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Could Asthma Cause Severe Coughing?
Yes please i have a 6 year old with asthma who coughs all the time at night its so bad they send her home from school. I have taken her to doctors hospitals one doctor said acid reflux but today i went to er they said they didnt see any signs of acid reflux.. Something is going on when you cough 22 hours out of 24 hours i just dont understand you know anything that might help?? Or even what it might be? Can asthma be the cause for this cough to be this bad and it has been going on for 2 weeks
Mon, 16 Dec 2013
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I would come up with these possibilities for this severe cough, these includes.
1 Asthmatic allergic bronchitis , I have noted in many patients that they develops severe bouts of cough due to some sort of allergy . You require most potent bronchodilator with steroid ( for emergency )
2 This type of uninterrupted cough may be due to some foreign particle inhaled in airways ( wind pipe or lungs ) & impacted .Diagnosis can be confirmed by bronchoscopy .
3 Cardiac asthma is one of the most prominent cause of such cough ,but in this case it is a least possible cause,
In my opinion consult a pulmonologist and get his opinion as mentioned above.
Strong coffee & steam inhalation some times help in such cases
Good luck.
Dr. HET
Thanks for the query to H.C.M. Forum.
I would come up with these possibilities for this severe cough, these includes.
1 Asthmatic allergic bronchitis , I have noted in many patients that they develops severe bouts of cough due to some sort of allergy . You require most potent bronchodilator with steroid ( for emergency )
2 This type of uninterrupted cough may be due to some foreign particle inhaled in airways ( wind pipe or lungs ) & impacted .Diagnosis can be confirmed by bronchoscopy .
3 Cardiac asthma is one of the most prominent cause of such cough ,but in this case it is a least possible cause,
In my opinion consult a pulmonologist and get his opinion as mentioned above.
Strong coffee & steam inhalation some times help in such cases
Good luck.
Dr. HET
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