Coughs please help!!?

Question

My 4 year old son has had a cough for about 5-6 weeks he finally seemed to have gotten rid of it for about a week and last night started again, he's hardly slept all night (neither have i) he finally fell asleep about 11.30 last night and woke up several times until 5.15 am when he woke up and was coughing like mad it was 7.25 when he fell back to sleep he was absolutly shattered i have had him at the doctor 3 times in the last 6 weeks and then back again today and just get the o its a viral thing it can last up to 8 weeks and if he's got rid of it and caught it again it might be another 8 weeks. I have tried every cough medicine buttercup syrup, medicol some otherone i can't remember the name of but seemed to make him cough even more. What can i do to help relieve his cough he's shattered and i'm 12 weeks pregnant and also shattered.

its just a cough what do you mean more details it's not just at night its all day and all night, when he's coughing up stuff its like clearish or maybe a little green like snot (sorry) he doesn't seem to have any other symptomshe's not hot or cold or sweating he seems himself other than being very grumpy and whining but thats because he's tired.

Answer 1

your g.p needs the sack!!! be careful that it don't turn in to bronchitis!!! see a different doctor for a second opinion, try a medicine called medised it works wonders i couldn't be with out it some times since i was told about it i stopped using calpol, it does the same kind of thing BUT BETTER it helps ease pain controls temp and helps the child relax more and helps them sleep more settled and it's perfectly safe form 3ths of age up wards!!!! also be careful your self as if you get infection it can sometimes harm your unborn baby. x x x x i know it's hard as i have four wonderful children at the age of 5yrs and under. x x x x x

Answer 2

hello!
first of all, give us some other details...how is the cough? it appears mostly at night? have you noticed the association with sweat? Is it dry or with expectoration? If so, what's the aspect of the sputum? I don't know what to say about your doctor's opinion, but I don't quite agree, even I'm just a med student. No viral infection keeps that long. Or, at least, no MINOR one. Even if it's viral, it's not normal just to let it be. Anyway, don't give the baby any antibiotics until some serios doctor sees him. If the sputum is greenish or lime-color, or if it's reddish just like leaves in the fall, go NOW to the ER. It can be something minor, but it can also be something bad. Take a blood sample and a chest X-ray, maybe some bacterial sample from the sputum, if there is any sputum. Better be sure it's nothing than wait and get worse. Good luck!

Answer 3

Has he got asthma? Coughing like that is usually a sign of asthma.

My friends two sons, my friend and one of my kids also have coughs. Doctor said it is a viral infection as well. All the coughing has brought on headaches, stomachaches, throwing-up, not wanting to eat, and always tired, because none of them can sleep due to the coughing.
Don't give you child anything sweet, like diluted pop, fizzy pop, sweets, cakes, chocolates, biscuits etc...... (the sweet things aggravate the cough, and will encourage more phlegm.
Plenty of water, calpol, and try and get him to eat. See if you can get him to suck on a strepsil.

Do you find if he moves around more he coughs more? And he coughs a lot at night? Is he wheezing?
my friend, her kids and my son, all have the same symptoms, they find it difficult to sleep, eat, drink, rest. What my friend and I are doing is what I have mentioned above. But then the kids are older than yours, the youngest here is 13. I have been giving my 15 year old paracetamol, and lemsips, and making him sit still or lie down as much as possible.
My friends son has started vomiting now, he's been off school 4 weeks with it so far.

Answer 4

The only cough medicine which seems to help my 7 year old is Delsyum the orange flavor is also very helpful. for a home remedy - which also works, heat some olive oil, roast some garlic and then mash it up and eat it, it is not as bad as it sounds, but it really works. Good luck. Perhaps you might want to consider a second opinion from another dr. Your son may be developing pneumonia.

Answer 5

Well, there is a viral infection going around. My kids just got over it. It can take up to 8 weeks to get rid of it. I used Mucinex for children and it works wonders! It will make all the yucky stuff come up. Maybe try Triaminic cough strips, the nighttime formula. It will help him sleep. Good luck and I hope your little one feels better soon!!

Answer 6

Being a father also having had a cough myself I find that sometimes a cough brings about swelling to the air passage and therein brings about a secondary reason for coughing if you use a coolant eg ice cream to reduce swelling and ease throat inflammation and in turn breathing relief
I find syrups do not easing throat inflammation

Answer 7

I would take him to a different doctor.
I just went threw this with my 5 year old with the same results--it's a "viral thing".
I took her to a different doctor on the 12th, they took blood, to do a blood count, and then took a chest x-ray and it turned out she had pneumonia!

Answer 8

my 3 yr old girl is the same... what worked for her was the usual calpol dose vics vapour rub on her back and front another pillow to lift her and a cooler room ( window open and thinner quilt) she been OK for a few weeks now

Answer 9

have you tried homoeopathy? it costs money but works well! good luck! we've all been there and know how miserable it is, especially when pregnant! ooo, just thought, ask chemist , there is a cough medicine which has something to help them sleep,,, but i still recommend a homoeopath. x

Answer 10

i think you should ask to see your chemist tell him/her the situation,they can be a lot better than any doctor most of the time and you dont have to wait cos they are happy to help good luck