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Child Has Shortness Of Breath, Green And Yellow Mucus Discharge, Fever. What Should I Do?
Hi my son is 3 years old with weight 14.7 kg . He is having gastroentro reflux problem and often vomit out his food.Along with that some 15 days back suddenly he woke up around 1 in night and had shortening of breath accompanied by discharge of green and yellow mucus .after that he developed mild fever also.before this episode he never had any past history of cold and cough. Now after taking medicines for more then 15 days still he has not recovered.on and off fever accompanied by cough and very frequent vomiting is still there.medicines that he has taken are AB Phylline syrup, Cancer LM, Neozeet, Ascoril LS, erythromycin .please suggest me what should I do .
Fri, 5 Oct 2012
Hello there,
Considering that your child weighs 14.7 kg at 3 years, he is appropriate for age and fine on the growth chart. Yes GERD will cause frequent episodes of vomiting or spitting of food and breathing problems like wheezing. This is because there could be accompanying lung infection resulting in cough and other symptoms.
First and foremost, he should avoid eating at least 2 hours before bedtime. Slight elevation of the head during sleep can help a lot. Simple measures like these help control GERD to a good extent.
He needs to be given anti reflux medication like pantoprazole and a fresh course of antibiotics as erythromycin was not effective.
Take care.
Considering that your child weighs 14.7 kg at 3 years, he is appropriate for age and fine on the growth chart. Yes GERD will cause frequent episodes of vomiting or spitting of food and breathing problems like wheezing. This is because there could be accompanying lung infection resulting in cough and other symptoms.
First and foremost, he should avoid eating at least 2 hours before bedtime. Slight elevation of the head during sleep can help a lot. Simple measures like these help control GERD to a good extent.
He needs to be given anti reflux medication like pantoprazole and a fresh course of antibiotics as erythromycin was not effective.
Take care.
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