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Suggest Treatment For Coughs

My son is 5 years old, he has been on and off with deep cough for about 3 weeks,he burp after coughing and has yellow jelly looking comes up with his cough, he is taking antibiotic for a week and allergy medicine but im still worried about him its taking long time for him to feel better
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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child having cough for 3 weeks is a serious problem, and he is having yellow coloured sputum which suggests bacterial infection. If you reside in a High Tubercular endemic region, get a chest Xray and mantoux test done .Also its time to step up to higher antibiotics like augmentin or Cephalexin. Consider giving him a good bronchodilator like Asthalin and an antihistaminic like levocetrizine. If the child has persistent fever also, I suggest you consult a pediatrician for severe Lower respiratory tract infection.
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Suggest Treatment For Coughs

child having cough for 3 weeks is a serious problem, and he is having yellow coloured sputum which suggests bacterial infection. If you reside in a High Tubercular endemic region, get a chest Xray and mantoux test done .Also its time to step up to higher antibiotics like augmentin or Cephalexin. Consider giving him a good bronchodilator like Asthalin and an antihistaminic like levocetrizine. If the child has persistent fever also, I suggest you consult a pediatrician for severe Lower respiratory tract infection.