She has allergies and asthma. We have been to the doctor but still can't find anything to stop her coughing. my poor girl is 3yr. old and is on singulair, Nasonex, Alavert and 2 nebulizer tratments and takes 4 allergy shots a week. don't know what else to do. i don't think she gets a good nights sleep cause of her coughing. any suggestions
2006-11-10 15:34:05 · 8 answers · asked by Michele G 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Allergies
Hi, In addition to the medications the doctor has prescribed, make sure she is drinking enough water. When the bronchi are dry they make her throat tickle and thus a bad cough. Try to get her to drink plenty of fluids so as to moisten the bronchi. You might boil water on the stove or use a vaporizer to add moisture to the air. I hope this works for her. Poor little one, coughs are miserable.
2006-11-10 15:52:25 · answer #1 · answered by sunshinesue_1999 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know this may sound crazy but try leaving her window cracked about a inch and a half (even in the winter). The cold brisk air kills allergies and helps relieve the coughing. My daughter gets sick every winter with bad coughs from allergies and stuff and if I leave the window cracked she sleeps better and doesn't cough as much. Hope that helps
2006-11-10 16:09:34 · answer #2 · answered by kyris_68 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Airway Zapper Improves Asthma
Fewer Asthma Attacks After 'Bronchial Thermoplasty' Procedure
By Daniel DeNoonWebMD Medical News Reviewed By Louise Changon Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Oct. 24, 2006 - A device that zaps airway muscle cuts asthma attacks and reduces the need for asthma medications, a manufacturer-funded study shows.
The device, from Asthmatx Inc., is a radiowave generator attached to a specially designed catheter. It is inserted into the airways during a procedure called bronchial thermoplasty.
There, it delivers radiofrequency energy to the smooth muscle lining the airway walls. This heats the muscle to reduce its mass in hopes of making it harder for the airway to narrow - the problem associated with asthma attacks.
Does it work? Michel Laviolette, MD, and colleagues at Laval University in Quebec, Canada, tested the device on 55 people with moderate to severe asthma. Fifty-three other patients, who received only standard asthma treatment, served as a comparison group.
For three two-week periods after treatment, all patients agreed to stop taking their asthma control medications except for steroid inhalers.
In these periods, patients who got the bronchial thermoplasty procedure had half the number of asthma attacks as those who did not get the procedure.
During the year following treatment, patients who got the procedure had about 40 more symptom-free days than they had the year before treatment. Those who did not get the procedure had only about 14 more symptom-free days.
Also, those who got the procedure needed about eight fewer puffs a week from their rescue inhalers. Those who did not get the procedure needed one fewer inhaler puff a week.
"The results suggest that in subjects with moderate to severe, persistent asthma taking inhaled corticosteroids, a single intervention with bronchial thermoplasty may provide significant and persistent clinical benefit," Laviolette and colleagues reported at the CHEST 2006 meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, held Oct. 21-26 in Salt Lake City.
The study was funded by Asthmatx Inc.
SOURCES: CHEST 2006 meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, Salt Lake City, Oct. 21-26, 2006. Chest, October 2006 supplement; vol 130: p 109S.
2006-11-11 10:55:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a bad asthma attack this summer that led me to the ER, and afterwards we bought air purifiers that really helped a lot! We got them at Lowes, a pack of 2 for $100. It's a good deal to protect your daughter's health. Also if she is allergic to dust, mold, etc. get your heating and air vents professionally cleaned. There are also professional air purifiers you can have put in your furnace and ac to take out the allergens from the air before it is circulated. I feel for your daughter, extreme cold and extreme humidity make my asthma miserable.
2006-11-11 08:51:24 · answer #4 · answered by Cher H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The key is to stop the cycle. Tell her to try for one minute (with a timer to try not to cough). tell her to drink a little sip of water if she feels like she is going to start coughing again. Pillows (sitting her up). Tell her what sitting up does. Kids are smart. Explain to her the mucus is falling to the back of her throat when she lays down or flat (that's what makes her cough so much). Kids can understand reasoning and when they see it help they will listen more. The "Simply saline Mist" can be used. Tell her this can "wash away the mucus that's itching her throat". Doing these things can interrupt the cycle of coughing without drugs.
2006-11-10 15:45:06 · answer #5 · answered by thinkingtiger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably has been mentioned by your Dr. But put a humidifier in her room. Also clean all her bedding every couple of days. Sweep daily and dust her room. An air purifier may help also. Sorry couldn't be more help. Good luck.
2006-11-10 15:41:53 · answer #6 · answered by FX_Make-upArtist 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my son also has asthma and is on nebulizer treatments. when his cough gets really bad, the only thing that makes it stop is robitussin. i buy it at costco because it works so well :-D
2006-11-10 15:44:18 · answer #7 · answered by lysia_marie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a air cleaner filetr? That might help. Put it in your house., specifically one for where she spends most of her time, ie bedroom?
2006-11-10 15:42:16 · answer #8 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋