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How To Treat The Fever , Col And Cough In 1.5 Yrs Of Age Baby?

Hello Doc s, This is Satya from Bangalore.... My kid is 1.5 yrs of age and last day he got fever of 100.4 deg,.... and I have showed to doc at near by location.. we were giving him calpol,.. and he asked us to continue with that... and for cold and cough he gave us mucolite... this morning I have given my kid this medicine.... right now he is snizzing with cold at alot... the doc that I have showed he asked to repeat it twice a day,,,, would like to know if we can inscrease the dose.... if yes from how many hrs I can give this dose...at night as well... fever got inscreased to 103 or 104... this morning he is fine....
Fri, 16 May 2014
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Hallo . Thank you for asking this question . For fever calpol is fine , you can repeat 6 hourly if require and also can do normal temperature water sponging to lower down temperature . For cough mucolite drops are ok , if require you can repeat 8 hourly . For cold give decongestive medicine .Hope I have answered your query . For further questions please contact .
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How To Treat The Fever , Col And Cough In 1.5 Yrs Of Age Baby?

Hallo . Thank you for asking this question . For fever calpol is fine , you can repeat 6 hourly if require and also can do normal temperature water sponging to lower down temperature . For cough mucolite drops are ok , if require you can repeat 8 hourly . For cold give decongestive medicine .Hope I have answered your query . For further questions please contact .