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What Causes Sinus Infection,fever And Cough?

my granddaughter is 3 and she has been sick off and on for over two months now. She gets a sinus infection and gets put on medicine. She gets RSV, puts on medicine. As soon as she finishes her antibiotics, she gets sick again. Right now she has 103.8 fever and coughing. My question is, Shouldn t she get some kind of blood work or something to see if something else might be going on?
Fri, 30 Jan 2015
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THANKS FOR YOUR QUERY.
A sinus infection is inflammation or swelling of your sinuses. Normally, sinuses are filled with air. When the sinuses become blocked and filled with fluid, bacteria can grow there and cause infection.
Steam and hot showers may be recommended to loosen mucus.
You have to consult doctor as the symptoms like cough,fever persist for more than 5 days.
The productive, junky cough is usually just part of the cold virus. The signs that your child may have bacterial bronchitis are junky sounding cough plus:
Fever for more than 5 days and/or
Chest pains, especially with coughing
Wheezing
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What Causes Sinus Infection,fever And Cough?

THANKS FOR YOUR QUERY. A sinus infection is inflammation or swelling of your sinuses. Normally, sinuses are filled with air. When the sinuses become blocked and filled with fluid, bacteria can grow there and cause infection. Steam and hot showers may be recommended to loosen mucus. You have to consult doctor as the symptoms like cough,fever persist for more than 5 days. The productive, junky cough is usually just part of the cold virus. The signs that your child may have bacterial bronchitis are junky sounding cough plus: Fever for more than 5 days and/or Chest pains, especially with coughing Wheezing HOPE THAT HELPS.