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[san321]

my 7 year old daughter has a cough for over 3 weeks, shes been seen by 3GPs, 1emergency DR, and 2pedriatics ,she has a weezing old the time, every time she complain of pain in her chest shes been using a blue  inhaler every 3 to 4 hours at the time .now her stools are black i dont know what to do shes been in A.E. twice they  gave her 4 differents antibiotics, steroids  but she still the same.cough is worse at night if any body has any advirce,shes drinking well conplain a little when she eat no fever tkans san

[achillea]

Coughing is often the biggest symptom in asthmatic attacks, and asthma can be triggered even in non-allergic people by a viral or bacterial infection.  Ask me how I know--after a visit to the ER in a foreign country for my first acute ashma attack.

The treatment for this involves a "rescue inhaler" (probably the 'blue one' your daughter is using several times a day) but ALSO a steroid inhaler for long term control, plus steroid pills for a couple of weeks, and an antibiotic if the doctors suspect bacterial infection.

Since your daughter is being treated for asthma, it would be a good idea for you to check out the asthma forum here:

http://www.medhelp.org/search?utf8=%26%23x2713%3B&query=2011+asthma

[san321]

tks for you advirse,they did an x-ray but they told me it was clear,the stools are ok now they told me she has a viral infeccion in her throat and they give her steroids for another two days she still coughing but not to much.i will try to take her to  a pediatric pulmonologist but fisrt she has an  appoiment for her ashma and i will ask if they can refferer her hopefully they will thanks again for answer me back.

[grendslori]

Take your daughter to see a pediatric pulmonologist; he would be able to help her if there is a lung issue going on.

[ireneo]

4 different antibiotics in the past 3 weeks? That doesn't sound right or good. Did they do a chest x-ray to see if her lungs were clear? I don't have any answers, just thoughts and none of them would be helpful. Dark stools could be caused by something she's been eating, too much iron in her diet, or bleeding in the digestive track. I would recommend making an appt. with a doctor again to have her checked. ER's/A.E.'s tend to be rushed and they may miss something.