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Child’s coughing at night

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OneMellowLemonExpert · 28/04/2024 21:55

i can’t bear it, my DD(5) has the most awful cough but worse at night. It goes through me and actually feels like I’m in pain with it too.

I’ve just moved her into bed with me so I can keep a closer eye on her.

there is a little back story in that she suffers from severe croup attacks that have put her in hospital several times so that does make me more nervous

has anyone else’s child suffering with a terrible cough? Were in the East Midlands and we’ve been informed by local NHS trust that whooping cough is rife at the moment 😟

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Surgeryscardeycat · 01/05/2024 22:10

Also my dd has been hospitalised with breathing issues and coughs and after many years of waiting and investigating it turned out to be allergy.

Whathappensnow11 · 01/05/2024 21:59

My now 5 year old was the exact same. After 2/3 years of constant antibiotics etc I had enough, made an appointment with the GP thinking id have to put up a fight for further tests, and luckily, we got someone who actually listened. He looked back in his medical records and said it could be asthma. So after some tests, etc, he has now been diagnosed and has inhalers, which cleared him up overnight.

Like your son, my sons cough would be worse at night and keep him up at night aswell.

Boxerdor · 01/05/2024 21:57

My daughter coughs all night and has done for months- it wakes her up. She’s also prone to croup and has been hospitalised for it. She’s got a brown inhaler now and the cough is reducing. We see the asthma nurse in a few weeks to see if she will be diagnosed with asthma

Surgeryscardeycat · 01/05/2024 21:55

They have been ill for 2 weeks and the other a month.

It's horrid and it's the whole thing family sleep deprivation also.

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OneMellowLemonExpert · 01/05/2024 21:53

Surgeryscardeycat · 01/05/2024 21:48

Op so many vicious coughs going around, it's been terrible, my dc are at the tail end of coughing till puke coughs.

Absolutely, it’s been awful hasn’t it. I’ve got a bad cough as well, I can barely talk without coughing.

good to hear your dc are doing much better

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Surgeryscardeycat · 01/05/2024 21:48

Op so many vicious coughs going around, it's been terrible, my dc are at the tail end of coughing till puke coughs.

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OneMellowLemonExpert · 01/05/2024 21:36

Thank you everyone, she is doing much better now. She is still coughing but nowhere near as much.

she is under a respiratory consultant for her severe croup so I’m contacting him to see if we can investigate possible asthma

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Katela18 · 29/04/2024 08:54

My DD 4 is exactly like this and has just been diagnosed with asthma 3 months ago. We have started brown inhaler and are now seeing a big difference (takes time to work).

I think she was diagnosed quite early, but she was prem so was already under the paeds consultant. Definitely worth asking your gp

Merryoldgoat · 28/04/2024 22:57

They do tend to outgrow croup @OneMellowLemonExpert - my little boy required regular hospital visits - 3 times one winter. One day he got the horrid snot that always pre-empted a visit and no croup and never had it since.

I know you still need to sort the coughing but the croup does stop ❤️

Merryoldgoat · 28/04/2024 22:53

Monwmum · 28/04/2024 22:35

My son had terrible croup when he was younger and the thing that really helped was putting our electric vegetable steamer in his room with water in obviously and basically steaming the room.

It worked wonders. Good luck x

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Yes - I have a Vicks vapouriser and it’s great.

Mercury2702 · 28/04/2024 22:38

This is also how my DS8 was diagnosed with asthma as it was explained their airway is squashed down even more at night when asthmatic so they said night time coughing is a dead giveaway

Monwmum · 28/04/2024 22:35

My son had terrible croup when he was younger and the thing that really helped was putting our electric vegetable steamer in his room with water in obviously and basically steaming the room.

It worked wonders. Good luck x

sarahc336 · 28/04/2024 22:31

Dd1 coughs at night, gp made us wait until she was over 5 before agreeing that yes it is likely to be asthma gave her a blue inhaler, works a treat 😊

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OneMellowLemonExpert · 28/04/2024 22:29

ZeroFucksGivenToday · 28/04/2024 22:24

We've just gone through this. my DD is 11 and still prone to croup. :( she also has the blue inhaler.

The only thing that helped was a hot steam humidifier in her room. But full warning, I used it that much, I've got runs of water stains down the walls now.

her cough lasted about 2 weeks at night. Still can have a bit in the day but mostly over it.

I’ve got one of those too, DH hates it as he’s convinced we’ll get damp/mould through using it so much

croup is just awful isn’t it

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OneMellowLemonExpert · 28/04/2024 22:27

Dextybooboo · 28/04/2024 22:22

I feel your pain. My dd was similar with croup and quite often suffers coughs / snotty noses.

Does you child have large tonsils at all? We've recently started using benadryl allergy medicine as advised by GP and it's made a huge difference. Also really rate the vicks cool mist humidifier.

I used to do a nice steamy bath too if it wasn't croup with the asda vapour bath in.

If you think it could be related to post nasal drip saline drops could help.

She’s just had her tonsils removed, they weren’t massive but surgeon thought removing them might help with the croup.

they didn’t a MLTB and found that the muscle surrounding her oesophagus was a bit looser than they would have expected so maybe reflux is the trigger? Last time she had an attack she had to be given adrenaline, it was just awful

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ZeroFucksGivenToday · 28/04/2024 22:24

We've just gone through this. my DD is 11 and still prone to croup. :( she also has the blue inhaler.

The only thing that helped was a hot steam humidifier in her room. But full warning, I used it that much, I've got runs of water stains down the walls now.

her cough lasted about 2 weeks at night. Still can have a bit in the day but mostly over it.

Americano75 · 28/04/2024 22:23

OneMellowLemonExpert · 28/04/2024 22:21

She sleeps on her back and her side to be honest, probably 50:50

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I'm asthmatic and can't sleep on my back because I'll end up coughing if I get a post nasal drip.

UpUpUpU · 28/04/2024 22:23

Window open and a humidifier on. I feel your pain

Dextybooboo · 28/04/2024 22:22

I feel your pain. My dd was similar with croup and quite often suffers coughs / snotty noses.

Does you child have large tonsils at all? We've recently started using benadryl allergy medicine as advised by GP and it's made a huge difference. Also really rate the vicks cool mist humidifier.

I used to do a nice steamy bath too if it wasn't croup with the asda vapour bath in.

If you think it could be related to post nasal drip saline drops could help.

Dareisayiseethesunshine · 28/04/2024 22:22

Window open. A must ime.. All weather's for asthmatic ds 9. Or The Fucking Coughing starts..

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OneMellowLemonExpert · 28/04/2024 22:21

Americano75 · 28/04/2024 22:20

Yeah, I think asthma might be the culprit here. Does she sleep on her back?

She sleeps on her back and her side to be honest, probably 50:50

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Americano75 · 28/04/2024 22:20

Yeah, I think asthma might be the culprit here. Does she sleep on her back?

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OneMellowLemonExpert · 28/04/2024 22:19

Thank you, she is under a ENT consultant and recently had a MLTB as well as her tonsils & adenoids removed. We’ve long suspected asthma, she does have a blue inhaler but I’ve heard they the brown ones are much more effective.

up until recently she was on lanzaprasole but the ENT surgeon wanted he to come off it to see if she had anymore croup episodes (to prove one way or another that reflux was triggering her attacks)

I’m going to contact the GP first thing in the morning and hopefully they’ll see her (they usually always see kids it’s just us adults that struggle for appointments)

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BorisIsACuntWaffle · 28/04/2024 22:18

Asthma

SquigglePigs · 28/04/2024 22:16

DD is 5 and she started with one like this on Good Friday. Even when most of the daytime coughing stopped she was still waking with a horrible cough that took ages to settle down. She only stopped that a few days ago. It really is horrible listening to them like that Sad. Hope your DD feels better soon.