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Please help with this horrendous cough (DS 6)

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PoptartPoptart · 17/12/2011 18:25

I've posted about this before but thought I'd try again on the off chance that someone might have some new advice. I'll try to keep it short. DS is 6yo. A few times a year he gets a horrible cough, sometimes associated with a cold, but not always. He has had all the tests you can imagine and he is not asthmatic. It just seems that coughs are particularly troublesome for him. The real problem is at night. He coughs continually and it's heartbreaking to hear. I do all the obvious things, and also some obscure things too, like prop his pillows up, make sure his room is warm but has some fresh air, vicks on chest and feet, onion in the room, etc, etc. Nothing helps. It can go on for weeks. Medised is the best thing I've found, as calpol/nurofen/cough mixtures do nothing. Has anyone else got any other ideas or experience of this please?? Like I say, it is not asthma, we have all the inhalers and they never help in the slightest. He has also had Singulair, reflux meds, x-rays, etc, but it seems it is nothing sinister. Anything else I am missing or any remedies gratefully received. Thanks

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Winetimeisfinetime · 17/12/2011 18:37

Have you tried a warm mist humidifier ? I have used one for a persistent cough and found it very good but over time it did make the room a bit damp and the wallpaper start to peel off. But despite this I still used it as it stopped the coughing.

PoptartPoptart · 17/12/2011 18:59

We tried a dehumidifier a couple of years ago, but it didn't seem to make any difference. Is it the same thing as a warm mist humidifier?

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Winetimeisfinetime · 17/12/2011 19:18

No a dehumidifier takes the moisture out of the air but a humidifier puts moisture in. I think it helps with coughs in a similar way to when you do steam inhalations.

banana87 · 17/12/2011 19:21

Humidifier with Kavol in the top and benylin night cough works here.

tink123 · 18/12/2011 12:16

My dd (9) gets this every winter and we have finally put it down to post nasal drip made worse by the central heating. She has been to the drs and had her chest sounded so many times, and it has never been a chest infection. It is always upper respiratory.

We use karvol on her blanket which seems to help her sleep better. It is often better if she does cough during the night as if she doesn't, she coughs loads in morning to clear all the stuff which has dripped into her throat.

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