chronic cough?

September 21, 2006

This is my NT mercury kid with adrenal issues. I posted on here

about her eye problems lately. I have noticed that she has a barking

cough. Usually we hear it at night, but ocassionally during the day.

It is a dry cough, but she has had it for what seems like months. No

cold symptoms otherwise. I asked her why she coughs so harshly, if

she felt ill etc. She said it feels like a frog in her throat. She

is not aware that she is coughing sometimes at night. Not an all

night thing either, just once in a while. It seems odd.

I put her on Echinacea as a 10 day trial. She did find and avoided

one cold that had started up when we began. We finished our 10 days,

and we have a cold now. (we just did a round this past weekend too,

so eveyone has a cold now).

I am apprehensive to start OLE with her, but with so many odd things

that don't go away, like a cough, complaints of sore throats off and

on...could she have a viral issue? If so, would OLE take care of

this and how would we use it properly? By the way..No fevers.

By the way, she is doing better with moods on adreanal twice a day,

yeast aid, probiotics, multis. Thanks everyone!

September 21, 2006

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> This is my NT mercury kid with adrenal issues. I posted on here

> about her eye problems lately. I have noticed that she has a barking

> cough. Usually we hear it at night,

Doctors usually think about coughing asthma when there is a night time

chronic cough. The way to get it diagnosed, if you want, is to wait

for a major respiratory virus to come along and then take her in to a

doctor who can measure lung function (it's just a simple machine that

measures the volume of air they blow out from the lungs).

Doctors told me that it's best to treat coughing asthma with inhaled

steroids (no worries, it's a very low dose, and it heals the lungs)

before the problem becomes more permanent. My daughter used an

inhaler when young, but wasn't very compliant. My son only needed to

after a major wicked virus once.

Other things that helped my kids - a tiny bit of vaseline in the nose

at night to prevent drying, sterile saline to 'wash' the nose whenever

they want, clean washcloths always available to wash around their

eyes, a humidifier in the room - but not too humid, minimizing dust in

the house (especially their rooms).

but ocassionally during the day.

> It is a dry cough, but she has had it for what seems like months. No

> cold symptoms otherwise. I asked her why she coughs so harshly, if

> she felt ill etc. She said it feels like a frog in her throat. She

> is not aware that she is coughing sometimes at night. Not an all

> night thing either, just once in a while. It seems odd.

>

> I put her on Echinacea as a 10 day trial. She did find and avoided

> one cold that had started up when we began. We finished our 10 days,

> and we have a cold now. (we just did a round this past weekend too,

> so eveyone has a cold now).

>

> I am apprehensive to start OLE with her, but with so many odd things

> that don't go away, like a cough, complaints of sore throats off and

> on...

This time of year there is lots of dust, mold, virus, blowing around

to irritate eyes, throats, lungs.....

J

could she have a viral issue? If so, would OLE take care of

> this and how would we use it properly? By the way..No fevers.

>

> By the way, she is doing better with moods on adreanal twice a day,

> yeast aid, probiotics, multis. Thanks everyone!

>

September 22, 2006

>

> This is my NT mercury kid with adrenal issues. I posted on here

> about her eye problems lately. I have noticed that she has a barking

> cough. Usually we hear it at night, but ocassionally during the day.

> It is a dry cough, but she has had it for what seems like months. No

> cold symptoms otherwise. I asked her why she coughs so harshly, if

> she felt ill etc. She said it feels like a frog in her throat.

I had this problem a few years ago. I traced it to red dye I was

eating. So consider she might have food intolerance issues.

> I am apprehensive to start OLE with her, but with so many odd things

> that don't go away, like a cough, complaints of sore throats off and

> on...could she have a viral issue?

It is possible.

>> If so, would OLE take care of

> this and how would we use it properly?

OLE can help. I started my kids with 250mg per day and worked up from

there. Watch for yeast, because viral " die off " can increase yeast.

Dana