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Suggest Remedy For Cold And Cough
My baby is suffering from very bad cold and cough we have given her Recofast syrup as well as ascoril syrup (both suggested by Doctor) but her cough and cold is not getting cured infact every third week she suffers from cold and cough. Please advise
Thu, 9 Oct 2014
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Viral cold cough is very common in babies, but usually upto 6 times in a year.
Repeated cough and cold could be
a) infections b) allergic.
To decrease infections get PCV vaccine and yearly flu vaccine.
Avoiding chocolates and sweets will help too.
To decrease allergies you need to get her tested for total IgE and specific Ige.
Get Chest Xray and mantoux done to rule out pnemonia and primary complex.
Wishing your child speedy recovery
Regards
Dr Arun
Thanks for writing to healthcare magic.
Viral cold cough is very common in babies, but usually upto 6 times in a year.
Repeated cough and cold could be
a) infections b) allergic.
To decrease infections get PCV vaccine and yearly flu vaccine.
Avoiding chocolates and sweets will help too.
To decrease allergies you need to get her tested for total IgE and specific Ige.
Get Chest Xray and mantoux done to rule out pnemonia and primary complex.
Wishing your child speedy recovery
Regards
Dr Arun
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