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Child Is Having Cold And Cough With Skin Eruption. Temporary Relief From Levolin. Alternate Medicine?
Question: Hi my son is 4 yrs 5 months old. He was born in New Zealand but we migrated back to India when he was 9 months old. Till he was 2.5 yrs old, he was at home and fine but when he started school, not even a single month passes when he didn't get sick mainly from cough & cold, along with skin eruptions sometimes. But last year the problem increased manifolds and he was always coughing or having congested nose. I was fed up with giving him too much antibiotics. He couldn't even eat one spoon of ice cream without developing severe congestion accompanied by high pulse, low oxygen (91) and had to be nebulized. Then our doctor started him on levolin and budecort rotacaps. I give him levolin in morning and budecort in evening with a gap in budecort some days.He is much better now but still gets blocked nose sometimes. I want to ask you what shoul be the frequency of rotacaps to be given and if it's ok to give a gap sometimes. I am also apprehensive about their side effects! Help please ! Any alternatives or supportives?
Hi,
Thank you for your query on Healthcare Magic.
I went through your child history of frequent cold, cough, congestion of chest, and his medication.
Children when starts going to play school get frequent episodes of cold and cough due to exposure to the external weather and to the other children with infections.
Below 6 years of age they are more prone to infections because of low immunity.
As the age increases they develop immunity to the common frequent infections and after 6 years the frequency of illness due to routine infections decreases.
For just cold and cough, antibiotics are not required and they can be managed with prescribed syrups for cold and cough.
It seems he is having hyper reactive airway disease in which the small airways will get narrowed whenever child is exposed to cold air, ice creams, and other factors.
I advise you to continue levolin and Budecort rotacaps as advised by your doctor.
Levolin is a bronchodilator which causes opening of narrowed airways and relieves wheezing. So it can be given two to three times per day during the episodes of cough with wheezing and rapid breathing usually for 5 to 7 days.
Budecort is a inhaled steroid and it controls the airway inflammation and decreases the narrowing response of the airways to different allergens and decreases the airway inflammation. Usually Budecort is prescribed for long term such as for 3 to 6 months.
In comparison to the benefits of these drugs, the side effects are minimal and the given dose is very less and they go directly to target organs (lungs) without entering into blood. So the systemic side effects of these drugs are negligible.
I advise you to use rotacaps for appropriate duration as prescribed by your Pediatrician.
Instead of rotacaps you can use levolin and Budecort inhalers with a spacer and a mask after discussing with the Pediatrician.
Avoid exposure of the child to dust, smoke, fumes, sprays, plants, animals, cold air, and the other common allergens.
I advise you to give flu vaccination annually after discussing with your Pediatrician.
Hope I have answered your query, if you have any clarification please let me know.
Regards.
Thank you for your query on Healthcare Magic.
I went through your child history of frequent cold, cough, congestion of chest, and his medication.
Children when starts going to play school get frequent episodes of cold and cough due to exposure to the external weather and to the other children with infections.
Below 6 years of age they are more prone to infections because of low immunity.
As the age increases they develop immunity to the common frequent infections and after 6 years the frequency of illness due to routine infections decreases.
For just cold and cough, antibiotics are not required and they can be managed with prescribed syrups for cold and cough.
It seems he is having hyper reactive airway disease in which the small airways will get narrowed whenever child is exposed to cold air, ice creams, and other factors.
I advise you to continue levolin and Budecort rotacaps as advised by your doctor.
Levolin is a bronchodilator which causes opening of narrowed airways and relieves wheezing. So it can be given two to three times per day during the episodes of cough with wheezing and rapid breathing usually for 5 to 7 days.
Budecort is a inhaled steroid and it controls the airway inflammation and decreases the narrowing response of the airways to different allergens and decreases the airway inflammation. Usually Budecort is prescribed for long term such as for 3 to 6 months.
In comparison to the benefits of these drugs, the side effects are minimal and the given dose is very less and they go directly to target organs (lungs) without entering into blood. So the systemic side effects of these drugs are negligible.
I advise you to use rotacaps for appropriate duration as prescribed by your Pediatrician.
Instead of rotacaps you can use levolin and Budecort inhalers with a spacer and a mask after discussing with the Pediatrician.
Avoid exposure of the child to dust, smoke, fumes, sprays, plants, animals, cold air, and the other common allergens.
I advise you to give flu vaccination annually after discussing with your Pediatrician.
Hope I have answered your query, if you have any clarification please let me know.
Regards.
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