Question
What should I do if my child keeps getting sick and coughing since starting school? Patient Age: Almost four years old Detailed Condition and Purpose of Inquiry: My daughter is almost four years old, and she was quite healthy from infancy until she was about three weeks old. She hardly ever caught a cold. However, since her grandmother had a cold in June this year, which triggered a chronic cough, my daughter started coughing as well. After taking Azythromycin at the hospital, the effect was significant, and her cough was gone in less than three days. Since September, when she started school, she has had intermittent fevers accompanied by coughing, which has lasted for about a month. This time, it started with severe nasal congestion at night, affecting her sleep. After about four or five days of congestion, she started coughing along with runny nose. We’ve given her Azythromycin and the granules for cough relief, but the symptoms persist.
Answer
I suggest you consider traditional Chinese medicine. My son has been coughing once every month for the first few months of this year, and he had to get intravenous injections each time to get better, which made his physique quite poor. The last time we saw a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, he took transfer factors for three months after getting better, and now he’s much better. In the past few months, he’s had two episodes of a little cough or runny nose when we took him to see a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, and he just needed a few doses of medicine to get better without any further development. However, you should find an experienced traditional Chinese medicine doctor.