My son has a lot of mucus when he coughs. None of it seems to break up at all. He coughs so hard he vomits. I'm taking him to the doctor tomorrow. He has had the whooping cough vacine so its not that. What could it be? What are some ways to help him feel better?
2007-02-15 15:12:18 · 5 answers · asked by Baby Julie due 5/12 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
If you have a humidifier or vaporizor try using that. If you don't the steamed up bathroom will help. Vicks vapor rub works well also. Good luck I hope he gets to feeling better.
2007-02-15 15:24:44 · answer #1 · answered by precious1too 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be RSV
Anytime my kids or I have a cough we get alot of steam either from a shower(better for a one year old), hot water in the sink with a towel over their/my head and breath in the steam, or bowls of soup, to breathe and consume. Warm liquids including herbal teas for the kids or slightly warm honey with a bit of lemon juice. Vapor patches on their chest, cough strips, and lots of liquids,...for my two year old we alternate juice and pedialyte so that he doesn't get diarrhea from drinking too much juice. Expectorants are good for thinning mucus especially in the chest but, i don't know if they are okay for one year olds so you could ask the doctor tomorow.
here is info on RSV and the website is also included.
Clinical features: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia among infants and children under 1 year of age. Illness begins most frequently with fever, runny nose, cough, and sometimes wheezing. During their first RSV infection, between 25% and 40% of infants and young children have signs or symptoms of bronchiolitis or pneumonia, and 0.5% to 2% require hospitalization. Most children recover from illness in 8 to 15 days. The majority of children hospitalized for RSV infection are under 6 months of age. RSV also causes repeated infections throughout life, usually associated with moderate-to-severe cold-like symptoms; however, severe lower respiratory tract disease may occur at any age, especially among the elderly or among those with compromised cardiac, pulmonary, or immune systems
2007-02-16 00:21:00 · answer #2 · answered by C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take him in the bathroom and sit with him with a hot steam shower going and see if that eases his breathing at all.
2007-02-15 23:16:42 · answer #3 · answered by bgmom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be bronchitis. It has been going around a lot.
2007-02-15 23:51:25 · answer #4 · answered by besitos2610 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please use two eggs in morning and one at sleeping time give to him
2007-02-15 23:16:42 · answer #5 · answered by anubhav_55 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋