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Please help. Any one of you had this following experience? My son coughs every day for almost a year, we moved from Hawaii to Utah where the wheather is dry for about a year. I took my son to a doctor and she found nothing wrong with his throat, no infection or anything, no mucus either, it's like a dry cough. I suspect maybe then it could be allergy, but the allergy medicine doesn’t seem to cure the problem either. He doesn’t cough constantly, but couple of times here and there throughout the day. Any experience in this area? Thanks in advance.
sometimes things like this happen, my mother has had a chronic cough since she was about 13 years old, one coughing fit when she gets up, one at night, and a couple here and there throughout the day, especially if she gets too excited or laughs too much
sometimes things like this happen, my mother has had a chronic cough since she was about 13 years old, one coughing fit when she gets up, one at night, and a couple here and there throughout the day, especially if she gets too excited or laughs too much
and your mother never stopped coughing since? poor thing.
Please help. Any one of you had this following experience? My son coughs every day for almost a year, we moved from Hawaii to Utah where the wheather is dry for about a year. I took my son to a doctor and she found nothing wrong with his throat, no infection or anything, no mucus either, it's like a dry cough. I suspect maybe then it could be allergy, but the allergy medicine doesn’t seem to cure the problem either. He doesn’t cough constantly, but couple of times here and there throughout the day. Any experience in this area? Thanks in advance.
Get a rec for a good allergist. Is going to cost you change & then some if he is of age to get specifically tested.
Another suggestion would be a ENT who specializes with peds. Again, since it is a specialty doctor, there will be some sort of charge unless you have beyond awesome insurance.
And, it could just be a learned behavior that he'll outgrow.
Please help. Any one of you had this following experience? My son coughs every day for almost a year, we moved from Hawaii to Utah where the wheather is dry for about a year. I took my son to a doctor and she found nothing wrong with his throat, no infection or anything, no mucus either, it's like a dry cough. I suspect maybe then it could be allergy, but the allergy medicine doesn’t seem to cure the problem either. He doesn’t cough constantly, but couple of times here and there throughout the day. Any experience in this area? Thanks in advance.
A humidifier may certainly help.
Also, you could have his thyroid checked by a specialist since it causes that dry cough thing. It isn't a real cough, it is more like a weird reflex from a thyroid malfunction. (I used to have that until my thyroid was treated.)
You could also have him checked by an allergist. He could also be allergic to something in the home. (Pets, candles, household cleaners, or any number of things.) Meds don't always help. Let them do some scratch tests so you can remove the culprit.
Be persistent...there is an answer out there somewhere. This is certainly annoying for him to have to live with this and it tires you out when you are coughing.
You've moved from an incredibly humid place to an incredibly dry one. I think the reason is obvious. His body is used to the humidity. In fact, he may be genetically predisposed to live in a humid climate. This is a shock to his system. When I visited south Texas one year I was dehydrated the entire time. I couldn't wait to get back to good ol' humid Washington DC.
Also, you could have his thyroid checked by a specialist since it causes that dry cough thing. It isn't a real cough, it is more like a weird reflex from a thyroid malfunction. (I used to have that until my thyroid was treated.)
You could also have him checked by an allergist. He could also be allergic to something in the home. (Pets, candles, household cleaners, or any number of things.) Meds don't always help. Let them do some scratch tests so you can remove the culprit.
Be persistent...there is an answer out there somewhere. This is certainly annoying for him to have to live with this and it tires you out when you are coughing.
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