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Can Zifi Dose Be Given To A 3-month-old Baby When The Baby Feels Fuzzy And Shouts After Taking This Medicine?

Posted on Tue, 5 Mar 2024

Question: Hi can a 3 month baby be given a 2.5 ml of zifi 50 mg dose twice day.. i feel like she feels fussy after taking this medicine.. she shouts like aaahhhh aaahhhhh with her tongue out.. she is doing this only for the past two days from when i started this medicine.. is this the side effect of this medicine..

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Please let me know the body weight of the baby

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

I do not think that it is a side effect of the medicine. Rather, her crying out could be due to disliking the taste.

Please let me know the body weight of the baby and I will let you know if the dose is appropriate.

I would await your response.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. Diptanshu Das (3 hours later)

Her weight is 6.4 kg.. also she is not making that sound while tking that medicine.. she is doing like that after an hr of consumption

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Thanks for the update

Detailed Answer:
3ml Zifi needs to be given twice daily. It is possible that the antibiotics are killing off the normal bacterial flora of the intestines and this in turn in causing a change in the taste perception. It is possible that the child is behaving like this due to alteration in taste.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj

Follow up: Dr. Diptanshu Das (3 hours later)

Thanks.. how can i protect her from ear infection.. many are saying that if she gets ear infection once then this will get repeated often is that true?.. i fed her in lying down position and i have force letdown is that the reason for her ear infection?.. now i am feeding her with her head elevated ro 45 degree but sometimes she coughs in the middle will that make the milk to enter her eustachian tube.. please advise

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Steam inhalation during episodes of cough and cold are important

Detailed Answer:
Most often ear infection in children is due to episodes of cough and cold. There is a thin tube on each side connecting between the inner throat and the middle ear (Eustachian tubes). The purpose of these tubes is to equalize the air pressure inside the middle ear cavity. When we catch a cold (most often due to viral and/or allergic cause), the respiratory secretions or mucus gets thickened. Mucus block of these tubes leads to pressure imbalance leading to indirectly affecting the middle ear cavity, thus leading to ear infections.

You need to give steam inhalation to your child. It helps in reducing the congestion and thereby the cough. Just sit with the child on your lap and place the source of steam before you. The water vapor will be in the air and automatically the child will breathe it in. Water vapor will reach deep inside and would help in diluting the cough and thus would provide relief.

Avoid feeding in the lying position as that can lead to aspiration. This is unrelated to eustachian tube.

Feel free to write back.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana