My five-month-old son has had a persistent cough while being otherwise healthy for the past five weeks. A pediatrician said it sounded like bronchitis and suggested that I give my son Ventolin. I was hesitant to do so, as I had not heard any wheeze. I have asthma and it just didn't seem to me like my son has the same symptoms. Nevertheless, I gave him the Ventolin three times a day as the pediatrician suggested. My son seemed to get much worse within two days, so on the third day I suspended the medication. Later that day I heard him wheeze for the first time ever! After three more days he sounded a bit better, and my baby's health nurse recommended that I try the Ventolin again before returning to the pediatrician. Once again he is much worse. He has had a chest X-ray which was clear and he seems happy and healthy except for this cough. I am afraid that giving him Ventolin has made him worse and/or given him asthma. Can this happen? If not, can a cough just be a persistent cough or could it be an indication
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