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Child Has Post Nasal Drip, Cough, Taking Zyrtec. What Should I Do?
My 6 yr old daughter has post nasal drip issues. She has major night time cough . Her doctor says it s coz of the season change. Since a month she s been on zyrtec syrup at night as an antiallergic. Then for 3 days had otrivin nasal spray . Then for 3 days had clenil composit nebulizer . Cough went away for a week but it s back. So now the doctor said give rinoclenil spray at night and reduce the dose of zyrtec to half a teaspoon every night. now she has a dry barking kind of cough in the day as well since today.I just don t know what to do. Had a blood test which showed a slight bacterial infection but since she has no fever the doctor said no antibiotics. What should I do next??
Thu, 25 Oct 2012
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Dr. Dhivya Ananth,
Pediatrician's Response
Pediatrician's Response
Hello there,
Thanks for the query.
If you are sure, its only a post nasal drip issue, then it will respond dramatically to steam inhalation. Buy a vaporizer available in any pharmacy, add plain water and make her inhale the steam thrice a day and definitely before bedtime. It will liquefy the secretions in the sinuses and clear the drip significantly. Use the otrivin spray at bedtime after steam inhalation before she sleeps. The barking cough is due to some laryngitis which will recover with voice rest and steam inhalation.
Keep off cold food items till recovery. Vacuum the bed she sleeps on, the curtains in the house and also all the sofas, carpets, etc. Use double pillow case. This will reduce the allergy component.
By following the above steps, Im sure your child will be on the road to recovery very soon.
Bye
Thanks for the query.
If you are sure, its only a post nasal drip issue, then it will respond dramatically to steam inhalation. Buy a vaporizer available in any pharmacy, add plain water and make her inhale the steam thrice a day and definitely before bedtime. It will liquefy the secretions in the sinuses and clear the drip significantly. Use the otrivin spray at bedtime after steam inhalation before she sleeps. The barking cough is due to some laryngitis which will recover with voice rest and steam inhalation.
Keep off cold food items till recovery. Vacuum the bed she sleeps on, the curtains in the house and also all the sofas, carpets, etc. Use double pillow case. This will reduce the allergy component.
By following the above steps, Im sure your child will be on the road to recovery very soon.
Bye
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