Child having recurring cough, normalizes with medicines, diagnosed as asthmatic bronchitis, taken injection monobact, augpen. Suggestion?
Patient: My 18 month old son have problem of cough regularly and for that we visits several times to doctors. First time in the month of March only one day in night he finds difficulty in breathing , he crying & irritable that time, after visit to the doctor & giving nebulizer (Steam) for two times in a day he feels ok and play & eat well. After one month, around 15 days before he feels likes same problem and that time the treatment is same. Next time he hospitalize for 4 days for the same problem. After checking the entire test report Dr. said that he having the problem of asthmatic bronchitis . After hospitalization and continue with medicine he feels good for next 4-5 days but again in one night he feels the same problem. Please help & guide me. is it really an asthma problem ? I attach the medical reports that taken before hospitalization and the treatment details. Treatment during hospitalization: inj. monobact 375mg -- twice a day inj. augpen 300mg ---- twice a day Kindly give your valuable suggestion. Doctor: From your description, it seems your son is having asthma problem. He should be nebulised with levolin and budecort  2 to 3 times a day. He can also be given a short course of oral steroids like omnacortil 2.5 to-5ml once a day for 3 to 5 days. Give him some antiallergic in the form of cough syrup like coscopin paediatric or phenergen. You have already given him adequate antibiotics and no need for further antibiotics. If symptoms still persist, get a xray chest and routine blood tests done and consult your paediatrician to rule out any other disease.