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What Causes Persistent Coughing Followed By Vomiting?

My 5 year old son has been coughing for a month. I ve taken him to the doctor twice. The first time he had an ear infection and was given medicine for 10 days. He has continued to cough the entire time. His cough is a loose cough and gets worse in the evening and especially at night. He coughs all through the night. He coughs so much that he nearly throws up. We have tried breathing treatment and cough syrup with no luck. What should I do now???
Tue, 31 Mar 2015
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As you have mentioned in your history that your son has been coughing since month and gets worse in night, first of all I would suggest you to go for mantoux test or chest x-ray to rule out the possibility of tuberculosis as his symptoms are quite related to TB. Secondly, for his current problems you can give him syrup co-amoxiclav 5 ml three times daily or syrup cefixime-cv 5 ml twice daily along with syrup febrex-plus or syrup tusQ-dx 5 ml three times daily with syrup vomikind or syrup ondansetron 5 ml twice daily for vomiting. You can also nebulise your son with salbutamol nebulizer at your family doctor's clinic as it gives too much comfort to your child.
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What Causes Persistent Coughing Followed By Vomiting?

As you have mentioned in your history that your son has been coughing since month and gets worse in night, first of all I would suggest you to go for mantoux test or chest x-ray to rule out the possibility of tuberculosis as his symptoms are quite related to TB. Secondly, for his current problems you can give him syrup co-amoxiclav 5 ml three times daily or syrup cefixime-cv 5 ml twice daily along with syrup febrex-plus or syrup tusQ-dx 5 ml three times daily with syrup vomikind or syrup ondansetron 5 ml twice daily for vomiting. You can also nebulise your son with salbutamol nebulizer at your family doctor s clinic as it gives too much comfort to your child.