Just before I start dd has had a couple of gp appointments, she is having the next one in early September and I will be pushing for a referral to a paediatrician.
She has had a cough for month. It seems like she had a cold over the winter and it's never gone away, if it did it was only for a week or two.
I took her to the docs who suspects asthma, has prescribed brown and blue inhalers and is monitoring it. She also has peak flow monitored.
However I'm starting to think it's not asthma. When she coughs it is unpleasant and painful but she is not short of breath and never has chest tightness. No wheeze. She does not cough during the night. Her blue inhaler provides absolutely no relief when she is having an 'attack'.
She had hay-fever for the first time earlier this year, runny nose sore eyes. That's all cleared up but the cough has continued.
I think she's allergic to something, but what? If dust, she went on holiday with my patents for a week recently, wouldn't that have relieved her symptoms? Her room was not dusty but whilw she was away her bed was pulled out, hoovered, damp dusted etc.
We have no pets. We don't smoke. We live in a newly built house which does not have damp.
What else could it be?