Question
My child is 5 years old, and we treat him like a precious gem. We’re all worried when he shows any sign of illness. Lately, he’s been coughing a lot, and it’s been going on for a long time without any improvement. It’s really concerning. How can we help? What should we do if our child’s cough doesn’t improve?
Answer
Allergic cough, also known as cough variant asthma, is a special form of asthma. The main symptom is persistent or recurrent coughing for more than a month, often occurring at night or in the morning, accompanied by little phlegm, worsening with activity, and no infectious signs in clinical settings. Or it may not respond to prolonged antibiotic treatment. The use of bronchodilators can alleviate cough symptoms. Typically, patients have a personal or family history of allergies. Coughing often occurs at night or in the early morning, in paroxysmal episodes, without asthma or fever, and chest X-rays and blood tests show no significant abnormalities.