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How To Treat Chronic Cough While Having Upper Respiratory Infection?
My son has an upper respiratory infection, he s 6 years old, we ve been to the emergency room twice and a doctor and they have said he needs to cough it out and refuse to prescribe and cough medication and i should only give him some night time so he can sleep. I m super concerned because he coughs to the point of gagging and throwing up and he sometimes won t keep anything down and I ve given him pedeolyte to keep him hydrated, but he s so miserable and in pain and has a low grade fever off and on what should I do and what should I insist a doctor do?
Mon, 30 Apr 2018
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I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Your doctors are right as a cough from an upper respiratory infection problem, need not be treated.
It is the one way where mucus from the lungs is effectively cleared. But you can ask and insist the doctor to rule out wheezing as a cause of coughing.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sumanth Amperayani
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Your doctors are right as a cough from an upper respiratory infection problem, need not be treated.
It is the one way where mucus from the lungs is effectively cleared. But you can ask and insist the doctor to rule out wheezing as a cause of coughing.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sumanth Amperayani
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