Cough Specialist Doctor: Why Repeated Antibiotics Don’t Fix Chronic Cough in Children
Cough is one of the most common reasons parents bring children to see a doctor.Most clear up in a week or two with a viral cold, but some drag on for weeks or even months, leaving parents exhausted and worried. It's not unusual to see children who've been through three, four, sometimes five rounds of antibiotics for a cough that won't quit. When the same approach keeps failing, it's time to ask a different question: are we treating the right thing? What Counts as Chronic Cough? After a while, you realise that it’s not just an acute cough. By then, you're usually not dealing with residual infection anymore. What surprises parents is that kids with chronic cough often look perfectly healthy. No fever or other symptoms. There is nothing to be afraid of after the tests. But the cough has a rhythm to it—worse at bedtime, kicks up during PE class, or returns like clockwork after every sniffle that goes around school. That kind of pattern points to airways that...