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My 3 Year Old Has Had a Cough for 9 Months!
Asked by T.C. from San Francisco
on March 17, 2008
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My 3 year old daughter has had a cough for 9 months! Sometimes it gets worse depending if she is congested. She had a deep cough for a couple of months and then it wen...
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- I would go to an allergist and check her on any food or seasonal allergies, my daughter had the same when she was two and I ended up finding out everything about all o...
- Bianca is right! A cough that lasts that long is usually a sign of asthma! My son is asthmatic, we have it under control now, Thank God! I say get her in the the p...
- Did you ask her pediatrician? My 4 year old had a similar problem. He had a cough that did not go away. His pediatrician diagnosed him with asthma. It runs in our fami...
Night Time Coughing
Asked by A.W. from Lincoln
on March 29, 2007
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My son is 18m and has been a good sleeper but for the last 3 weeks and been coughing at night we have done the vaporizer helped a little we have done the vicks vapor r...
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- you might want to try checking his pillow and stuff like that for dust and allergins because a friend of mine's daughter caughs alot when she sleeps too due to dust an...
- Nighttime coughing is often a sign of asthma. My 7 year old daughter has asthma and I believe the dr diagnosed her with this between 2 and 3 years old. With the chan...
- Hi my son had a chronic cough also when he was 3-6 months old. The doctor was not concerned about it but I was for obvious reasons. When he was six months old I chan...
Persistent Cough
Asked by K.J. from York
on April 15, 2008
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My 2 year old had a cold w/ a slight fever for 2 days, and now has a hacking cough that nothing helps. I've tried Robetussin, cough lollipops, humidifier, even meltin...
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- Elevate her matress at night with a pillow underneath. The post nasal drip is probably causing her hacking. IF it sounds like a rattle in her chest it could be going i...
- Have you tried Vicks Vapor Rub on the chest at night? ALSO, I have heard that an old wives tale type cure for a night cough is a thin layer of Vicks on the soles of t...
- i am no doctor but i would think from my experience it sounds like croup. you may want to see a dr since she has a fever on and off. i know when my daughter had croup...
