Coughing

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Anonymous wrote:Why are so many kids in school when they're coughing??? Not even wearing a mask, not even covering their mouths -- just coughing with open mouths and tongues sticking out. I get that parents don't care about anything but getting their kids out of the house, but why are schools allowing kids in the building when they're coughing? When hospitals are filled to capacity with children who have respiratory illnesses?

How do you know this is happening? Do you follow your kid into the classroom? Are you a teacher? My kid has been coughing for a month now. I have no idea what is wrong with him. I dose him with Claritin and Robitussin every morning and if he happens to cough as I am dropping him off, I look at him with exaggerated pity in front of his teachers and just say, "Aw allergies got you this morning, huh, bud?" and then drive off to get Starbucks before going to work. Sorry.

You should't take Robitussin daily. Stop being selfish and get your kid to a doctor.

Take her kid to the doctor for what? Coughs linger. I cough for a month after basically any cold, so do lots of people. Doctors don't care because they understand that coughs linger. The best they can do is give you codeine which they're not going to give to a child.

You need a better doctor.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of kids have lingering coughs from asthma and allergies. Lots of kids have runny nose and congestion. If my kids have any of those symptoms, I only keep them home if their behavior/appetite is impacted, or fever, etc. But we are absolutely not missing multiple days and days due to the run-of-the-mill congestion. We did that in 2020 and 2021, happily. Not anymore.

.. or from a cold they had. A cough is usually the last thing to get better sometimes even as they are no longer contagious.

I told my kids to wear a mask now in the hallways, not so much in class. But those hallways are jam packed.

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Anonymous wrote:DCUM is the only place where you will find this many people who agree with you OP. In the real world people understand that coughs linger for s long time and many people have had a string of different viruses starting in September. My child would have been home for at least a month if I kept her home because she had a cough. I kept her home when she wasn't feeling well. No reasonable parent would keep their child home from school for a month because they are coughing.

THIS. Also please realize that some people's coughs linger for longer than others. For example, my daughter has a cold, kicks it in a few days, and that's that. My son, who is more sickly, invariably gets viral-induced asthma and then develops secondary bacterial bronchitis, neither of which is contagious, and is coughing for a month. This was our September and early October. I took him to the doctor three times out of an abundance of caution. To be safe, they tested him for flu each time, and each time they cleared him to go to school. We tested him for Covid each day even though we knew he didn't have it and asked him to wear a mask, both for other people's comfort.... but I'm not sure what else we can do. Staying home for a month for a non-contagious cough would not be an excused absence. I would encourage people to have their kids wear a mask if they're not comfortable with t hem in a school with other kids during cold and flu season, and also would encourage them to tell their kids not to give anyone who coughs the stinkeye. My son, who is 9, was mortified. Not sure what to do for him so he doesn't feel like a leper. Pin a letter from his doctor to his shirt? The fact of the matter is, your kid is most likely to get flu or covid from someone who's in the prodromal stage and not yet having a fever staying home. So while it's easy to scapegoat someone who's coughing, it's lazy and and not helpful.

The difference is your child has documented asthma and you are a good parent who is testing and taking your child to the doctor to help resolve it. The other poster is ignoring her child being sick, which is neglect.

He doesn't have asthma normally, so no, he's not a "documented" asthmatic -- just when he's got bronchial infection. and any pediatrician will tell you that many coughs linger for 3 or 4 weeks. I think it would be helpful if people who have concerns about other kids' coughing raised this with their own pediatrician, so they could hear the speech about lingering coughs themselves. It would help to reduce their own anxiety and increase their understanding.

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Because we don't care anymore. Bottom line.

Slow day on the Covid dashboard??

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Every time my DD is sick my MIL will decide DH and I did something wrong to cause it and/or not respond correctly. Recently when DD tested positive for RSV (after three weeks of mild cold symptoms, most likely started with at lease one other different virus) she said, "Next time, take her to the doctor after she has been coughing for ::pause to make up fake medical advice:: two weeks". I just stared at her and she looked back at me like a little child caught in a lie.

I suspect there are a lot of people like my MIL on this thread, who for whatever reason get some satisfaction out of being the "parenting police" and making sh&t up to try to make other parents feel bad. I see you, and I pity you.

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Anonymous wrote:DCUM is the only place where you will find this many people who agree with you OP. In the real world people understand that coughs linger for s long time and many people have had a string of different viruses starting in September. My child would have been home for at least a month if I kept her home because she had a cough. I kept her home when she wasn't feeling well. No reasonable parent would keep their child home from school for a month because they are coughing.

THIS. Also please realize that some people's coughs linger for longer than others. For example, my daughter has a cold, kicks it in a few days, and that's that. My son, who is more sickly, invariably gets viral-induced asthma and then develops secondary bacterial bronchitis, neither of which is contagious, and is coughing for a month. This was our September and early October. I took him to the doctor three times out of an abundance of caution. To be safe, they tested him for flu each time, and each time they cleared him to go to school. We tested him for Covid each day even though we knew he didn't have it and asked him to wear a mask, both for other people's comfort.... but I'm not sure what else we can do. Staying home for a month for a non-contagious cough would not be an excused absence. I would encourage people to have their kids wear a mask if they're not comfortable with t hem in a school with other kids during cold and flu season, and also would encourage them to tell their kids not to give anyone who coughs the stinkeye. My son, who is 9, was mortified. Not sure what to do for him so he doesn't feel like a leper. Pin a letter from his doctor to his shirt? The fact of the matter is, your kid is most likely to get flu or covid from someone who's in the prodromal stage and not yet having a fever staying home. So while it's easy to scapegoat someone who's coughing, it's lazy and and not helpful.

The difference is your child has documented asthma and you are a good parent who is testing and taking your child to the doctor to help resolve it. The other poster is ignoring her child being sick, which is neglect.

He doesn't have asthma normally, so no, he's not a "documented" asthmatic -- just when he's got bronchial infection. and any pediatrician will tell you that many coughs linger for 3 or 4 weeks. I think it would be helpful if people who have concerns about other kids' coughing raised this with their own pediatrician, so they could hear the speech about lingering coughs themselves. It would help to reduce their own anxiety and increase their understanding.

No, not all ped's will tell you that. So, you are making up asthma to justify sending a sick kid to school. No wonder we have the spread.

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There's something going around that causes a lingering cough. Like for a week or more. My office is full of it. I'm not keeping my completely fine kid -- who's go no other symptoms, is eating like a horse, and is fully of energy -- home for a week or longer because she's got a trailing cough. Yes, kids should cover their mouths, but we are talking about kids, and sometimes they are going to forget.

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Anonymous wrote:DCUM is the only place where you will find this many people who agree with you OP. In the real world people understand that coughs linger for s long time and many people have had a string of different viruses starting in September. My child would have been home for at least a month if I kept her home because she had a cough. I kept her home when she wasn't feeling well. No reasonable parent would keep their child home from school for a month because they are coughing.

THIS. Also please realize that some people's coughs linger for longer than others. For example, my daughter has a cold, kicks it in a few days, and that's that. My son, who is more sickly, invariably gets viral-induced asthma and then develops secondary bacterial bronchitis, neither of which is contagious, and is coughing for a month. This was our September and early October. I took him to the doctor three times out of an abundance of caution. To be safe, they tested him for flu each time, and each time they cleared him to go to school. We tested him for Covid each day even though we knew he didn't have it and asked him to wear a mask, both for other people's comfort.... but I'm not sure what else we can do. Staying home for a month for a non-contagious cough would not be an excused absence. I would encourage people to have their kids wear a mask if they're not comfortable with t hem in a school with other kids during cold and flu season, and also would encourage them to tell their kids not to give anyone who coughs the stinkeye. My son, who is 9, was mortified. Not sure what to do for him so he doesn't feel like a leper. Pin a letter from his doctor to his shirt? The fact of the matter is, your kid is most likely to get flu or covid from someone who's in the prodromal stage and not yet having a fever staying home. So while it's easy to scapegoat someone who's coughing, it's lazy and and not helpful.

The difference is your child has documented asthma and you are a good parent who is testing and taking your child to the doctor to help resolve it. The other poster is ignoring her child being sick, which is neglect.

He doesn't have asthma normally, so no, he's not a "documented" asthmatic -- just when he's got bronchial infection. and any pediatrician will tell you that many coughs linger for 3 or 4 weeks. I think it would be helpful if people who have concerns about other kids' coughing raised this with their own pediatrician, so they could hear the speech about lingering coughs themselves. It would help to reduce their own anxiety and increase their understanding.

No, not all ped's will tell you that. So, you are making up asthma to justify sending a sick kid to school. No wonder we have the spread.

Those of us really interested in stopping the spread are in virtual.....just sayin'. We told you this would happen.

[Anonymous]

My kid has bronchiolitis and gets a lingering hacking cough that lasts 4-6 weeks after each cold/minor bug. If we kept her home until it subsided she’d miss months of school each year and either my DH or I would have to quit our job, so sorry you’re just going to have to deal with it.

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It’s always been the norm to attend school if you have a cough. Only stay home if you have a fever or feel unwell.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are so many kids in school when they're coughing??? Not even wearing a mask, not even covering their mouths -- just coughing with open mouths and tongues sticking out. I get that parents don't care about anything but getting their kids out of the house, but why are schools allowing kids in the building when they're coughing? When hospitals are filled to capacity with children who have respiratory illnesses?

How do you know this is happening? Do you follow your kid into the classroom? Are you a teacher? My kid has been coughing for a month now. I have no idea what is wrong with him. I dose him with Claritin and Robitussin every morning and if he happens to cough as I am dropping him off, I look at him with exaggerated pity in front of his teachers and just say, "Aw allergies got you this morning, huh, bud?" and then drive off to get Starbucks before going to work. Sorry.

You should't take Robitussin daily. Stop being selfish and get your kid to a doctor.

Take her kid to the doctor for what? Coughs linger. I cough for a month after basically any cold, so do lots of people. Doctors don't care because they understand that coughs linger. The best they can do is give you codeine which they're not going to give to a child.

You need a better doctor.

Please tell me what treatment for cough there's research to support being effective or do you disagree that coughs linger?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM is the only place where you will find this many people who agree with you OP. In the real world people understand that coughs linger for s long time and many people have had a string of different viruses starting in September. My child would have been home for at least a month if I kept her home because she had a cough. I kept her home when she wasn't feeling well. No reasonable parent would keep their child home from school for a month because they are coughing.

THIS. Also please realize that some people's coughs linger for longer than others. For example, my daughter has a cold, kicks it in a few days, and that's that. My son, who is more sickly, invariably gets viral-induced asthma and then develops secondary bacterial bronchitis, neither of which is contagious, and is coughing for a month. This was our September and early October. I took him to the doctor three times out of an abundance of caution. To be safe, they tested him for flu each time, and each time they cleared him to go to school. We tested him for Covid each day even though we knew he didn't have it and asked him to wear a mask, both for other people's comfort.... but I'm not sure what else we can do. Staying home for a month for a non-contagious cough would not be an excused absence. I would encourage people to have their kids wear a mask if they're not comfortable with t hem in a school with other kids during cold and flu season, and also would encourage them to tell their kids not to give anyone who coughs the stinkeye. My son, who is 9, was mortified. Not sure what to do for him so he doesn't feel like a leper. Pin a letter from his doctor to his shirt? The fact of the matter is, your kid is most likely to get flu or covid from someone who's in the prodromal stage and not yet having a fever staying home. So while it's easy to scapegoat someone who's coughing, it's lazy and and not helpful.

The difference is your child has documented asthma and you are a good parent who is testing and taking your child to the doctor to help resolve it. The other poster is ignoring her child being sick, which is neglect.

He doesn't have asthma normally, so no, he's not a "documented" asthmatic -- just when he's got bronchial infection. and any pediatrician will tell you that many coughs linger for 3 or 4 weeks. I think it would be helpful if people who have concerns about other kids' coughing raised this with their own pediatrician, so they could hear the speech about lingering coughs themselves. It would help to reduce their own anxiety and increase their understanding.

No, not all ped's will tell you that. So, you are making up asthma to justify sending a sick kid to school. No wonder we have the spread.

Those of us really interested in stopping the spread are in virtual.....just sayin'. We told you this would happen.

That people would get colds? That there would be an earlier-than-usual RSV season?

There are lots of reasons for a cough that aren’t Covid.

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Anonymous wrote:I make my child wear a mask to school if he has a cough or runny nose. He understands that it's to prevent those symptoms from spreading to his classmates.

Bravo. Exactly what we should be teaching our kids - to care about others around them. And will stop the bugs from being passed around so easily.

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Anonymous wrote:Every time my DD is sick my MIL will decide DH and I did something wrong to cause it and/or not respond correctly. Recently when DD tested positive for RSV (after three weeks of mild cold symptoms, most likely started with at lease one other different virus) she said, "Next time, take her to the doctor after she has been coughing for ::pause to make up fake medical advice:: two weeks". I just stared at her and she looked back at me like a little child caught in a lie.

I suspect there are a lot of people like my MIL on this thread, who for whatever reason get some satisfaction out of being the "parenting police" and making sh&t up to try to make other parents feel bad. I see you, and I pity you.

How about if we get satisfaction from NOT giving RSV to someone else's child? You let your kid be around other kids when they had RSV. And yet your only takeaway is to hate your MIL for daring to tell you to take your kid to the doctor. She was probably being sarcastic when she said take your kid to the doctor after two weeks of coughing. Most people wouldn't wait that long.

Thanks on behalf of all the other parents who now have to deal with RSV, and possibly have their kids in the packed emergency rooms dealing with it. You are a real sweetheart, PP.

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Anonymous wrote:I made a post like this last week in health forum and got berated. The hospitals are over flowing with RSV babies. Stay home when you have a new cough, at least tell your kids to wear a mask and cough into their elbow!

Young babies should be home with a parent or nanny. If they attend daycare, its inevitable they will get RSV.

I accept that kids aren’t staying home for the duration of a cough but why so callous? Some people need daycare. And even if they are home, some of them have older siblings.