My daughter is 5 years old - she has had a really bad cough for 1+ weeks - sometimes dry and sometimes wet sounding. She saw her physician last Monday (a week ago) and he said she had bronchitis and prescribed a Z-pak and for her to use her nebulizer up to 4 times in a 24 hr period. She has been up all night coughing still and it sounds worse than before. She is done with the Z-pak and we are still using the albuterol in the nebulizer - What s it going to take to help her get better? I can only use the nebulizer every 6 hours - Correct? Any tips to help her get better - and I thought that antibiotics were not given for bronchits?
Your child is suffering from bronchitis, its may be allergic or post viral reactive airways' disease. Albuterol is going to help in both. You can give it every 4 hourly.