Patient's question:
My little grandson is just 50 days old. He went to Zhoupu Town Hospital in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, for a cough. The diagnosis was pneumonia. After a week of hospitalization and intravenous treatment, the doctor said he was basically cured and that the baby was too young to take any more medication, so he was discharged home. However, he still had a cough and went to Shanghai Children's Medical Center (most of the doctors there are young). He was hospitalized again for intravenous treatment. After 5 days, a chest X-ray showed normal results, and auscultation revealed no lung rales, but he still had occasional coughing, which would turn his face red when he coughed. Today, the doctor said it was spasmodic cough. How should it be treated?Doctor's answer:
In your case, it might be a wind-cold cold with coughing, caused by exposure to wind-cold. This condition is characterized by frequent coughing, thin and white sputum, clear nasal discharge, pale red tongue with thin white coating, heavy coughing sound, headache, body fever, and even shortness of breath in severe cases. It can be treated with San Yao Tang plus herbs that lower Qi and resolve phlegm.