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Suggest Treatment For Cough , Cold And Fever In A Child

Hi...I am having 14 month old baby girl..she is suffering from cold cough and fever.we went fr doctor advise..she prescribed us Flu medicine Tamiflu. We are giving medicine to baby fr last 3 days...BT no relieve...cough n cold going worse..what u suggest?
posted on Sat, 24 Jan 2015
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hi If your baby continues to have high fever with decreased activity and cough ,for more than 3 days, needs evaluation by a child specialist and start on antimicrobials as its indicative of bacterial infection superimposed on a viremia.YOU can try sympyomatic treatment- give more fluids, steam inhalation and cough drops
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Suggest Treatment For Cough , Cold And Fever In A Child

hi If your baby continues to have high fever with decreased activity and cough ,for more than 3 days, needs evaluation by a child specialist and start on antimicrobials as its indicative of bacterial infection superimposed on a viremia.YOU can try sympyomatic treatment- give more fluids, steam inhalation and cough drops