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Suggest Remedy For Persistent Cough

My 5 year old daughter had fever for last 3 days , I was giving her meftal syrup and cepodem 100 for her cough. Today, though she doesn't have fever, the cough seems worse and she is not able to sleep with the constant coughing. In fact she puked twice and took out a lot of phlegm. She also has a runny nose. Please advice what can I give her for the cough , will sinerest help?
Mon, 6 Feb 2017
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General & Family Physician,  's  Response
Hello
Thanks for query to HCM.
As you mentioned that your daughter is taking cefpodoxime and meftal syrup .
However still she is having running of nose and cough .
In my opinion this is due to allergy , so need not to worry.
Some potent anti allergic will cure her at once . When such patient visit to my clinic I advise them to take monteleukast+bambuterol syrup( monteleukast 0.2 mg +bambuterol also 0.2 mg ? kg body weight, this is a prescription drug. )
This will provide instant relief. Steam inhalation also provide much neede relief to your daughter.
Sinarest althouh very good but it will not act as a bronchodilator which is the need of hour at present for little one.
Hope this will help you.
Further if any question I will reply.
Good luck for daughter .
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Infectious Diseases Specialist,  Dr. K.r.w.m.manori Karunathilaka's  Response
hello, Has she ever had wheezing earlier? I think with the upper respiratory tract infection still laryngeal oedema and other upper airway oedema has not settled. That is why she is having severe cough. Only having antibiotic is not enough. She needs bed rest, an antihistamine like loratidine, small amout of bronchodilater like terbutaline, and a steroid likw dexamethazone. plenty of warm water and gargling throat using pinch of salt added warm water will also help releving cough quickly.
If your daughter is a wheezing better to nebulize once and give child the loratidine, terbutaline and a steroids.also. It is ok to give sinerest to releieve nasal congestion. Hope tthi s helps. thank you.
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Suggest Remedy For Persistent Cough

Hello Thanks for query to HCM. As you mentioned that your daughter is taking cefpodoxime and meftal syrup . However still she is having running of nose and cough . In my opinion this is due to allergy , so need not to worry. Some potent anti allergic will cure her at once . When such patient visit to my clinic I advise them to take monteleukast+bambuterol syrup( monteleukast 0.2 mg +bambuterol also 0.2 mg ? kg body weight, this is a prescription drug. ) This will provide instant relief. Steam inhalation also provide much neede relief to your daughter. Sinarest althouh very good but it will not act as a bronchodilator which is the need of hour at present for little one. Hope this will help you. Further if any question I will reply. Good luck for daughter .