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Coughing in Infants and Children

Your child does not seem to be having any difficulty breathing and does not have chest pain, fever, poor appetite, or weight loss and is not coughing up unusual mucous.

For some children with asthma, cough is the most prominent symptom. Think about the way your child is coughing.

  • Is the cough dry?
  • Have you heard wheezing?
  • Does he have a persistent nighttime cough or does he cough with exercise?

Yes, one or more of these statements describes my child.

No, none of these statements describe my child.

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Online Medical Reviewer: McCarthy, Claire MD
Date Last Reviewed: 4/24/2006
Date Last Modified: 3/14/2006

Source: from Harvard Health Decision Guides, Harvard Health Publications, Copyright © 2007 by President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Used with permission of StayWell.
 
 
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