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Suggest Treatment For Heat Boils In Face And Forehead

Hi doctor, my baby (1 yr and 2 mnths) old is having heat boils on the forehead and doctor has advised Clavam dry syrup. He has been given the syrup for the past two days and the boils is getting healed very slowly. However he has started getting the boils in other parts of the face. Is this a side effect for the syrup? If yes, is there anyalternative medicine that can be given?
Thu, 19 Feb 2015
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Hi,
Boil can occur anywhere in the body despite treatment.
Your baby should be given antibiotics in syrup formulations like cefixime from cephalosporins or syrup clavum is also good but it might cause diarrhea in newborns, so if possible you can change the antibiotics but only after pediatrician consultation.
I would suggest if clavum is working on old boils and they are getting cured and if baby has not diarrhea then you can continue with clavum.
Appearance of other boil has nothing to do with antibiotics.
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Suggest Treatment For Heat Boils In Face And Forehead

Hi, Boil can occur anywhere in the body despite treatment. Your baby should be given antibiotics in syrup formulations like cefixime from cephalosporins or syrup clavum is also good but it might cause diarrhea in newborns, so if possible you can change the antibiotics but only after pediatrician consultation. I would suggest if clavum is working on old boils and they are getting cured and if baby has not diarrhea then you can continue with clavum. Appearance of other boil has nothing to do with antibiotics.