OKAY HE IS COMING OVER A COLD... HE TOOK ALL THE MEDICINE AND IS DOING GOOD EXCEPT!! HE HAS AN OCCASIONAL COUGH STILL. MOSTLY WHEN HE SLEEPS AT NAP AND NIGHT HE COUGHS MAYBE 5 TIMES IN HIS SLEEP TIL I GIVE HIM A DOSE OF COUGH MEDICINE! I TOLD THE DOCTOR HE SAID IT CAN TAKE A MONTH TO GET RID OF A COUGH! I NEVER HEARD THAT B4 IN MY LIFE WHAT DO U GUYS THINK!?
2007-02-21 02:17:05 · 7 answers · asked by SEXY CRML 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
well I am a very sickly person myself and it usually takes me a long time to get over a cough... what seems to happen is the esophagus becomes irritated during the sickness and after the cold is gone, the throat is still irritated... so what is happening as the germs are leaving his body, he is still healing from coughing so much... it would be like a scab healing... it bled and now its healing... it usually takes me about 2 weeks to stop coughing... I find that lemon tea with honey in it helps me soothe my throat... I hope he gets to feeling better!
2007-02-21 02:23:13 · answer #1 · answered by Janille S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Don't worry. As long as he's coughing, he'll get his lungs cleared up. Of course, he needs his sleep - so you're doing the right thing. Don't worry mom. A high fever with a rattle in his chest would be cause to worry.
2007-02-21 10:26:53 · answer #2 · answered by KATHY A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a cold and I have been taking mucinex dm green bottle has helped me a lot but I still am coughing but this is a cough depressant so it might help your son more than cough medicine he is getting. you can get this at any wal mart and it would probably help. Hope this helps and your son gets better.
2007-02-21 10:27:39 · answer #3 · answered by weazel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
following a cold, the respiraratory system is irritable , so there are bouts of cough for a week or so after stopping medications. one need not be worried about it, so long as there is no fever, difficulty in breathing, in the child.
2007-02-21 10:25:20 · answer #4 · answered by nila 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all look up B4 at Web Md.com and find the answer. Your son has allergy's sounds like to me. My girl was and still is the same way. Now at 26 she is taking shots for her allergies see ans allergist.
2007-02-21 10:25:28 · answer #5 · answered by teddy24 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's good to occasionally cough.helps clear the throat,that's what my doctor said.Don't give medicine everytime he couchs.Hope he feels better soon.
2007-02-21 10:21:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cold is a virus. And yes it can take up to a month for it to go away. Its always in your system.
2007-02-21 10:44:02 · answer #7 · answered by kRiSTiN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋