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Could Continued Cough With No Help From Medications Be Asthma?
my son 3 yrs 4 mths was having severe cough since last 1mth 25 days. on doctors advice, i had tried all sorts of syrups(ambrolite-s, maxtra, tusq-d,corex) but in vain. 19th oct night he had sever cough which lasted for aroun 14hrs. on taking him to doctor, he prescribed another antibiotic and 3 nebulisers( budesal0.5 mg, duolin,salsol).after one dose of these three he is 99% fine. now my querry is that the conents of all tree are similar- levosalbutamol in first two and salbutamol in the last one apart from budesonide in dudesal and ipratopium in duolin.is it safe to give these three twice daily. and if yes, for how long? one thing that bothers me is i hope this is not asthma?? pls advice... i am very tensed.. thanx
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Your son is having chronic cough not responding to routine cough medicines.
So possibility of asthma is very high in his case.
He is improving with inhaled treatment like salbutamol, ipratropium bromide and budesonide.
All these are drugs of choice for asthma.
Since he is improving tremendously with these drugs, possibility of asthma is more.
So better to consult pulmonologist and discuss all these for the diagnosis of asthma.
No harm in taking these drugs for long time. No side effects with them.
And you should give him these drugs for at least 6-8 months and then gradually taper down.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your son. Thanks.
I can understand your concern.
Your son is having chronic cough not responding to routine cough medicines.
So possibility of asthma is very high in his case.
He is improving with inhaled treatment like salbutamol, ipratropium bromide and budesonide.
All these are drugs of choice for asthma.
Since he is improving tremendously with these drugs, possibility of asthma is more.
So better to consult pulmonologist and discuss all these for the diagnosis of asthma.
No harm in taking these drugs for long time. No side effects with them.
And you should give him these drugs for at least 6-8 months and then gradually taper down.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your son. Thanks.
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