Hi

I just need some ideas/advice as to why my 7yo DS is ALWAYS and i mean ALWAYS sick. He is away from school at least one day every fortnight (but it's been 1 day per week for the last 2 weeks). He always has a cold, or is coughing to a point where he is throwing up. He has had a cough for the last month and the poor thing can't talk sometimes because of it. The coughing drives us nuts, but it must be really hard on him too.

The dr. tells us she can't do anything about the cough. Recommends cough mixture but they don't work. She gave him Flixotide inhalent, but that has no effect either.

He has always been sick (cold/cough, fluey) as a toddler but the sickliness is getting worse. He is missing out on heaps of school. We joke that, thank god he is a gifted kid, otherwise he would have stayed down in school due to the number of days he misses.

He is a solid boy, so it's not like he has slim build and his body can't cope. We've given him Centrum for kids on a daily basis, but no effect. I am at my wits end.

We have a paediatricians appt in late June (the earliest i could get) but I really want to know is what could it be? Are any of your kids always sick?? What did yo do??