Patient's question:
First of all, thank you very much for the doctor's patience in answering my questions: A 1.5-year-old baby has been coughing every morning for nearly two months. Each cough is like a series of coughs after activity, not a light cough, with a hoarse sound and not much phlegm. It doesn't cough during the day or at night. The hospital took X-rays and a blood test, and the doctor diagnosed it as upper airway cough syndrome, prescribing 5 days of inhalation therapy. After completing the treatment, the symptoms improved significantly, and the cough reduced. The doctor then prescribed 9 more days of inhalation therapy, saying the dosage had been reduced. After about three or four days of completing the treatment, the baby stopped coughing and didn't go back to the hospital for a follow-up check. However, the baby has started coughing again every morning, with symptoms similar to before the inhalation therapy. Does the baby have allergic cough? What should be done next for treatment? Should we focus on inhalation therapy or take some medication? Thank you.Doctor's answer:
The reports sent by the child, the results show that it's likely tracheal inflammation. Besides this, do they have any other uncomfortable symptoms? For example, cough with phlegm? Based on this child's results, it doesn't seem like allergic cough, but rather tracheal inflammation. Therefore, I think it would be suitable to use traditional Chinese medicine ingredients with lung-cleaning and blood-cooling properties for the child, in addition to anti-inflammatory and immune-suppressing effects.