#ask the expert My son 4.6 year old had cold last month and then followed with wet cough. doctor said it's viral induced wheeze and prescribed inhaler. It's been more than a month now but still his cough has not stopped.some days looks like cough has reduced but again next day it would have increased. some day he coughs in sleep and vomits his dinner. Is it normal for wet cough to last for more than a month

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Dr Sameer awadhiyaGuardian of 2 children3 years ago

A. Cold most of the time is a viral illness where there could be running nose sneezing along with cough and it needs supportive care along with proper hydration . steam inhalation will also be useful in this . cough needs to be treated with anti allergic and expectorant bronchodilators or antitussives medicine which should be used once a proper evaluation by the doctor is done and according to the type of cough its prescribefrd. if any fever is there paracetamol can be given to reduce the tegmperature and the dose can be repeated again after 6 hours if required .

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Mom of a 4 yr 6 m old boy

Q. #ask the expert My son is 4.6yr old and started going to school from last month. Around May 19 he got cold for which ibuprofen and crocin was given and cold subsided within 2 days. from 3rd day cough started (wet Cough) which has mucus and after a week when doc checked he said viral induced wheeze for which Asthalin inhaler and omnicortil was provided. But cough continued which was not high but average. Last week he again got cold and cough still continued. Now after medication cold has subsided but wet cough still continuing. overall it's now almost a month since he is having this cough. we are continuing with Asthalin inhaler as of now. Does wet cough last this long