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What Could It Be If Child Is Having Severe Cough, Fever, Dry And Swollen Mouth And Earlobes?

My son 5 years old just finished a course of 10 day amoxicillin on Tuesday. On Wednesday he started having a raspy cough. The cough got worse and is loose and frequent. No sore throat, no sores in mouth, Wednesday evening he had a lie grade fever 99.9 to 100.5. Thursday evening had a temp of 100.5. Still coughing a lot. Woke up this morning with red non itchy raised red rash all over entire body. Fever 100.5-101. Mouth is dry red and swollen and so are ear lobes. Any thoughts? Amy
Thu, 29 Jan 2015
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Your son could be suffering from a viral infection. In such a condition, amoxycillin could often cause rashes to appear. Certain viral infections could also cause mouth sores, cough and fever.

I would suggest you to give your child steam inhalation. Gurgling with lukewarm water should help. Please take the child to a doctor and get him evaluated to rule out other more serious ailments like Kawasaki's disease.
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What Could It Be If Child Is Having Severe Cough, Fever, Dry And Swollen Mouth And Earlobes?

Your son could be suffering from a viral infection. In such a condition, amoxycillin could often cause rashes to appear. Certain viral infections could also cause mouth sores, cough and fever. I would suggest you to give your child steam inhalation. Gurgling with lukewarm water should help. Please take the child to a doctor and get him evaluated to rule out other more serious ailments like Kawasaki s disease.