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Suggest Treatment For Persistent Cold, Cough And Fever In Infants

My son has been sick for 3 days . First day he was vomiting and light diarrhea. Second day he had a fever of 103 . I gave him Tylenol and it helped it go down. Took him to his pediatrition today she checked for flu came back negative and also did an X-ray of his chest came back negative. He is still sick with a stuffy nose , won t stop coughing and his eyes are very droopy and he has a small rash on one of his eyes and the fever comes and goes . The doctor said to just continue giving him medicine
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
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Hi Dear,

Welcome to HCM.

Understanding your concern. As per your query your child have symptoms of persistent cold, cough and fever which is mainly because of lower respiratory tract infection due to poor immunity of body. It could be due to viral infection as well. Symptoms resembling flu and normally takes 3 days for viral fever to go. Need not to worry about it. Visit pediatrician once and get it examined. If cough is exaggerating go for chest X-ray, blood and sputum test of child. If it is bacterial infection start with proper course of antibiotics. Till then give crocin 4 hrly. Acetaminophen is also effective and you can give that as well. Give child proper rest without any discomfort. Give water after every few mins. Give diet rich in multivitamins along with plenty of fluids.

Hope your concern has been resolved.

Get Well Soon.

Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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Suggest Treatment For Persistent Cold, Cough And Fever In Infants

Hi Dear, Welcome to HCM. Understanding your concern. As per your query your child have symptoms of persistent cold, cough and fever which is mainly because of lower respiratory tract infection due to poor immunity of body. It could be due to viral infection as well. Symptoms resembling flu and normally takes 3 days for viral fever to go. Need not to worry about it. Visit pediatrician once and get it examined. If cough is exaggerating go for chest X-ray, blood and sputum test of child. If it is bacterial infection start with proper course of antibiotics. Till then give crocin 4 hrly. Acetaminophen is also effective and you can give that as well. Give child proper rest without any discomfort. Give water after every few mins. Give diet rich in multivitamins along with plenty of fluids. Hope your concern has been resolved. Get Well Soon. Best Wishes, Dr. Harry Maheshwari