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What Causes Throat Pain And Cough After Eating An Ice-cream?
Question: My 4yr old son likes a lot of ice cream and immediately after eating he gets throat pain and cough with running nose which disturbs sleep a lot . Which syrup can we use .
Brief Answer:
You can give symptomatic treatment
Detailed Answer:
Hi.... I understand your concern. This is not a bacterial infection, so no need to give antibiotics. You can give only symptomatic treatment.
Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in children. For cold you can use anti-allergics like cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do.
For fever - Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (max ceiling dose 500mg) every 4-6th hourly, that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol.
For cold you can use Cetrizine at 0.25mg/kg/dose every 12 hourly for 3 days.
For dry cough, you can use Promethazine available as Syrup Phenergan 3.5ml thrice a day for 3 days.
These are prescription drugs and you will need one for them.
For nasal block, plain saline nasal drops will do, every 4-6th hourly to relive nasal congestion.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
You can give symptomatic treatment
Detailed Answer:
Hi.... I understand your concern. This is not a bacterial infection, so no need to give antibiotics. You can give only symptomatic treatment.
Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in children. For cold you can use anti-allergics like cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do.
For fever - Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (max ceiling dose 500mg) every 4-6th hourly, that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol.
For cold you can use Cetrizine at 0.25mg/kg/dose every 12 hourly for 3 days.
For dry cough, you can use Promethazine available as Syrup Phenergan 3.5ml thrice a day for 3 days.
These are prescription drugs and you will need one for them.
For nasal block, plain saline nasal drops will do, every 4-6th hourly to relive nasal congestion.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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