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Child Having Cough, No Fever, Runny Nose, Yellow Discharge From Eye. Giving Zyrtec. What To Do?
Hi my baby is 7 months old, he is wheezing , has a deep chesty cough( it sometimes sounds like a bark), but no fever. He has a runny nose and his eyes are expelling yellow discharge. His pediatrician thinks it s allergies and has asked me to give him zyrtec and nebulize him thrice a day. He is having immense trouble breathing and cries every time I try try to make him lie down. What do I do?!?!
Child could be suffering from allergy or could be having bronchiolitis. Beside giving him antiallergics and nebulization, give him a course of antibiotics also to cover up any superadded bacterial infection as children can take a course for worse in no time. Maintain the humidity around him as symptoms worsen in dry air. If required he may be given steroids as a very short course to tide over the acute phase.
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Child Having Cough, No Fever, Runny Nose, Yellow Discharge From Eye. Giving Zyrtec. What To Do?
Child could be suffering from allergy or could be having bronchiolitis. Beside giving him antiallergics and nebulization, give him a course of antibiotics also to cover up any superadded bacterial infection as children can take a course for worse in no time. Maintain the humidity around him as symptoms worsen in dry air. If required he may be given steroids as a very short course to tide over the acute phase.