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Suggest Treatment For Fever Accompanied By Cold, Cough, Pain In Throat, Lack Of Appetite And Loss Of Taste
Question: My daughter aged 18 years and 3 months is suffering from fever accompanied by cold, cough and pain in throat. This is there for last 3 days. We gave Crocin and subsequently Sinarest. The throat pain has reduced but the fever is relapsing 2-3 times a day. (around 100.5-101 deg F).
Please suggest suitable medication
Also she is having very less appetite, not getting any taste of food and less bowels
Please suggest suitable medication
Also she is having very less appetite, not getting any taste of food and less bowels
Brief Answer:
Oral antibiotics will help
Detailed Answer:
Hello Ma'am
I can certainly understand your concern.
I have worked through your attached query in detail.
As per your symptoms, you seem to have
upper respiratory tract infection. This require a short course of oral antibiotic therapy.
I generally prescribe a short course of oral antibiotics like Augmentin to my patients with such symptoms.
Please check with your physician if he shares my view and if can prescribe these medications to improve your symptoms.
Sinarest can be continued as usual.
Post your further queries if any.
Thank you
Oral antibiotics will help
Detailed Answer:
Hello Ma'am
I can certainly understand your concern.
I have worked through your attached query in detail.
As per your symptoms, you seem to have
upper respiratory tract infection. This require a short course of oral antibiotic therapy.
I generally prescribe a short course of oral antibiotics like Augmentin to my patients with such symptoms.
Please check with your physician if he shares my view and if can prescribe these medications to improve your symptoms.
Sinarest can be continued as usual.
Post your further queries if any.
Thank you
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
Thanks for your response.
Kindly advise dosage of Augmentin as suggested by you. How many days should this be continued?
Thanks
Kindly advise dosage of Augmentin as suggested by you. How many days should this be continued?
Thanks
Brief Answer:
A 5-day course is usually advised
Detailed Answer:
Hello Ma’am
I can certainly understand the concern.
I generally prescribe a dosage of 625 mg twice a day (12 hours apart) after a meal for 5 days to my patients with such symptoms.
Please check with your physician if s/he shares my view and can prescribe the same to your daughter.
Post your further query if any.
Thank you
A 5-day course is usually advised
Detailed Answer:
Hello Ma’am
I can certainly understand the concern.
I generally prescribe a dosage of 625 mg twice a day (12 hours apart) after a meal for 5 days to my patients with such symptoms.
Please check with your physician if s/he shares my view and can prescribe the same to your daughter.
Post your further query if any.
Thank you
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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