How Can Fever, Severe Cough And Vomiting In A Child Be Treated?

Posted on Sat, 2 Sep 2017

Sat, 2 Sep 2017 Answered on

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 Last reviewed on

Question : Hello, my son is 2.5 years old.. From past 4 days he is having fever n cough, his temperature comes n goes like when I give him meftal -p it reduces and again it's getting increases. He also having severe cough, he is vomiting due to cough.. please suggest me

Answered by Dr. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
I would like to get some tests

Detailed Answer:
Hi

Thanks for asking on this platform

The most common cause of cough with fever in this age is some infection. Viral is much more commoner than bacterial.
In viral infection fever usually shows a declining trend after 72 hours. If fever persists longer, better to get some tests done to rule out bacterial infection. In viral infection there is no need of antibiotic and most of the children respond well to routine fever medication and cough syrup.
Swine flu test should also be done because of its increasing incidence. Giving promethazine (an antiallergic and also helps in vomiting) along with some bronchodilator (which helps in relieving airway spasm) /mucolytic (a sputum thinning agent) like combination of Ambroxol with levosalbutamol helps in cough.
Here I would suggest you to get him evaluated by a pediatrician and get some investigations done to rule out bacterial infection or swine flu.
Please let me know if you are already giving some medication for cough so that I better able to help you out.
Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T