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CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH AD/HD (CHADD)
Our Chapter Meetings will resume after school starts at the Lake Area Pediatrics office Open to all those interested in ADD & ADHD Check back with the site for updates More...
Healthcare Philosophy
Antibiotics
Fever
Cough
Diarrhea
Sunscreen usage
Diarrhea management with "white diet"
© 2009 Lake Area Pediatrics
18057 Highway 105 West, Suite 220
Montgomery, Texas 77356
(936) 582-5620
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Cough
Cough is not a disease – it is the body’s normal mechanism for expelling foreign or unwanted material or secretions from your lungs. It is a God-given reflex like blinking. It protects your lungs. You cannot turn it on and off. So when you are coughing, it means something is irritating your lungs or trying to get into your lungs. If the cough comes from the lungs themselves – pneumonia, asthma, or bronchitis – we need to treat that problem. That does not mean we stop the cough since the cough is necessary to clean out the lungs. If the cough comes from post-nasal drip or comes from something trying to get into your lungs, then we need to stop that drip. Stopping the cough won’t stop the drip. So cough is actually helpful. The cough reflex is so strong there is no OTC medication that will stop it. Only narcotics are effective, and I rarely use this drug in children. So basically, I do not usually prescribe cough medicine. I will seek to identify the cause of the cough and treat the cause rather than the symptom alone.
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Come Visit Our Office!
You are invited to come in to meet our caring staff, tour the new facility, and request information about our pediatric services.
Other Lake Area Medical Center Providers:
Lake Area Ear Nose & Throat
Affiliations/Hospitals
Conroe Regional Medical Center
St Luke's Community Medical Center, The Woodlands
Texas Children's Hospital
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