2 year baby boy cause cough Case study

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A couple of year aged boy is brought to the emergency department by his parents because of a 1-day history of cough and difficulty breathing
What happened in his body that he started coughing?

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  1. INFECTION
  2. IRRITATION
    3)INFLAMMATION
    4)EXCESSIVE MUCUS PRODUCTION
  3. TRIGGERED COUGH REFLEX

Here are some pathologies behind the cough

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May be due to some bacterial infections.
Can be a cause of pneumonia, whooping cough.
Can be due to sone allergies, inhalation of some foreign bodies or due to some inflammation.

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There are various things to be considered, but from the description it sounds like infection or response to the foreign body. More details to the case can make it more clear.

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The coughing can be due to:

  • foreign body in the respiratory tract
  • infection
  • asthma or allergy
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Acute cough might be due to lodging of foreign body in thd trachea but if it persists , the patient should be tested for infections

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