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How To Treat Swollen, Red Tonsils, Dry Cough And Runny Nose?
My 12 year grandson has allergies he currently takes prescription Zyrtec and prescription flonase. He quite frequently get swollen,red tonsils, dry cough,,sometimes runny sometimes stuffy nose. This time around it has been 2 weeks of him being miserable. And his pediatrician keeps advising some other over the counter medicine. He never gets a fever with this.
Fri, 7 Nov 2014
Hi...he seems to be having moderate to severe persistent allergic rhinitis and I am glad that he is on Flonase and Zyrtec which is going on in the right way. If I were your treating pediatrician I would add on - Monteluekast, 10mg per day once daily at 6PM for 8 weeks. It doesn't work immediately but on the long run it is very useful in reducing chronic allergic symptoms like this. Kindly approach your pediatrician regarding this.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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