Question: Hi
I have a 7 month old baby. She has been suffering from cold for almost the last two weeks. Initially i tried all the home remedies like massage with mustard oli, doing sekhah with ajwain seeds. When it didnt work , i spoke to my paed on the phone who said give her Tmnic drops three times a day. After giving Tmnic for two days it didnt work. Then i took her to another paed suggested by friend. At that she was coughing a lot, having a running nose with a thick yellow mucus many times, water dripping from her mouth most of the time. She refused to breast feed as she has been breathing very heavy. When she is trying to Breast feed, i can hear her trying to breath from the nose and the sounds that we usually hear when we as adults do when our nose is congested. The paed advised me Athrax Drops (7 drops three times in the day) and Tuspel Syrup ( 2 ml three times a day)

He said give her for 5 days and then let me know how she progresses. This was on Thursday. And today is sunday. 4 days already gone. Today, Monday will be the 5 th day for the meds. My baby has shown say only 20% of improvement. The yellow mucus that wud mostly come with a burst of sneeze has reduced but still their is mucus flowing from her nose. You can hear her breath heavy when she is sleeping. Water is still dripping from her mouth continuosuly. And most importantly she still refuses to breast feed . she is taking her solids well tho not as much as she used to . She is on three solid meals a day plus Breast feed. I m very worried as she is not taking my feed.

Kindly advise. I had called up the paed today to tell him she is not showing improvement. But he said you still continue with the same meds

Kindly let me know your opinion on this

Thanking You

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