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How To Get Rid The Cough?

My son is 3mn. Old . In his 2nd mn. He got severe cough with fever dr. Diagnosed bronchopneumonia.he was in ICU for 11days took lots of medicines-inj. Hydrocortisone , chericoff , crocin, etc. For 7 days he had bouts of cough so at the end for cough dr. gave syrup codeine then my babay gor relaxed but after 6weeks he is still having cough. I gave him Tulsi ras with honey , his cugh started coming out through his mouth in small quantity. Can I give him syrup livolin now for cughor I continue tulsi ras ? Will livolin clear his cough completely. Kindly clear my worries. Thanks
Thu, 18 Sep 2014
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Thank you for asking on HealthCareMagic. I am sorry to hear that your child had been suffering from bronchopneumonia. Even if the infective process gets resolved, the effects of the disease process take time to heal. So the wheezing and cough may take some time to go. Levolin dilates the airway tracts so that the cough may come out more easily. Steam inhalation thrice daily or nebulization may give him some relief. I would not suggest taking codeine or any other agents that reduce cough production. Expectorants act better. Steam or water vapour dilute the cough and help in expectoration.

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How To Get Rid The Cough?

Thank you for asking on HealthCareMagic. I am sorry to hear that your child had been suffering from bronchopneumonia. Even if the infective process gets resolved, the effects of the disease process take time to heal. So the wheezing and cough may take some time to go. Levolin dilates the airway tracts so that the cough may come out more easily. Steam inhalation thrice daily or nebulization may give him some relief. I would not suggest taking codeine or any other agents that reduce cough production. Expectorants act better. Steam or water vapour dilute the cough and help in expectoration. Hope that helps. Feel free to revert back in case of further queries if any.