Cough Remedies For Children
10 percent of kids use cough meds every week
October 03, 2008
Expert & Community Posts
How to Build A Natural Cold-Fighting Kit for Your Family
By Allison Janse , Health Expert...are ineffective for treating coughs and colds in children under six, and shouldn't be given... Read more »
Understanding Cough Variant Asthma
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...tightness. CVA is an especially common diagnosis in young children, and it often progresses into... Read more »
Natural, Doctor-Approved Ways to Treat Kids’ Colds Without OTC Meds
By Allison Janse , Health Expert...over-the-counter cold and cough medicines not even effective for children under two, they're... Read more »
The Never Ending Cough: Is Cough Medication the Answer?
By James Thompson, MD , Health Expert...there is nothing more frustrating than hearing your child cough all night. During the fall and... Read more »
A Summary of Recent Asthma Research
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...ones. Asthma is one of 3 common causes of chronic cough in children. A group of physicians in... Read more »
Health Guide
Cough
...Exposure to air pollutants ACE inhibitors (medications used to control blood pressure) If a child has a barking cough, see croup. Read more »Cough
...cough: If you have a dry, tickling cough, try cough drops or hard candy. NEVER give these to a child under age 3, because they can cause choking. Use a vaporizer or take a steamy... Read more »Pertussis
...week after exposure to the bacteria. Severe episodes of coughing start about 10 to 12 days later. In children, the coughing often ends with a "whoop" noise. The sound is produced when the patient... Read more »Hernia
...aggravated by bending or lifting A tender groin lump or scrotum lump A non-tender bulge or lump in children Signs and tests A doctor can confirm the presence of a hernia... Read more »Croup
...acute; Spasmodic croup Symptoms Croup features a cough that sounds like a seal barking. Most children have what appears to be a mild cold for several days before the barking cough... Read more »Images
Medications
... to cough. Do not use this medication in children younger than 2 years unless... Read more »
...stuffy nose symptoms. Do not use this medication in children younger than 4 years unless... Read more »
...of this medication. Keep all medicines away from children and pets. Do not flush medications... Read more »
...in the bathroom. Keep all medicines away from children and pets. Properly discard this... Read more »
...directed by your doctor. Do not use this medication in children younger than 4 years unless... Read more »
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