A persistent cough in a 6-year-old girl baffled doctors for eight months until a nurse's reaction to the mother's strong ...

It sounds like barking in the middle of the night — the kind that alarms many parents — but it is most likely stridor. What ...

Some people continue coughing after they recover from a common respiratory infection. Doctors explain why a cough can last ...

This week, Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Sara Ritchie about how to care for your child’s cold and cough. Dr. Ritchie is an ...

Cough and congestion are common for many children this time of year, signaling any number of illnesses. For parents, it’s ...

Many children with this type of cough do not realize they are coughing habitually. Habit cough virtually always has an organic origin. The child will have had a cough from an asthma exacerbation, ...

Parents and providers face a dilemma in wanting to help children with cough but also recognizing that over-the-counter medications have limited clinically proven benefit and real safety concerns when ...

Pertussis, known for the distinctive “whoop” that accompanies severe coughing fits, can last up to 10 weeks and lead to ...

What is an effective and safe natural cough medicine for children? Choosing cough medicine for children should not be done carelessly, because not all types of cough medicine sold on the market are ...

Cough is the most common chief complaint in the United States and Australia. 1 Although the differential diagnosis of cough in children is extensive, coughs can have very characteristic presentations ...