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Posted On : 10 Sep 2023

In some children, there is nonstop cough but no wheezing, and the chest is clear, it is a type of asthma, I give double doses of cetirizine, steroid, Budesal nebulization, a bronchodilator, still in some cases nonstop coughing is not improved, What should be done? Give double dose steroid? Add hydrocortisone?

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Sanaa

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X-ray and exclude foreign body

10 Days ago

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Florence Luganje

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I dont think increasing the dise is a solution. Broaden your differential diagnosis

11 Days ago

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Henrique Ellwanger

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Search for another dignosis... Is it really asthma? maybe we should do an epirometry if its possible and an X-Ray. Think in other causes for isolate cough like GERD, medications, allergic rhinitis. But if the hypothesis still is asthma, before double dose steroid we can try add leukotriene modifier.

11 Days ago

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Shadi Noorizadeh

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and sinusitis

11 Days ago

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Shadi Noorizadeh

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R/O GERD , allergic rhinitis

11 Days ago