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Question: My grand daughter Uma, 3 years old had a very bad caugh. She would cough for long time in the night and sleep very little. She lost weight, will feel weak during the day. The cough was almost continuous.
She was treated with some type of steroids for 3 days and the cough has come down very much and now she coughs may be once at night for a while. But much better.
She suffered with this cough syndrome for a long time and was given various medications.
Can you tell me how this cough can be totally got rid off and with what kind of medication
She was treated with some type of steroids for 3 days and the cough has come down very much and now she coughs may be once at night for a while. But much better.
She suffered with this cough syndrome for a long time and was given various medications.
Can you tell me how this cough can be totally got rid off and with what kind of medication
Brief Answer:
It is difficult to eliminate the cough altogether
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone through the details. It seems that your grand daughter is suffering from Chronic upper airway cough syndrome (previously referred to as postnasal drip syndrome). It occurs as due to allergic reaction of the body. In other words the body reacts to normal and harmless things that surround us in our day to day situation.
Since it is not possible to identify and eliminate all of them, it is difficult to get rid of the cough altogether.
When our respiratory secretions become thick, they can no longer come out on their own and need to be coughed out. The associated allergic reaction is responsible for the urge to cough. The simple solution is to give her some medicine like montair LC (monteleukast + levocetirizine) to reduce the allergic reaction of the body, and to give steam inhalation to dilute the cough back to its normal consistency so that it is able to move normally as in case of a normal individual.
I hope you understand.
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Dr. Diptanshu Das
It is difficult to eliminate the cough altogether
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone through the details. It seems that your grand daughter is suffering from Chronic upper airway cough syndrome (previously referred to as postnasal drip syndrome). It occurs as due to allergic reaction of the body. In other words the body reacts to normal and harmless things that surround us in our day to day situation.
Since it is not possible to identify and eliminate all of them, it is difficult to get rid of the cough altogether.
When our respiratory secretions become thick, they can no longer come out on their own and need to be coughed out. The associated allergic reaction is responsible for the urge to cough. The simple solution is to give her some medicine like montair LC (monteleukast + levocetirizine) to reduce the allergic reaction of the body, and to give steam inhalation to dilute the cough back to its normal consistency so that it is able to move normally as in case of a normal individual.
I hope you understand.
If you found my answer to be helpful, please close the thread with a positive review and a 5 star rating.
Regards
Dr. Diptanshu Das
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