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Suggest Treatment For Cold And Cough In A Child
My 21 month old daughter is suffering from cold and cough for last 2 weeks. It started with running nose and after 2-3 days cough started. It is not dry cough and she is able to sleep nicely. But in day time she is having constant running nose and cough. There is no fever and she is active otherwise. I m giving her Ambrolite-S for the cough. Could it be allergy ? Should I give her Alerid instead ? What should be the dosage for 10 kg. baby and for how many days we should give it ?
Wed, 24 Sep 2014
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Dear Sriram,
The cause of persistent symptoms is likely to be due to
1. Persistent Hyper reactivity of airways : Some children develop airway hyper receativity following infection
2. Persistent infection
In the absence of fever it is likely to be due to 1st cause.
I would suggest the following remedy
1. Steam inhalation: preferably using electronic steamer , 10-15min each session thrice a day(maintain safe distance)
2. Warm Saline gargling: To a glass of lukewarm add 2 spoons of salt. Make baby gargle
3. Comination of Levocetrizine and Montelukast ( Syrup can be used): It will decrease the airway hyper reactivity
4. Decoction: 1 cup of milk+ 20 Tulsi leaves+ 1 spoon of turmeric+ 2 spoon sugar. Bring it to boil. Filter it and give child warm. Give it thrice a day
The above remedy will be very helpful
Take Care
Best Regards
Dr T Shobha Deepak
Welcome to healthcare-magic
Greetings of the day
Dear Sriram,
The cause of persistent symptoms is likely to be due to
1. Persistent Hyper reactivity of airways : Some children develop airway hyper receativity following infection
2. Persistent infection
In the absence of fever it is likely to be due to 1st cause.
I would suggest the following remedy
1. Steam inhalation: preferably using electronic steamer , 10-15min each session thrice a day(maintain safe distance)
2. Warm Saline gargling: To a glass of lukewarm add 2 spoons of salt. Make baby gargle
3. Comination of Levocetrizine and Montelukast ( Syrup can be used): It will decrease the airway hyper reactivity
4. Decoction: 1 cup of milk+ 20 Tulsi leaves+ 1 spoon of turmeric+ 2 spoon sugar. Bring it to boil. Filter it and give child warm. Give it thrice a day
The above remedy will be very helpful
Take Care
Best Regards
Dr T Shobha Deepak
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