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What Causes Headache And Cough In A Child?
my nine year old son has been complaining of a headache all day at school. He said that it started yesterday on the way home from a road trip. His eyes are blood shot and he looks miserable. no pain to light or sound however, when i tell him to touch his chin to his chest he says there is pain. It also hurts his neck at the base when i touch it. He also says that he just feelis icky. He is congested and has a cough that only seems to come on at night. This may be an over worried father but my 18 yo daughter went thru a bout of meningitis that was caught early by me and I just wann be sure. this could just be a common cold right? the pain when bending the neck is what worries me but it isnt terrible pain he says its like a pinch then it goes away. thoughts?
Tue, 2 May 2017
Hello dear!
I can understand your concern.
The pain which you are describing cant be meningitis as in this infection the child is quite sick and is unable to flex his neck.
Its probably sinusitis or could be viral flu both of which can have headache.
I would advise to give him some good anti histamines like levocetrizine 5 ml at night or fexofenidine 6mg /loratidine 10 mg once in the morning before going to school.
You can also try some home remedies like 1 tablespoon of honey in a glass of luke warm water once daily.
normal saline(2 ml) nebulization and especially steam inhalation also helps.
Dnt worry he will be fine in 2-3 days with all this.
Get him an X-ray PNS done and his eye sight checked because sometimes it could be due to refractive error.
Hope it will help.
Wishing your child a good health :-)
I can understand your concern.
The pain which you are describing cant be meningitis as in this infection the child is quite sick and is unable to flex his neck.
Its probably sinusitis or could be viral flu both of which can have headache.
I would advise to give him some good anti histamines like levocetrizine 5 ml at night or fexofenidine 6mg /loratidine 10 mg once in the morning before going to school.
You can also try some home remedies like 1 tablespoon of honey in a glass of luke warm water once daily.
normal saline(2 ml) nebulization and especially steam inhalation also helps.
Dnt worry he will be fine in 2-3 days with all this.
Get him an X-ray PNS done and his eye sight checked because sometimes it could be due to refractive error.
Hope it will help.
Wishing your child a good health :-)
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