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Suggest Remedy For Hard Cough With Spitting Of Mucus
My son is 6 and has had a cough going on two weeks we seen dr last Saturday and Wednesday they have some X-rays and swabs for flu and pneumonia and all negative , they even swabbed for pertussis and the results have not came back . But he has been coughing so hard since Wednesday he has been puking up mucus and tonight he has been coughing since 10:30 and puked 7 times. Is there anything we can do or what may this be . He has had predisone, Zithromax and anoxiciilan and something for cough and congestion. Nothing is helping
Wed, 27 May 2015
Hi,
Thank you for asking question on health care magic.
Looks like spasmodic cough due whooping cough or bronchiolitis.
Erythromycin is the drug of choice but any macrolide preparation can be given.
Salbutamol+Bromhexine combination 3 times daily and prednisolone syrup 1 mg/kg in 2-3 divided dose will reduce the severity of cough
Minimum 10 days treatment is required for prompt relief.
Hope this answer will serve your purpose
Please feel free to ask any more queries if required
Take care
Dr.M.V.Subrahmanyam MD;DCH
Associate professor of pediatrics
Thank you for asking question on health care magic.
Looks like spasmodic cough due whooping cough or bronchiolitis.
Erythromycin is the drug of choice but any macrolide preparation can be given.
Salbutamol+Bromhexine combination 3 times daily and prednisolone syrup 1 mg/kg in 2-3 divided dose will reduce the severity of cough
Minimum 10 days treatment is required for prompt relief.
Hope this answer will serve your purpose
Please feel free to ask any more queries if required
Take care
Dr.M.V.Subrahmanyam MD;DCH
Associate professor of pediatrics
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