Asthma? Allergies?

In January both myself and my 4 yr old son developed a cough along with a headcold and we can't seem to get rid of it. Both of us have taked antibiotics, and the symptoms have gotten better. The cough for both of us is periodic, but my son has started having what I would call coughing fits when he is running or playing hard. He gets red faced when he coughs and it stops with drinking water and rest. At night when he lays down he coughs as well but not as long.

There is no history of asthma on either side of our family, allergies yes.
I have taken him to the pediatrician and he does not have chest congestion so we started zyrtec, but it doesnt seem to help.

I have taken him to the pediatrician and he does not have chest congestion so we started
Any ideas???

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

hi, seems like a lot of this is going around. last oct i got a cold went to dr after two days they gave me meds for it , did not help told me i had asthma , never had before in life, gave me inhalers i didnt use them because i never had asthma, two months later still had no better had the coughing fits to, had to use the inhaler could not breath. jan 3 months later still had, put me on a nother inhaler. this id march now . cold/cough gone but took it 4 months, but now sinus are really bad going for a ct scan thursday. not sure what caused that cold but here in georgia so many people who have never had asthma got it this year was a big write up in news paper about it. i also took 4 rounds of antibiotics nothing really helped it , it had to run its course. wishing ya lots luck with this one . all i can say is do the inhalers if you are givin them they help you breath and not get worse.

[wannasing]

I'm suffering from the same experience, except I do have allergic asthma. I caught a cold which developed into bronchitis in November and the coughing didn't stop for three months.  I think I've had bronchitis maybe once before in my life.  After four courses of antibiotics, the sinus inflammation still hasn't subsided. Almost everyone  I know this year has caught a cold with cough that lasted a month.

If the doctors think you or your son have bronchial or sinus inflammation, you should take whatever inhalers they give you -- inflammation makes you susceptible to subsequent infections.  You won't have to be on them permanently.

[crash595]

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