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Will Taking Klacid Be Effective For Cough?
A young child of almost 4 years was prescribed 250mg of Klacid because of a infection of the chest which caused a continuous coughing, after a week of taking this medicine the cough subsided. The child went to school for just a day and came back coughing and sneezing. How should this cough be treated and with what medicine if a PEDITRICIAN IS TO PRESCIBE MORE MEDICINE TO GET RID OF THIS COUGH.
Sat, 22 Feb 2014
This looks like an allergic cough or a viral infection.Also could be asthma. Child shouls not take this medication sontinuously. The AAP recommends that a child less than 5 year old should nto receive cough medicine as it stops protective cough reflexes that are protective to preevnt build up of congestive secretions and increases chances of pneumonia in these little children.
You could look out for sources of allergy- dust mites, pets, smoke or paint vapors. Zyrtec childrens suspension could be treid. also his doctor would need to condiser astham or cough variant asthma
You could look out for sources of allergy- dust mites, pets, smoke or paint vapors. Zyrtec childrens suspension could be treid. also his doctor would need to condiser astham or cough variant asthma
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