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Suggest Medication For Asthma

My 3 1/2 year old son has asthma and he is constantly sick. He gets croup all the time. He has an ear infection right now and is on antibiotics. He has been coughing a couple of days and its like bouts of coughing. It's not completely dry coughs, a little raspy. He coughs so hard sometimes it makes him gag. What could this be?
Mon, 3 Feb 2014
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Hi,

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

There could be various possibilities for such a cough. Among them are bronchial asthma, tuberculosis, foreign body aspiration etc. After a careful history and physical examination various investigations are required. These include X ray chest, mantoux etc after prescription by your doctor.
Further management depends on the investigation reports.
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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Suggest Medication For Asthma

Hi, Thanks for writing to health care magic. I can understand your concern. There could be various possibilities for such a cough. Among them are bronchial asthma, tuberculosis, foreign body aspiration etc. After a careful history and physical examination various investigations are required. These include X ray chest, mantoux etc after prescription by your doctor. Further management depends on the investigation reports. 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