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Why Doesn T Child Eat While Having Runny Nose And Cough?

my 1 year old is having running nose and cough. he was given otrivin an flucold 4 three days...despite which he didnt recover..infact he had more cough and fever so on consulting the doctor he prescribed cosome 4 two days and now he stopped taking my feed but takes lil bit of cerelac. he s lukn better but slept the whole day.i am worried why is he not taking my feed. pls reply.
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Anti allergics can cause nausea and sleepiness in toddlers.Also expect some crankiness.So I ll suggest that stop these anti allergics use home remedies like honey and sweetened ginger tea.As for medicines you can use some Ivy leaf extract.
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Why Doesn T Child Eat While Having Runny Nose And Cough?

Anti allergics can cause nausea and sleepiness in toddlers.Also expect some crankiness.So I ll suggest that stop these anti allergics use home remedies like honey and sweetened ginger tea.As for medicines you can use some Ivy leaf extract.