Question: My baby is 4 and half months old. He was having cough and cold for more than 1 month and has been prescribed Maxtra and Kufril by his pediatrician. But, there was no improvement and later during further check ups doctor said that his chest is not clear, we consulted another pediatrician and he said that my son is affected from chest infection and henceforth he prescribed antibiotic Nismentin for 10 days along with cough syrup. Now, the antibiotic course is complete and doctor reported that my son's chest infection is healed. But still he is coughing, which we told the doctor , he said no problem discontinue the medicine. Problem is its been 5 days over since his last check-up, but my son is still coughing and yesterday night he cried for 3 hrs continuously, We offered him milk, which he drank for few ml.. then refused. Tried to soothe him but my baby was not happy with any of our efforts and started crying at the top of his voice. He spitted a lot yesterday and passed less urine. The urine color is bright yellow. he did not sleep well and was fussy throughout the night. I thought he was having stomach pain, so gave him collimax and neopeptine as well. But nothing worked. Please advise.

Thank you very much doctor for your prompt answer.

I would like to ask you few more questions regarding this.

1. You have mentioned to give my child rehydration solutions like electral and keeping giving plenty of liquids. However, the pediatrician we consulted have not recommended any liquid for my child apart from only milk. He said that my child is 4 and half months old, hence no liquid or water can be given to him.. only breast milk or formula will continue till his 6 months of age.

Please advise whether electral or liquid is ok for this age (4 and half mths). By liquid what you meant? Milk ?

2. I gave him collimax yesterday night assuming his stomach pain, but no improvement was noticed.

3. I have mentioned that he is passing less urine and the color is bright yellow. Is it something to worry about?

Thanks again for your help.

Best Regards
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Thanks a lot again for your reply.

1. How many times a day, should I give electral? How much amount of electral can be given to baby? For how many days this will continue?

2. Bifilac : Twice daily for a week (as per your advise).
How much amount of bifilac can be given?

Thank you very much.

Last question, as I mentioned before, my son is still coughing a lot. Its dry cough. He is also coughing at night while sleeping and during feeding as well.

Along with that, he is also vomiting a good amount of milk after feeding is over and spitting curd as well. He is also spitting saliva. Please advise.

Thanks & Regards
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