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Suggest Treatment For Severe Cough In Children

Posted on Sat, 7 Feb 2015

Question: On the 15th of january my son bethen gan with this seal sounding cough. he didnt get a fever or anything wasnt drinking or eatting much.. i would check his tempiture every 4 hrs and it never would go any higher then 97.5 then alittle befire 2:00am i checked his temp was normal then he had a seizure i put him on his side then when it pasesd we took him to the emergency room were he arived with 102.5 given motrin and tylenol but about 1 hr later he seized again they diag him with Febrile Seizure croup only told us to give him tylenol and motrin he hasnt seized sence cough almost gone but now has a cold no fever should i still taje him in to b seen by dr his eatting and drinking fine but runs out of breath sweats cold

Answered by Dr. Muhammad Ahmad (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
hi, can you answer a few questions?

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Wellcome to Health Care Magic.

I am Dr, Muhammad Ahmad and i will look into your question in detail, Here i want you to answer some questions which are important for me to give you a better advice.

1- What is his age?

2- How when does he run out of breath? Any aggravating factor like cold, exersion , anger etc?

3- Has doctor advised you any follow up?

4- How often does he get breathless?

5- Is his medicine course completed?

6- Any fever spike in last 5 days?

7- Any hoarsness of voice or throat pain?
I am waiting for your input.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D

Follow up: Dr. Muhammad Ahmad (21 minutes later)

He gets out of breath when we is running or jumping.or gets all hyped up..his 3 years old 48lb horsed voice not that much .he has had a cold for the past 2-3days dosnt cough that much been giving him breathing treatment q4hrs.no fever

Answered by Dr. Muhammad Ahmad (19 hours later)

Brief Answer:
The doesn't seem to be any indication of ER or doctor visit.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thanks for writing back.

Your son seems to be improving quite well and his disease is following the normal course of event.

There DOES NOT seem to be any indication for him to visit a doctor or an ER as yet.

Hard at breathing at exertion and cold..

It is normal progress of disease, as his respiratory passages are a bit irritated by disease process so they get into spasm, on exertion , excitement , and cold exposure.

You can give him Tylenol or cold compress, if required,

you might want to avoid sour and spicy foods for him and cold ones as well.

You can visit doctor on next follow up routine visit.

No need for an urgent E.R or doctor visit.

You can visit doctor if something new arises. Otherwise no urgent requirement of checkup.

Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further questions, I will be happy to help. If not then don't forget to close the discussion and rate it.

Wishing you good health !!

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj