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Hello I have a nearly 5 year old son. he has had issues with his cough since he was a baby on and off, but coughs every morning to clear his throat even if no cough. if he gets a small cold it affects his throat and he will persistently cough especially when laying down in bed like he is trying to clear phlegm from his throat. The doctors have suggested asthma and we were given asthma pumps but as a child who runs around constantly with no breathing issues we knew it was not that and the pumps made no difference. At the moment he had a cough for about 3-4 weeks finally I thought it had almost gone then about 3 days later it comes back again possibly because he has a small cold but seems worse this time he is constantly waking in the night coughing and cannot lay down properly without coughing, he does not appear to have anything else wrong, this morning he was coughing to the point he ran to the toilet to try and be sick 3 times but was not. He has been waking at 5 am and coughs every minute except when asleep! I am going to take him to see an ENT specialist asap but any advice now would be great.
Hello I think your son might be allergic. He is getting cough because he is allergic. Give him some good antiallergic syrup. Also I will suggest you to add some home remedies in his daily routine. 1. Give him one glass of milk with one pinch of turmeric 2. Include almonds in his diet. 3. Give him good multivitamin syp like Syp A to Z. It will help in increasing the immunity. 4. Add atleast one basil leaf (Tulsi) in his diet in any matter. You can put it in boiling water...boil it for sometime and then let it cool. Give this water to him to drink. It help in keeping the viral infections at bay and also it helps in increasing the immunity.
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Hello I think your son might be allergic. He is getting cough because he is allergic. Give him some good antiallergic syrup. Also I will suggest you to add some home remedies in his daily routine. 1. Give him one glass of milk with one pinch of turmeric 2. Include almonds in his diet. 3. Give him good multivitamin syp like Syp A to Z. It will help in increasing the immunity. 4. Add atleast one basil leaf (Tulsi) in his diet in any matter. You can put it in boiling water...boil it for sometime and then let it cool. Give this water to him to drink. It help in keeping the viral infections at bay and also it helps in increasing the immunity. Thanks Dr. Tripat Mehta