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What Causes Recurring Illness With Cough And Cold In Children?

hi my 2 year old became ill in middle of november with cough type thing which she was given antibiotics which we since discovered she is sensitive too as she vomitsprofusley when she has thenm..anyway she remained ill for weeks and weeks next came a tummy virus and she got that on top of it all after 6 weeks oll her not eating and becoming very weak doctors did tests and said all normal except platelets count but as she is better we will leave it for now...that was 2 weeks ago and 3 days ago she became ill again with cold cough and temperature and ismrefusing food i just dont understand why a child whom was never ill b4 lastnovember is now seemingly always ill.
Fri, 18 May 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

You give a familiar history. Your daughter is by all means not alone. The most frequent cause is attendance at daycare. Does she attend daycare? If you go into a typical daycare center, you will find many, if not most, of the toddlers have some sort of viral illness. That could be a cold, throat infection, pneumonia, or diarrhea. The children are in close contact with one another which makes it easy for them to be exposed to the other viruses being carried by their classmates. Being so young they haven't been in contact with these germs previously, so they are susceptible to coming down with illnesses caused by these germs. Now take a look into a class of sixth graders and you will find less sickness. Because these children have previously come in contact with many of the viruses that are causing the daycare students to come down with so many illnesses. The sixth graders have developed immunity to those viruses whereas the toddlers have not. One positive result of this situation is that as she gets older, she will get fewer of these infections. In the USA it is now springtime with fewer viral illnesses. I hope I have been able to help you and your daughter.

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What Causes Recurring Illness With Cough And Cold In Children?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. You give a familiar history. Your daughter is by all means not alone. The most frequent cause is attendance at daycare. Does she attend daycare? If you go into a typical daycare center, you will find many, if not most, of the toddlers have some sort of viral illness. That could be a cold, throat infection, pneumonia, or diarrhea. The children are in close contact with one another which makes it easy for them to be exposed to the other viruses being carried by their classmates. Being so young they haven t been in contact with these germs previously, so they are susceptible to coming down with illnesses caused by these germs. Now take a look into a class of sixth graders and you will find less sickness. Because these children have previously come in contact with many of the viruses that are causing the daycare students to come down with so many illnesses. The sixth graders have developed immunity to those viruses whereas the toddlers have not. One positive result of this situation is that as she gets older, she will get fewer of these infections. In the USA it is now springtime with fewer viral illnesses. I hope I have been able to help you and your daughter. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.