frizz_ease (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} frizz_ease) wrote,@ 2008-04-14 15:35:00 |
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Hack, cough, hack and cough some more!
For over a year now, Jason has had a chronic cough. It is around for about a month and then disappears for a few weeks then comes back again. Sometimes he coughs all day, other times only at night, making it difficult for him to fall asleep. Our pediatrician did everything he could think of:
1. Sinus x-ray
2. Treatment for seasonal allergies
3. Treatment for asthma
4. Medication to stop the coughing reflex (maybe it's just a cough habit)
Nothing has worked. We tried a new pediatrician and he is back on an inhaler. Not helping.
But you know what has not been mentioned? Environmental allergies and/or food intolerances. So yesterday I started monitoring every food and ingredient that is going into his body. I told him no more eating out until we figure this out. And I made an appointment for an allergist. I hope it works!
Has anyone experienced this? Any suggestions?
For over a year now, Jason has had a chronic cough. It is around for about a month and then disappears for a few weeks then comes back again. Sometimes he coughs all day, other times only at night, making it difficult for him to fall asleep. Our pediatrician did everything he could think of:
1. Sinus x-ray
2. Treatment for seasonal allergies
3. Treatment for asthma
4. Medication to stop the coughing reflex (maybe it's just a cough habit)
Nothing has worked. We tried a new pediatrician and he is back on an inhaler. Not helping.
But you know what has not been mentioned? Environmental allergies and/or food intolerances. So yesterday I started monitoring every food and ingredient that is going into his body. I told him no more eating out until we figure this out. And I made an appointment for an allergist. I hope it works!
Has anyone experienced this? Any suggestions?
