I’ll preface this my saying I’ve never been to A&E in my life so I’m absolutely not a habitual user, and very much in the ‘don’t waste resources’ camp.
However, my daughter has developed a swallowing problem. It started around March as coughing when she ate.
We’ve seen the GP who started out saying her chest was fine, it’s just viral.
We’ve seen a private respiratory doctor who thinks it’s asthma, but steroid and inhalers haven’t helped.
Weve seen an NHS paediatrician who did a chest x ray, she had a chest infection which antibiotics cleared up, but the cough when eating has gotten worse.
It’s got to the point this week she can’t eat at all without coughing / vomiting.
We’ve been referred to a speech and language therapist but the waitlist is at least a month.
Im so worried as she can’t eat comfortably and there’s no pathway to help at all for months. I’m worried there’s something in / wrong with her oesophagus, would going to A&e be wrong?
I can’t sit and watch her vomit everyday for at least a month