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My mom doesn't have cough or fever she says there is irritation in neck causing her to keep on coughing she haven't slept last night . please suggest?

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Dr. Oscar Novick answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Cough: She should be evaluated for a possible foreign body by an ENT specialist.

Answered 6/10/2014

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