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Suggest Treatment For Fever And Cough In A Child

My seven year old grandson has been experiencing a bad cough and had a fever for 24 hours until I gave him some Mucinex for children 6-12 (10 ML every 8 hours as recommended). He has not had fever since he has been taking this medicine. He also gets an equate pill for his age level every morning for allergies. He sounds like he has nasal congestion but discharge is normal. He has suddenly broken out with a red rash on his abdomen, legs, arms and back. He is not itching and he has no fever and feels and acts normal for him. Is the rash a reaction to this medicine?
Fri, 16 Oct 2015
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Hi Dear,

Welcome to HCM.

Understanding your concern. As per your query you have fever and cough in a child and after that after that there is red rashes all over the body, it could be due to allergic reaction to medication known as rhinitis medicamentosa. I would suggest you to visit pediatrician once and get chest X-ray done. You should go for pulmonary function tests as pulmonary function tests is needed to diagnose bronchitis and diagnose severity of disease. Go for blood and sputum test first and get it examined. Start treatment after proper diagnosis. Take steam inhalation as well. You should take cough expectorants. You should take antihistamine such as Benadryl or Chlorpheniramine along with Amoxicillin. Use vaporizers rub. Use room humidifiers as well to prevent any allergic reaction to child. You should take combination of bronchodilators and antihistamine drug. Take proper course of antibiotics. You should take combination of anti allergic and antihistamine medications for immediate relief. Sip on warm water. Avoid cold carbonated beverages.

Hope your concern has been resolved.

Get Well Soon.

Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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Suggest Treatment For Fever And Cough In A Child

Hi Dear, Welcome to HCM. Understanding your concern. As per your query you have fever and cough in a child and after that after that there is red rashes all over the body, it could be due to allergic reaction to medication known as rhinitis medicamentosa. I would suggest you to visit pediatrician once and get chest X-ray done. You should go for pulmonary function tests as pulmonary function tests is needed to diagnose bronchitis and diagnose severity of disease. Go for blood and sputum test first and get it examined. Start treatment after proper diagnosis. Take steam inhalation as well. You should take cough expectorants. You should take antihistamine such as Benadryl or Chlorpheniramine along with Amoxicillin. Use vaporizers rub. Use room humidifiers as well to prevent any allergic reaction to child. You should take combination of bronchodilators and antihistamine drug. Take proper course of antibiotics. You should take combination of anti allergic and antihistamine medications for immediate relief. Sip on warm water. Avoid cold carbonated beverages. Hope your concern has been resolved. Get Well Soon. Best Wishes, Dr. Harry Maheshwari