Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The night cough again

Back to the doctor for the cough again, his pediatrician. He is even on a steroid now and still is coughing. I am at wits end with the coughing. He seems good all weekend then Mondays after being at school he is coughing again. I wonder if he is allergic to something there. It could be anything!!

She gave me some options for him such as trying a reflux medication, having more environmental allergies checked (mold, dust, chemicals, etc.) or I suggested even getting some lung x-rays and seeing a pulmonary specialist. I said we will try the reflux medicine first and see if that will help and I took the name of a children's pulmonary specialist.

I then told her about the allergist we saw last week (see post on Feb. 3rd) and she said she has heard of him and that he was known to be a good doctor. She also didn't believe his statement kids not having wheat allergies. She told me that his partner is really good and she recommends patients to him all the time.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi:
i came across ur blog,my son has severe allergies too,reg the cough does he have it all the time or is it only now?Do you have pillow protectors?it helped for my son who has lot of EA's including dust mite.does he cough when he goes to bed?check if something in the bedroom is bothering him,it could be anything.we ripped of the carpets and my son sleeps better now,he had chronic eczema would make him itch all night.hope this helps and i also read ur note on the snacks there is a whhole lot of crackers in the market now.
Sharanya

Anonymous said...

Also, try the saline spray for his nose,it helps a lot if it is EA's
Sharanya