Is Tylenol The Right Treatment For Cough In A Child?

Posted on Wed, 26 Apr 2017

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Question : I have 2 year old she has barking cough gave her tylenol have humidifier and gave her prednisone and and nebulizer treatment and a fever of 101.3 i have her tylenol i want to know if i should take her into doctors she did have pneumonia before is there anythjng they can do at clinic that im ready doing

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Count the respiratory rate

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I have gone carefully through your query. I would insist you to expose the abdomen of the child, to take a watch and count how many times the chest or abdomen move up and down. If the respiratory rate is more than 40/min you should take her to a doctor. If the rate is lesser than that, you need not worry and can rest assured that it is not pneumonia.

However, in case of any confusion you can feel free to take him to a hospital/doctor.

In the clinic they would possibly give nebulization. However, you are already using humidifier which is similar to nebulization. The medicines are proper. You can also give steam inhalation to your child.

Please feel free to write back.

Regards

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