My DD has had a reoccurring cough every few weeks for the majority of her life. In winter, they are always linked to colds & being snotty. But the cough goes on for 3/4 weeks after the cold, she gets a weeks break & then she’ll get another cold and off we go again! We’ve done about 50 covid tests this winter 🥴
In summer, I can’t link her cough to anything. She rarely gets colds. She doesn’t show any other allergy symptoms really. The occasional runny nose but nothing else. But she has a barking, dry cough for weeks at a time.
Her breathing is always OK, I have no concerns with it & as such, I’ve taken her to the docs about her cough really. A few times as a baby & young toddler but not recently as we have various methods to handle it & its ‘just a cough’.. but as she’s getting older, it’s noticeably making her look & feel exhausted after coughing all night. She is quite frequently sick from coughing now as well which is new, previously she had an impressive gag reflex 🙈
I have cough dominant asthma. I really wheeze or have attacks. I just cough & cough & cough. I can’t help think my DD is very similar but equally, I wondered if it could be heyfever/allergies? I also suffer from heyfever really badly, but I have obvious symptoms & it doesn’t cause a cough.. 🤔