use of steroids through a nebulizer was even more-so. Anyway...after the six weeks of Augmentin....the cough disappeared, and the nebulizer has NEVER been used again. Also, no more allergy meds. It was a stubborn sinus infection that took a freak accident and a trip to the ER to find! By the way...this all occurred when my son was 18 months old, and he is now SEVEN years old. Every winter, this lingering cough returns and I share this whole story with the doc and they immediately check the "number of refills" box on the prescription sheet. Kids' sinuses are tougher to treat than adults'. It takes a longer course of treatment with antibiotics. See, some kids have the tendency to get recurring sinus infections, where other kids (like my daughter) can have a cold that goes away without the sinuses becoming infected. Case-in-point both kids (my son who is seven, and my daughter who is 5) just had this cold virus that seems to be sweeping south florida. My daughter was over it in 2 weeks with no lasting effects....my son; however, is on augmentin due to a "lasting cough" and nasty green nasal discharge that he'd blow out every morning.
Well, I hope this helps! I'd talk to your doc about a long term course of antibiotics, or possibly a scan of his sinuses.
Best-of-luck!
L.