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Suggest Treatment For Pain In Ear And Throat

my 4 yr old daughter is suffering from frequent cough along with ear and throat pain for past 3-4 days.it started with a fever due to rain., now no fever but the above.consulted a doctor in tvm n he prescribed piriton cs,azithral 200,omnacortil but no improvements.kindly suggest the needy
Mon, 14 Sep 2015
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Hi,
Welcome to HCM forum,
I understand your concern but would like to assure you that it doesn't seem like a major problem. You child seems to be having an acute upper respiratory infection which is mostly caused by a virus and the duration of a viral illness is usually 5 to 7 days. The fever not being there now is a good sign which means the infection is not too severe. Your doctor however did the right thing by giving you an antibiotic because the possibility of a bacterial infection cannot be rule out and i am sure he would have seen some evidence of infection in child's throat or ear. I would suggest you to continue the medications as prescribed (however I don't agree with the nee of omnacortil) and if fever recurs or child has worsening symptoms in the next 48 hrs, kindly go for a re visit with your doctor. Hope I answered your query completely. PLease let me know if there is some more things to clarify. Take Care.
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Suggest Treatment For Pain In Ear And Throat

Hi, Welcome to HCM forum, I understand your concern but would like to assure you that it doesn t seem like a major problem. You child seems to be having an acute upper respiratory infection which is mostly caused by a virus and the duration of a viral illness is usually 5 to 7 days. The fever not being there now is a good sign which means the infection is not too severe. Your doctor however did the right thing by giving you an antibiotic because the possibility of a bacterial infection cannot be rule out and i am sure he would have seen some evidence of infection in child s throat or ear. I would suggest you to continue the medications as prescribed (however I don t agree with the nee of omnacortil) and if fever recurs or child has worsening symptoms in the next 48 hrs, kindly go for a re visit with your doctor. Hope I answered your query completely. PLease let me know if there is some more things to clarify. Take Care.