Matt/Ash wrote: > >RAD, Reactive airway disease = bronchospasm = cough variant bronchitis > > "But doesn't bronchitis require antibiotics?" > > Answer that parent's question. > > Your devil's advocate, Matt Davis, MD > "Bronchitis in children is almost always viral. Your child doesn't have any signs of bacterial illness. Antibiotics don't work for viral illnesses and giving them increases your chances of side effects." I also do a lot of herbal stuff so parents feel like they are doing something. Vicki