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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 195143" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Have her checked for asthma. It can onset at any age, and is a dry cough. The frequency is part of what makes me think asthma. Have you tried having her in the bathroom with a hot steamy shower running (not her in the shower, just in the room). What you are describing is EXACTLY what each of my boys did/do that lead to the asthma diagnosis. There are preventative medications and rescue medications. And they DO work on coughs. If at all possible, try to get the doctor to NOT rx advair until you have tried a preventative like flovent first. Advair has 2 components, the one that is different from flovent has shown long term complications esp if used for many years. So it is best to try the flovent-type medication first. Also a rescue inhaler or nebulized medication should be used. Albuterol is the most common rescue medication. Xopenex is a newer one - maore expensive but works for some people who don't respond well to albuterol. Be warned, for a very very small number of people the rescue medications can cause some bizarre side effects. I used to hold thank you on my lap while he used the nebulizer - but it made me HALLUCINATE. Audio and visual hallucinations. They were terrifying to me, so now he uses the medications while in a different room. It is NOT a common thing, but it can happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 195143, member: 1233"] Have her checked for asthma. It can onset at any age, and is a dry cough. The frequency is part of what makes me think asthma. Have you tried having her in the bathroom with a hot steamy shower running (not her in the shower, just in the room). What you are describing is EXACTLY what each of my boys did/do that lead to the asthma diagnosis. There are preventative medications and rescue medications. And they DO work on coughs. If at all possible, try to get the doctor to NOT rx advair until you have tried a preventative like flovent first. Advair has 2 components, the one that is different from flovent has shown long term complications esp if used for many years. So it is best to try the flovent-type medication first. Also a rescue inhaler or nebulized medication should be used. Albuterol is the most common rescue medication. Xopenex is a newer one - maore expensive but works for some people who don't respond well to albuterol. Be warned, for a very very small number of people the rescue medications can cause some bizarre side effects. I used to hold thank you on my lap while he used the nebulizer - but it made me HALLUCINATE. Audio and visual hallucinations. They were terrifying to me, so now he uses the medications while in a different room. It is NOT a common thing, but it can happen. [/QUOTE]
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