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What Causes Greenish Yellow Nasal Drainage?

My 8 month old has had nasal drainage of greenish yellowish color since he was 6 months old. He was given add adderax to help with congestion & at 6 month check-up doctor prescribed Aug. He was allergic so he ended up not taking very much as far as antibiotics go. 2 months have gone by & he still can't sleep well at night- has to be upright & I am giving Benadryl alternating w/ adderax & still having to asperate his nose hourly to get the long moist strands of mucus out. He had high fevers this past week & doctor said he had HFM disease & should be better by Sunday. I never saw any sores anywhere unless there somewhere in his throat. He's barely eating and is miserable. Do I need another opinion or is it typical for a baby to have this go on for so long?
Wed, 1 Mar 2017
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HFM disease, I.e. hand, foot, mouth disease is a viral infection. currently there are no antiviral drugs available for it, vaccine is available for this disease in China only. good part is ,that it's self limited disease, resolve usually in 7-10 days, occasionally it may last longer. it's highly contagious so you need to keep child away from others , and should do proper hand hygiene. simple analgesic, antipyretics drug can be given to alleviate symptoms.
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What Causes Greenish Yellow Nasal Drainage?

HFM disease, I.e. hand, foot, mouth disease is a viral infection. currently there are no antiviral drugs available for it, vaccine is available for this disease in China only. good part is ,that it s self limited disease, resolve usually in 7-10 days, occasionally it may last longer. it s highly contagious so you need to keep child away from others , and should do proper hand hygiene. simple analgesic, antipyretics drug can be given to alleviate symptoms.