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How To Treat Severe Cough In A 3 Years Old Child While No Relief With Augmentin DDS N Bricrex A?

HI..My son is 3 1/2 yr..wt 15kg..he has been having cough since nov end 2013..hv tried Dilo BM ...IT goes down bt never completely off...then started wit VETROLIN/LEVOLIN N TIMIC SYRUP N AZEE SYRUP...AGAIN It goes down a bit bt after again aft a week he was bad..so started Augmentin DDS n bricrex A...Bt still not much improvement..he coughs alot while sleeping...coz of this his sleep is also disturbed...hv also given him nebulisation...plz help...
Mon, 17 Feb 2014
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Hi,

Thanks for writing to health care magic.
I can understand your concern.

Cough in children can be because of several conditions. It could be because of infection. But that is only one of the causes. Conditions like asthma, tuberculosis, foreign body should be ruled out. For that a proper history and physical examination is required. If there is history of choking we think of foreign body. If there is weight loss along with fever in cough of long duration we think of tuberculosis. Further investigations like PEFR, mantoux, X ray chest, total blood counts etc are required to identify the cause. Management depends on the cause identified. Repeated antibiotic courses may not be of much use.

Continue to ask further queries as required.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
Dr Y V Siva Sankara Murty
M.D.(Pediatrics)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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How To Treat Severe Cough In A 3 Years Old Child While No Relief With Augmentin DDS N Bricrex A?

Hi, Thanks for writing to health care magic. I can understand your concern. Cough in children can be because of several conditions. It could be because of infection. But that is only one of the causes. Conditions like asthma, tuberculosis, foreign body should be ruled out. For that a proper history and physical examination is required. If there is history of choking we think of foreign body. If there is weight loss along with fever in cough of long duration we think of tuberculosis. Further investigations like PEFR, mantoux, X ray chest, total blood counts etc are required to identify the cause. Management depends on the cause identified. Repeated antibiotic courses may not be of much use. Continue to ask further queries as required. Hope this helps. Take care. Dr Y V Siva Sankara Murty M.D.(Pediatrics) Associate Professor of Pediatrics