chronic throat clearing

[mahony]

my 7 year old daughter has chronic throat clearing. she would do this about 1000 times a day. its just all the time until she falls asleep. this follows a type of virus where she had a cough for 5-6 weeks. coughing so bad that she would sometimes vomit. 3 times we saw a doctor and every time there was a different verdict. from asthma to a virus to possible whooping cough. she was put on 2 different types of antibiotics of which neither did any good. i was also told to administer ventolin which i think only gave her peace of mind, nothing else! she is still coughing , not as bad as the first 5-6 weeks, all the doctors i have seen keep assuming it is a virus that will run its course...really? i am very worried. is it a bad habbit she has developed over the course of this so called virus or is there something else going on. i dont know what to do. the doctors also perscribed cough medicine, 2 types, and cough lollies again both of which did nothing. i can hear my daughter now as i type away she sounds like she is almost grunting???? it is becoming unbearable...help.


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[cmosbjt]

I have the chronic throat clearing problem for more than 15 years. seen many doctors, no answers.

[lathomchief]

Has this now stopped as my 7 year old boy has had this for 10 days now. He had chicken pox and a cold before Christmas and has now developed this single repeating cough with constant throat cleraing in between.  This goes on all day but doesn't affect him when he is asleep. I have been reading up for days and the 2 things that keep coming up are asthma and transent tic syndrome. Apparently 25% of children will develop a tic during their school years. Anything from a cough to clicking fingers to blinking etc. A transient tic is said to last more than 4 weeks but less than a year. The only other thing that may cause this is if you have had a new carpet fitted recently (or in May last year). We had one fitted on 22nd Dec and the cough started a couple of days later. Apparently the chemicals in the carpet and the adhesive used can cause children to cough.