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My 16 month old son has a very bad dry crackling cough and when he coughs it sounds horrible and hard to cough what can i do to get rid of this asap?!
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Time for a visit: The possibilities for a horrible crackly cough range from a chest cold to bronchitis to an asthma flare up or pneumonia.If it is as bad as you describe & interfering with sleep , fluid intake or appetite, it would be good to have him evaluated.
Answered 6/20/2018
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