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Persistent cough
My 8 year old daughter is having persistent cough since 3-4days visited pead for the same .He prescribed pulmoclear ,azithro medicine but she was not feeling well still cough was there and coughing sound was weird as if "barking" , specially at night intensity was much more so gave her nebulization buonase ,she felt better and slept peacefully at night.. again visited pead he was telling pulmoclear is right medicine for her..but even after taking that medication she was continuously coughing and whitish mucous discharge sometimes but mostly dry cough. then He changed medicine buonase neb. and kofarest-LS now she is feeling much better than before.I just wanted to know how to understand cough due to bacterial infection or due to allergies.. what is happening in her case..plz guide ,*I don't want online consultation* just wanted proper guidance to know about infections
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In bacterial infections, there is high fever and child looks sick usually. This looks like a viral infection which cause cough and cold usually. This severe cough means she requires nebulization because the medicine reaches chest only through nebulizer or inhaler. Oral syrups do not help in severe cases. Do regular nebulization till she is better as advised by the pediatrician. If this cough is of long duration, it may be allergic and treatment is different.
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Greetings need to evaluate further like Allergy test nd blood test since it's persisting ,cxr if required. If required u can consult
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
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