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Child With Chronic Dry Cough, Giving Synthroid, Foclain And Allegra. Is Cough Due To Allergy?
12 year old son has chronic dry cough . He is on synthroid; foclain xr; foclain, cough gel cap; and allergra. Anytime he eats soft foods he gags/ vomits it back up. His diet is so limited in what he will eat now; keeps getting worse last few years. He wont eat his favorite foods like pizza and tacos anymore.He has lost weight. He coughs all day and night. Doctor claims its allergies.
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Mon, 25 Mar 2013
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Most likely he is having GERD. Give antacids, avoid sleeping immediately after meals and sleep in slightly head up position.
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