Question
A 6-year-old child has had a dry cough for 6 consecutive months, which is less severe in summer. The child’s immunoglobulin E level is 584 after hospital examination.
Answer
If your child’s cough is intermittent, does not respond to antibiotics, and is accompanied by a sore throat without fever, along with aversion to cold air and smoke, worsening at night, difficulty sleeping due to sweating or tossing and turning, or snoring, and if imaging or other tests show no abnormalities, your child may have allergic bronchitis or adenoid hypertrophy. It is recommended that you should quickly check for allergens, undergo desensitization, and eliminate respiratory allergic inflammation, which can still be cured.