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>prescribed antibiotics as a ‘precautionary’ measure.
I don’t approve of that at all. If the doctor can’t give evidence of a bacterial infection, he/she would have a lot of ’splainin’ to do before I would administer antibiotics. – Ron Low Levity is the dearth of gravity. Brevity is the height of clarity. non-commercial e-mail always welcome
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>I don’t approve of that at all. If the doctor can’t give evidence of a >bacterial infection, he/she would have a lot of ’splainin’ to do before I >would administer antibiotics. >- Ron Low
I am a nurse and I agree with Ron. If your MD doesn’t have evidence that it is a bacterial infection he shouldn’t be immediently prescribing antibiotics. I would get a second opinion. This is how a great deal of antibiotic resistant strains are created (by handing someone antibiotics each time they have any respiratory s/s) W. Makah
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>Hopefully you’ve seen the doctor again and things are better.
Not yet – she has a day/night of being better, and then regresses, but tomorrow hopefully we’ll see the doctor. > Perhaps your daughter’s breathing >problems are croup. What helped my daughters was to bring them into the >bathroom, close the door, and turn the shower on full blast with hot water >so the room filled up with steam. I would sit with them in the bathroom >until their breathing got back to normal. >Thanks a lot for this – so far the attacks are fairly short, perhaps a
minute or so, but I am keeping this idea in mind in case the difficulties worsen. > Hope his helps. By the way, do you know about the following newsgroup? >alt.support.asthma?
I didn’t; am about to suscribe. Thanks again. — Susan Campbell
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If I were you I’d get her back to the doc as soon as possible. If the antibiotics are not working and the cough is getting worse there are any number of things it could be. Asthma is one, TB is another, bronchitis… get her in to see her doctor!
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Our 4 3/4 year old started a light cough 2 1/2 weeks ago, 3 days after starting full time school. It then developed to a fairly bad cough at the weekend; I thought it might be the start of somenthing infectious and kept her off school 2 days (to her disgust!) She went back; next weekend cough got much worse; she started coughing so badly that she was being sick (from her stomach). Saw doctor Monday, who thought she’d get better very soon, but prescribed antibiotics as a ‘precautionary’ measure. Seemed to help first 3 days, but now she is being sick (due to cough) several times a day (not last night – but last night coughing was so prolonged that she couldn’t breathe properly and was gasping for breath (I hesitate to use the word wheeze, but it sounded like it to me.) Her father is asthmatic, and we are all on the lookout for this; I had a very similar cough appearing over 3 – 4 years, which eventually (during pregnancy and breast feeding) I learnt to control mostly through breathing. Obviously I am trying to pass my experience on to our daughter, but she is so young. I try to breathe with her etc. Any other similar experiences please? Especially anyone who has come out the other side – what worked for you? (I hope to get another appointment with doctor tommorrrow/Monday – cough has got worse rather than improved). TIA — Susan Campbell
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Hopefully you’ve seen the doctor again and things are better. My sister had asthma when she was a child and adolescent and still has to be very careful even though she is an adult now. I can remember one time when my parents had to take her to the emergency room twice in one day! Other than observing my sister during severe (and scary) asthma attacks, I know very little about it, but I have heard that it can be hereditary. I am interested in genealogy and found out that asthma and other pulmonary problems run on one side of our family. My children did not have asthma, but they did suffer from croup occasionally in the middle of the night. Perhaps your daughter’s breathing problems are croup. What helped my daughters was to bring them into the bathroom, close the door, and turn the shower on full blast with hot water so the room filled up with steam. I would sit with them in the bathroom until their breathing got back to normal. Hope his helps. By the way, do you know about the following newsgroup? alt.support.asthma? I don’t follow it, but perhaps you would be interested in it. Regards, Margaret – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Our 4 3/4 year old started a light cough 2 1/2 weeks ago, 3 days after > starting full time school. It then developed to a fairly bad cough at > the weekend; I thought it might be the start of somenthing infectious > and kept her off school 2 days (to her disgust!) She went back; next > weekend cough got much worse; she started coughing so badly that she was > being sick (from her stomach). Saw doctor Monday, who thought she’d get > better very soon, but prescribed antibiotics as a ‘precautionary’ > measure. Seemed to help first 3 days, but now she is being sick (due to > cough) several times a day (not last night – but last night coughing was > so prolonged that she couldn’t breathe properly and was gasping for > breath (I hesitate to use the word wheeze, but it sounded like it to > me.) Her father is asthmatic, and we are all on the lookout for this; > I had a very similar cough appearing over 3 – 4 years, which eventually > (during pregnancy and breast feeding) I learnt to control mostly through > breathing. Obviously I am trying to pass my experience on to our > daughter, but she is so young. I try to breathe with her etc. Any > other similar experiences please? Especially anyone who has come out > the other side – what worked for you? (I hope to get another appointment > with doctor tommorrrow/Monday – cough has got worse rather than > improved). > TIA > — > Susan Campbell
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Could be a number of things, of which your doc will certainly check. Our son (3) has done similar with the vomitting after coughing, but on irregular & rare occasions. We still havn’t a handle on it. He still coughs a lot too – cough variant asthma – treated with Intal, but this is a distinctly different cough. Given the apparent epidemic of whooping cough around at the moment, this too should be on the ’short-list’. Just gotta wait for the doc. Maybe if the ‘wheeze’ gets really bad, try some of your husbands/partners ventolin/respolin. If really worried, go straight to hospital. Brenton – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Our 4 3/4 year old started a light cough 2 1/2 weeks ago, 3 days after > starting full time school. It then developed to a fairly bad cough at > the weekend; I thought it might be the start of somenthing infectious > and kept her off school 2 days (to her disgust!) She went back; next > weekend cough got much worse; she started coughing so badly that she was > being sick (from her stomach). Saw doctor Monday, who thought she’d get > better very soon, but prescribed antibiotics as a ‘precautionary’ > measure. Seemed to help first 3 days, but now she is being sick (due to > cough) several times a day (not last night – but last night coughing was > so prolonged that she couldn’t breathe properly and was gasping for > breath (I hesitate to use the word wheeze, but it sounded like it to > me.) Her father is asthmatic, and we are all on the lookout for this; > I had a very similar cough appearing over 3 – 4 years, which eventually > (during pregnancy and breast feeding) I learnt to control mostly through > breathing. Obviously I am trying to pass my experience on to our > daughter, but she is so young. I try to breathe with her etc. Any > other similar experiences please? Especially anyone who has come out > the other side – what worked for you? (I hope to get another appointment > with doctor tommorrrow/Monday – cough has got worse rather than > improved). > TIA > — > Susan Campbell
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