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Suggest Treatment For Persistent Cough
with a 3 year old, cold symptoms (congested; runny nose), no fever but a cough that has lasted off and on for 3 + weeks - taking cough medicine for a couple weeks. Shouldn t the cough be subsiding? Is there concern for the lack of improvement with that cough? How long should cough medicine be given?
Mon, 21 Jan 2019
Hi,
The underlying cause of cough would be a matter of concern and that needs to be treated and not the cough, if this is an allergic cough then it gives a much better response to an antihistamine, if the cough symptom is more than a couple of weeks then it has to be brought to investigations.
Lower respiratory infection needs to be ruled out and it is the matter of concern in real, I would advise seeing a pediatrician.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Akhtarhusain,
General & Family Physician
The underlying cause of cough would be a matter of concern and that needs to be treated and not the cough, if this is an allergic cough then it gives a much better response to an antihistamine, if the cough symptom is more than a couple of weeks then it has to be brought to investigations.
Lower respiratory infection needs to be ruled out and it is the matter of concern in real, I would advise seeing a pediatrician.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Akhtarhusain,
General & Family Physician
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