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Suggest Treatment For Fever And Coughing In Kids

My 3 years 7 months old daughter suffering from fever and cough . History : She was having mild cough for past 2 weeks ... she will be fine during day time .. but will suddenly start couging at mid night ... will give hot water and then she will go to sleep after an hour ... this continued for the past 2 weeks ... and couple of days before she had fever (101 deg F). Have given her calpol 250mg , 10ml ... twice a day and piriton cs 5ml thrice a day. She is active ... but her intake of food has reduced ... and she also has blocked nose.... worried since she was having cough for 2 weeks ... is it common in kids ??
Mon, 25 Aug 2014
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Usually, simple respiratory infections caused by viruses stay for 7-10 days, and it is very unusual for them to linger for 2 weeks or more, but it can happen this way, esp. if the infection is caused by some of the nastier viruses. The other possibility is that the child has a bacterial infection and needs a course of antibiotics for 6-7 days. Further differentiation occurs by looking at blood tests (esp, the full blood counts).

I suggest that you do her CBC, and depending on the results, decide with her doctor about starting an antibiotic.

Hope this helps.

Dr. Taher
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Suggest Treatment For Fever And Coughing In Kids

Usually, simple respiratory infections caused by viruses stay for 7-10 days, and it is very unusual for them to linger for 2 weeks or more, but it can happen this way, esp. if the infection is caused by some of the nastier viruses. The other possibility is that the child has a bacterial infection and needs a course of antibiotics for 6-7 days. Further differentiation occurs by looking at blood tests (esp, the full blood counts). I suggest that you do her CBC, and depending on the results, decide with her doctor about starting an antibiotic. Hope this helps. Dr. Taher