Patient's question:
My child is 5 years old and has been coughing intermittently for more than three months. It's a dry cough without phlegm, and now they've started to have a fever. We've had injections and taken quite a few medications. The fever has subsided, but the cough hasn't gone away on its own. They also keep sniffing and rubbing their nose a lot. I don't know what could be causing this.Previous Treatment and Effects:
We've seen a doctor before, who said the cough was caused by allergies. They prescribed medication, which we took for 10 days. The symptoms improved while we were on the medication, but as soon as we stopped, the cough returned. We thought the medication was causing dependency, so we stopped using it.
What Kind of Help Is Needed:
Hello, could you please tell me what might be causing my child's persistent cough and how we should treat it?
Doctor's answer:
What about this situation? Consider it as a high airway reaction, which is also known as airway allergy. Additionally, symptoms like rubbing the nose indicate the manifestation of cough-variant asthma. In this case, with budesonide should be administered, with two milliliters per session, twice a day. Alternatively, leukotriene modifiers can be used for a month. The above suggestions are for the question "How to deal with a child's persistent cough?" and are hoped to be helpful to you. Wishing you good health!