Suggest Treatment For Cough, Cold, Mild Fever And Breathing Difficulty In A Child

Posted on Tue, 10 Jul 2018

Tue, 10 Jul 2018 Answered on

Fri, 1 Jul 2022 Last reviewed on

Question : My Kid is not feeling well from 5-6 days due to cough and cold.
Symptoms
coughs couple of times in day
Feels hard to breathe sometimes
Mild fever couple of times during day.
Does not feels well.
Cough not getting out of body after giving cough drops (Kufril drops).

Age 1 year 3 months
Weight 9kgs

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Possibly due to viral cause.Irrespective of treatment it may last for 7days

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

Most often such symptoms are due to viral infections and antibiotics are ineffective in such cases. Irrespective of treatment it usually spontaneously resolves in 5-7 days. Often such viral infections manifest with fever. If your child is otherwise active and playful, I would not be concerned. If not, it would be a good idea to visit a doctor and to get the child evaluated.

Such infections are frequently associated with an allergic component and it is advisable to give some antiallergic like cetirizine once daily for next few days.

You need to give steam inhalation to your child. It helps in reducing the congestion. Just sit with your child on your lap and place the source of steam before you. The water vapor will be in the air and automatically the child will breathe it in. Water vapor will reach deep inside and would help in diluting the cough and thus would provide relief. Use Nasoclear Saline Nasal Drops in case of nose block. Give Nasivion only if steam inhalation does not provide full relief. Use of this medicine is likely to increase the tendency of recurrence. Give Asthalin only if there is noisy breathing or respiratory distress.

If your child has fever with temperature more than 100°F, you need to give paracetamol or acetaminophen (P-250, Crocin or Tylenol) to it bring down. Also use tepid sponging.

Please be patient. It may take a few days for the recovery to occur. It should spontaneously resolve in 5-7 days.

Hopefully that would help. Feel free to write back in case of further queries.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj

Follow up: Dr. Diptanshu Das (1 hour later)

Thank you very much for your detail description.
We will follow the same medication as mentioned.

Have Good Day.

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Glad to be of service

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

You too have a good day. Feel free to ask me back in case you ever have a health related query in the future.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj