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What Causes Severe Cough In Chest With Loose Bowels?

Hi, My 6 & 8 year old daughters started with cold symptoms and very minor fevers last week, Monday and Tuesday. Then they were fine the rest of the week, including Monday of this week. Then they both developed fevers again, the 8 year old s was very minor with minor cold symptoms, the 6 year old had a higher fever & major cold symptomsfor Tuesday and wednesday. I thought she was starting to feel better Thursday, but now its Friday and she has a really bad cough in her chest, and loose bowels. My 8 year old now has severe ear pain and she has been fine since wednesday. I assume the 8 year old is the start of an ear infection, I dont know whats going on with the 6 year old though.
Fri, 8 Dec 2017
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Hi.... by what you say I feel both of your daughters are going through a phase of recurrent viral illness.

I will explain you how are viral illness behaves so that you can be more confident.

Fever of few days without any localizing signs could as well a viral illness. Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness and it doesn't require antibiotics at all. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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What Causes Severe Cough In Chest With Loose Bowels?

Hi.... by what you say I feel both of your daughters are going through a phase of recurrent viral illness. I will explain you how are viral illness behaves so that you can be more confident. Fever of few days without any localizing signs could as well a viral illness. Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness and it doesn t require antibiotics at all. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active. Regards - Dr. Sumanth