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What Is The Cause Of Cough, Wheezing And Fever?
hi my son has croup and i took him to the doc but i keep feeling like theres something more i should be doing for him. he is 2.5 and has barky cough, wheezing, will not eat, and on and off fever. what should i do? (the doc prescribed steroid, and hes taking zyrtec and using a cold air humidifier)
Wed, 13 May 2015
Barking cough is a symptom of CROUP. It mainly due to some virus. so you may give symptomatic treatment like analgesic,antipyretic,anti-histamin,steroid.humidifier air,sometimes broncodilator.
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