The 2 yr old got pneumonia from the RSV, but if it wasn’t for the high fever my sis would have never known it he barely coughed. The 7 yr old got RSV from his brother, he did NOT get pneumonia but both got double ear infections from it and the 7 yr old just cant stop coughing the only time he does not cough is when he’s sleeping its the weirdest thing its been over a month and he cant stop coughing they tried the manuka honey, does nothing..they tried giving him a steroid inhaler but the reaction to it was really bad so he cant have it..he took zithromax, nothing, amoxicillin, also did nothing so not sure what he needs to do to make the cough go away it sounds like he has mucus but his lungs are clear
you could add an inhaled bronchodilator like albuterol or levalbuterol (which is a tad safer than albuterol) ...
also an expectorant like generic Mucinex, i,e., guaifenesin will loosen any mucus and make it easier to get it coughed out ...
cough could also be a lingering cough from initial infection and/or could be from lingering post-nasal drip ...
also, cough could be from lingering lung inflammation post-infection, which happens frequently ... one thing that has helped us and others we know with lingering lung inflammation is a couple of courses of azithromycin, because it has a powerful pulmonary anti-inflammatory effect, even if it’s not needed for a bacterial infection ...