cough variant asthma??

Hi and welcome :) My son has that type of asthma as well. Right now he is on Asmanex, Albuterol, Singulair (sometimes) and occasionally Allegra. His coughing has subsided somewhat but he stills coughs. He is just getting over a cold but I found that at night when he would coughing bad from his cold, I would give him Vicks Cough and Cold medicine and miracously his coughing eased significantly. Have you tried giving your daughter an Otc cough medicine?

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Dear Jessdud: If your daughter is allergic to dust mites, do you have her pillow & mattress encased w/protector? Using a simple saline nasal spray will also help since this will just cleanse the celia (tiny hairs in the nasal air passages) and keep the dust mites from "hanging around." Running a humidifier in the room will also help. Talk to her teacher if there are any plants in her classroom since she is allergic to pollen. If the teacher uses chalk, make sure your daughter is not close to the front of the room (dry markers are much better for children).

Now that it's winter, a lot of people use fireplaces. Fireplaces, scented candles, BBQing w/brickets should be avoided by asthmatics. Also if you go to a fast foot rest (such as Burger King) who cooks on open fire grill, the smoke is absorbed by food and not good for asthmatics. Asthmatics' airways are always slightly inflammed (not enough to be aware of) and trigger control is number one priority. An ounce of prevention is definitely worth a lb of cure w/an asthmatic.

Good luck & hope your daughter feels better soon.

The above info is for educational purposes only and not meant as medical advice.

I have a 5 year old daughter who recently spent a week in the hospital due to the cough variant asthma.  She coughed for 2 months straight and was miss-diagnosed with sinus infections and allergies until we went to see a very aggressive pediatric pulomonogist.  My daughter was getting so little air that she could barely speak.  She had to take interviness steriods to get the inflammation out of her chest and have the neb. treatments every two hours while she was in the hospital.  The steriods made her CRAZY, which apparently they do to most children, but in the end it jump started the recovery and it has begun to lead us to recovery.  She now is on Xopenex every 8 hours and Atrovent every 8 hours (alternating) and she does a flovent inhaler 2x per day.  I hope this helps!  I wish I found this site sooner! 

Also leading up to the hospital stay my daughters behavior had become quite out of control.  I was told she was not getting enough oxygen and that made her a bit on the aggressive side.  Best of luck.

Danielle