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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had never heard of this until DS (9) did this. It was not like a normal cough, but a dry, almost throat clearing cough. Just enough to be annoying to everyone around him. First time it started, we had just moved to a new state. I thought that it was dirty vents/air. I bought an air purifier, kept up on washing bedding and stuffed animals, and cleaned the vents. Eventually (many months later) it went away. Fast forward to last spring the cough came back. I tried every over the counter cough medicine (nothing worked), tried increasing liquids, talked to Ped (thought it was a tic), and had his IEP team (thought it was a nervous or habit tic) make not of it. It went away after school was over. We chalked it up to stress/anxiety.[/quote]

Dry cough can also be a form of asthma, fyi.  See an allergy/pulminologist.  My nephew has this and has a maintenance inhaler.[/quote]

Thanks. We did see an allergist, but may be worth re-visiting. He has seasonal allergies, ADHD, and CP. The cough is not normally present when his allergies flare up. The doc told me that if it were allergy related then a [b]cough medicine [/b]would help. None of them worked. Wanted to mention that most of the coughing occurred during the afternoon and evening, but stopped once he was sleep. Never kept him up.[/quote]

This seems quite antiquated.  Our allergist even our pediatrician recommend nasal sprays for allergies and related PND.

Did the allergist have him do the blow test with a meter?  [/quote]

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