Re: Cough and throat issues

cjra wrote:
On Nov 30, 1:04 am, Akuvikate <ktelli...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Nov 29, 6:23 pm, Ericka Kammerer <e...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Mommy Mommy wrote:
It has been 2 weeks that my 3 year old daughter first got cold. It was
just cough - the hoarse barky kind but no running nose. Even now she
is having the same cough an kind of wheezing stuuffy nose. Visited her
doc two times..doc said no medications just Mucinex..but daughter
doesn't like mucinex and will throw up immediately after taking
mucinex.
Tried saline drops - doesn't help much - the cough stays around her
throat and sits out there. Any suggestion what can help her recover
from the cough?Have been trying warm baths oo. We adults can take out
the phlegm when it comes to mouth but she can't do that.
Thanks in advance.
Is it *really* the barky cough? The one that sounds
like a seal? If she has croup, lots of doctors are now using
a short course of steroids to clear it up.
If it's an unproductive cough, we've had good luck
with Delsym.
The seal-like barky cough for croup can be treated with steroids if
it's real bad, but I doubt many doctors would ues them if it's been
two weeks. True croup mostly peters out after 3 days, though you can
be stuck with a residual cough longer. She probably is coughing up
her mucous, but at that age they swallow it immediately so you just
don't see it.


DD just had croup last week. It was awful for 3 days, got to where
she'd start crying before she coughed because she anticipated the
pain. Doctor just recommended lots of steam, tylenol to bring the
fever down (low grade at 101.6). By the 2nd night when she would wake
every 30 mins coughing, I decided to give her plain robitussin (my MD
sister recommended it, but I didn't check with the pedi). Worked
wonders - while it didn't cure her, it calmed the cough enough that
she wasn't in constant pain and could get more than 30 mins of sleep
at a time. She wouldn't eat or drink anything so nursing round the
clock also helped.

I don't know what ages they'd prescribe the steroids for
croup (my son who just got them is 10 years old), but I'll tell
you I am a big fan. Within 24 hours, his coughing was dramatically
better and he was right as rain a couple days later with no
lingering cough. That beats the pants off our earlier experiences
with croup where it lingered and lingered.

Best wishes,
Ericka
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