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Does Intake Of Advil Help In Curing Cough, Diarrhea And Light-headedness?

Posted on Mon, 25 Jul 2016

Question: my mother is 78 years old and has a bad cough and diarrhea for the last two and a half days I think she got it from a 9 month old grandchild she was watching but she's light-headed and weak what can I do about it I gave her Advil PM and some Imodium AD

Answered by Dr. Dr. Muhammad Sareer Khalil (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
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I appreciate your concern

Advil will address any fever or body aches associated with the condition. The cause of diarrhea needs to be determined. If there is blood in stool, tenesmus, high grade fever and a raised TLC count on blood work then the diarrhea is infectious and antibiotics with fluid replacement would be required. If the above are not present then isotonic fluid replacement alone would suffice. For the cough the chest needs to be examined/ auscultated. Based on the clinical findings, an x ray chest can be advised or symptomatic treatment with cough suppressants and bronchodilators can be advised.

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