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Suggest Remedy For Cough And Congestion
i took my 7 month old baby swimming in the ocean and i think he swallowed a bit of water. it is now midnight and my little boy is coughing and sniffling would this be from swimming and should i take him to doctor. he usually does not wake up in the night at all. he sounds a bit congested
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
Dear parent, for coughing give him a cough suppressant as dextromethorphan and an expectorant as Mucinex . for sniffing give him an antihistaminic once daily before bed. no need to worry about swallowing ocean water as salted water is not harmful as chlorine water of swimming pools
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