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What Causes Severe Cough, Vomiting And Nasal Congestion At Night In An Infant?
Question: My 9 months old daughtet weighing 8.5 kgs is having cough. Now during night she is coughing a lot and has vommitted everything.Is also developing nasal congestion Not able to sleep and is getting irritated. Please suggest some medicine.
Brief Answer:
Give some bronchodilator, antiallergic and antibiotic if needed
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for asking on this platform
Most common cause of cough and nasal congestion in this age is some viral infection or allergy.
Bronchodilator like salbutamol(which prevents airways spasm)with some mucolytic like ambroxol combination(like ambrodil s syrup) will provide relief.
Also give some antiallergic like chlorpheniramine with decongestant like phenylephrine(Maxtra/Tminic syrup).
Both these medications are prescription medicines,so please get it prescribed by a physician.
Repeated and prolonged cough causes contraction of abdominal muscles leading to vomiting.It gets improved as the cough decreases.
If child develops fever,gets lethargic,there is rapid/noisy breathing,indrawing of chest or poor feeding;consult your physician for clinical evaluation and also for the assessment of need of nebulisation and/or antibiotic.
I hope after giving these medications baby's condition will improve.
Please let me know in case you have any more query.
Regards
Give some bronchodilator, antiallergic and antibiotic if needed
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for asking on this platform
Most common cause of cough and nasal congestion in this age is some viral infection or allergy.
Bronchodilator like salbutamol(which prevents airways spasm)with some mucolytic like ambroxol combination(like ambrodil s syrup) will provide relief.
Also give some antiallergic like chlorpheniramine with decongestant like phenylephrine(Maxtra/Tminic syrup).
Both these medications are prescription medicines,so please get it prescribed by a physician.
Repeated and prolonged cough causes contraction of abdominal muscles leading to vomiting.It gets improved as the cough decreases.
If child develops fever,gets lethargic,there is rapid/noisy breathing,indrawing of chest or poor feeding;consult your physician for clinical evaluation and also for the assessment of need of nebulisation and/or antibiotic.
I hope after giving these medications baby's condition will improve.
Please let me know in case you have any more query.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
we are giving XXXXXXX P drops ..12 drops thrice a day.. is the dosage ok?
Brief Answer:
Dose of XXXXXXX p is OK for this weight
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for follow up
XXXXXXX p contains phenylephrine(a decongestant) and chlorpheniramine (an antiallergic).
12 drops that is equivalent to 0.6 ml is adequate for baby of 8.5 kg.
Regards
Dose of XXXXXXX p is OK for this weight
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for follow up
XXXXXXX p contains phenylephrine(a decongestant) and chlorpheniramine (an antiallergic).
12 drops that is equivalent to 0.6 ml is adequate for baby of 8.5 kg.
Regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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