Layth has had a cough for the past 4-5 months. It never stopped. It changed character in the meantime though. Sometimes it would be dry, moist or croupy. We treated it accordingly with cough linctus, prednisolone and/or Ventolin puffer (with spacer). It's very common for children to get respiratory infections at this age anyway. Especially if they attend childcare. It's also very common for them to get one cold after another.
Anyway, 4 months seems long enough to get a ongoing cough. So I took Layth to see a GP. After some discussion, the doctor suggested a trial of Seretide puffer (steroid & long acting bronchodilator puffer) for 3 weeks. If his cough goes away, then most likely the diagnosis is asthma. If the cough still persists, it may just be recurrent colds/cough.
Layth only had 2 doses of the Seretide puffer and he's not coughing any more!
Alhamdulillah.
But then, does this mean he has asthma?
Whatever it is, he's really handy with the puffer!
2 comments:
oh no!! my kids been living with the puffer :) nael is a lot worse coz he attended nursery from baby, acute bronchiolitis thats what they say when he's around 1+, then sampai ke besar laa, it's like taking medicine every 2 weeks then stop, recurring and it should stop when he grows but no until early of the year, he's always with running nose, berair n sometimes with coughing, mostly phelgmy...last2 i geram...no aircond and it worked wonders hehehe..so, now no more that flu, cold, cough and puffer!!
aidan is a lot better coz he stays home only had a puff episode early of the year..
byknya menceceh!!
hihihi
kitorg mana ada aircond pun.
but u know colds themselves pun trigger of asthma/bronchiolitis
all of them a spectrum. cause and effect.
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