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Chesty Cough For Child, Tried Different Antibiotics, No Improvement. Suggestions ?
hi my son is 3 half yrs old i have brought him to my doctor every week for the last 3 weeks my child has been put on 2 diff antibiotics and it hsnt made no improvement ,since yesterday his cough is very chesty again i dnt know what to do .my own doc also prescribed zirtek its for allergies she suggested it may be pollens he has no temperature and is eating drinking as normal can u suggest any thing thanks
Wed, 10 Jul 2013
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Cough since 3 weeks with normal activity and no fever, 3.5 year old.
Keep cleaning his nose clearly, do salt water gargle(Concentrated water), steam inhalation and syp with paracetamol. Now chesty. If there is sputum from chest (sputum with lot of air bubbles in it)/ wheezing or crepitation then stop zirtek as this will make secrection dry in lungs. Consult your doctor for examination (chest or ENT) and management.
Hope I answered your question. Feel free to ask me if you have any further queries.
Wish you good health. Take care.
Regards
Dr. Lohit
Cough since 3 weeks with normal activity and no fever, 3.5 year old.
Keep cleaning his nose clearly, do salt water gargle(Concentrated water), steam inhalation and syp with paracetamol. Now chesty. If there is sputum from chest (sputum with lot of air bubbles in it)/ wheezing or crepitation then stop zirtek as this will make secrection dry in lungs. Consult your doctor for examination (chest or ENT) and management.
Hope I answered your question. Feel free to ask me if you have any further queries.
Wish you good health. Take care.
Regards
Dr. Lohit
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these are allergies and antibiotics have less role
give anti allergic montelucast 4 mg bd for 3 week
cpm+codeine combination syp 1/2 tsf night
bronchodilator syp bd
antacid el bd
3 wk course
but hre you apply milk theory as child need milk only breast for 2 years and nothing after that as milk is animal protein and it is not competible with human
as we add milk in diet child gets allergies of various types
if you withdraw milk and diary completely your child will recover in few wk
give anti allergic montelucast 4 mg bd for 3 week
cpm+codeine combination syp 1/2 tsf night
bronchodilator syp bd
antacid el bd
3 wk course
but hre you apply milk theory as child need milk only breast for 2 years and nothing after that as milk is animal protein and it is not competible with human
as we add milk in diet child gets allergies of various types
if you withdraw milk and diary completely your child will recover in few wk
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