What causes continuous cough and cold in children?
Patient: hi my daughter is 3yrs10mnths old she is suffering from cough &cold past one yr now doct recommend planokuf,levolin syrup for her for 5 days &blood testso please tell me is this a symptom of asthma or what kind of disease is it .if we medicine cold &cough attack her or if we continue the medicine then she is fine .please tell me is it serious.after these medicines she will be fine or not Doctor: Hi..don't be worried. The term 'asthma' is not used in children before 6 years. This is known as recurrent wheezing, and very few children with recurrent wheezing will develop asthma in their school going age. We use an index known as 'Asthma predictive Index' to predict the possibility of developing future asthma in children of 3 yrs age.  Cold and cough is common at her age group. You need to known whether your child is wheezing or not ( whistling like breathing sound) if yes you have to maintain a dairy where you have to keep record of frequency, duration and precipitating factors of the wheezing episodes.    As far as levolin is concerned use only at your pediatricians advice. It does'nt cause dependence but has many side effects like palpititons, tremors etc