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Is smoking bad for cough?
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Yes smoking is bad for a child’s lungs and can make them more susceptible to getting chronic lung sickness.
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They've always had this cough; it doesn't seem to affect them....
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When children have early stages of chronic lung sickness the only clue is a wet cough that doesn’t go away. They are otherwise healthy. So even though it seems like they are ok and can keep up with their friends and sleep well, they can still be sick inside their lungs.
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I thought we don't give antibiotics for viruses
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That is correct- we don’t give antibiotics for viral sickness, but sometimes after the virus goes away, children can get a secondary infection from bacteria – this is why doctors will prescribe antibiotics.