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Suggest Treatment For Viral Fever And Cough
HI Doctor, my child was having viral fever from past 6 days and he had severe cough too.His fever has come down, for cough we are giving ascoril expectorant and doctor has also given mahacort dz to be given twice a day, his cough is continuous..can i give him zifi 100 ready mix for his continuous cough? we have given this medicine last year end or in jan 2014
Mon, 4 Aug 2014
Hello,
Your child had fever and cough. The fever has come down but the cough is persisting. Now Zifi is an antibiotic used for bacterial infections. If your kid had a bacterial infection his fever would not have decreased without using an antibiotic. His cough could be due to other reasons - wheezing, postnatal drip. Please have him evaluated by a paediatrician who will examine his throat and chest and then give appropriate medicines. Even in the future I will advice that you should not use antibiotics without a doctors prescription.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Preeti
Your child had fever and cough. The fever has come down but the cough is persisting. Now Zifi is an antibiotic used for bacterial infections. If your kid had a bacterial infection his fever would not have decreased without using an antibiotic. His cough could be due to other reasons - wheezing, postnatal drip. Please have him evaluated by a paediatrician who will examine his throat and chest and then give appropriate medicines. Even in the future I will advice that you should not use antibiotics without a doctors prescription.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Preeti
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