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Suggest Treatment For Severe Cough And Vomiting In Children

Hi! My son is 3 years old and has had a cough for the last 3 days. For the past 3 nights he wakes up at least a couple times crying and coughing. He gags multiple times (seemingly on mucus) and eventually throws up. We are starting night number 3 like this and I was wondering if there is anything I can do to help relieve his cough or possibly lessen/break up the mucus in his throat? Thank you for the help :)
Fri, 30 Jan 2015
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Hi,
Thankyou for your quiry.
Night spells if coughing with mucus at this age is because of allergic response to some triggering factors like cold, dust,food product etc.It can also be because of viral infection.
If he has family history of asthma or allergy then it also could be acute asthmetic attack.
For coughing at night with mucus and vomiting you may give him syp.salbutamol (beta agonist),syp.dextromethorphan and if cough continues get checked him by doctor and discuss about low dose steroid and salbutamol puffs or inhalors to decrease the allergic and bronchial inflamatory response.
Regards, Dr.Maheshwari
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Cough And Vomiting In Children

Hi, Thankyou for your quiry. Night spells if coughing with mucus at this age is because of allergic response to some triggering factors like cold, dust,food product etc.It can also be because of viral infection. If he has family history of asthma or allergy then it also could be acute asthmetic attack. For coughing at night with mucus and vomiting you may give him syp.salbutamol (beta agonist),syp.dextromethorphan and if cough continues get checked him by doctor and discuss about low dose steroid and salbutamol puffs or inhalors to decrease the allergic and bronchial inflamatory response. Regards, Dr.Maheshwari