My 2 yo has had persistent very bright red, very dry, rough like cheeks, runny nose and cough for the last few days now and the shade of red is changing in colour from red to bright red. it has been like this the last 2 times when she became sick. She was never really like this before when she would get sick as a baby. It is winter now (I think) and really not that cold here. My husband is sick too, he may have been first.
I asked the doctor and he said that it’s because she is wiping her hand across her face when her nose is running causing them to become red and dry and she is only coughing because the mucus is going down her throat causing her to cough and not to do anything because she is “healing”. Then shouldn’t she always have had this reaction in the past when sick?
My LO last got sick late September and lasted to mid-late October and now is sick again. She goes to daycare but I never see any of the kids sick like her that persists for more than a week, nor with bright red scaly feeling cheeks, in fact, she seems to be the only one going that gets sick!.
Could it be something else causing it or I really just don’t have much faith in doctors? Thanks in advance