Coughing After Treatments

You don't mention how old your child is, this could make a difference to how she gets & so how affectively she utilizes the medicine?

Do you do physio on her back lay her across your knees & with your hand cupped really firmly "bang" on her back over the rib area on both sides for as long as she'll stay put but 5 minutes or so would be good. This helps clear the lungs & break up any mucus.

Also as these meds are called by different names in australia i'm not sure but most asthma meds here work best if you have a good drink after taking them - this is something you find out rather than something drs actually bother to tell you!!

She is 5 years old. I have done the physio and it does seem to help, but only for about 10 min. After I stop.. It just seems that she isn't coughing much until after the treatments and then it's downhill from there for about an hour or so. We are doing the treatments every 4 hours.

At 5 she might be prepared to give this a go - since she's had the flu & that would leave mucus in her ,lungs which could well cause the coughing & which you need to clear - try getting a bowl of hot hot water & put in some vicks vapor rub (i don't know if you call it that, but it's a mixture of menthol, camphor & eucalyptus oils generally used as a chest rub for when you have a cold or flu) then have her lean over the bowl with a towel over her head & breathe in & out staying under for as along as she can. This clears the airways & gets right through to the lungs (if you breathe in deeply & keep doing it for - well the longer the better, but anything is better than nothing - she can come out from under the towel to wipe her face & cool off then go back under again when ready).

Do the above &/or rub some vicks on her chest, neck & back at night, oddly enough some under the feet helps alot - I have no idea why but it does!!?? If her skin is sensitive then put it on her singlet under her night top on either strap & in the middle front & back so that she still gets a fair amount of help from breathing it in, but this is mainly for at night whereas the bowl etc you can use at any time.

Good luck & I hope the new year is better than I guess your christmas is being!!

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