Suggest treatment for my son s recurring cold and fever with cough
Patient: My son is 2.11 years old and time and again almost once in 4 weeks time he is getting cold and fever... and cough is not going from last 4 to 5 months...sometimes is getting severe cough and coughing almost every minute. He also gets cough when he gets up in the morning. He also don t like to eat anything, and almost daily vomits before try to send him to school. We have taken him to our local paed, and lot of medicines are given. but cough is still there. Please suggest. Doctor: Hi thank you for choosing healthcare magic. There are many reasons for cough in kids most common being post viral, allergy mainly to dust, cold weather etc. Kindly get your child checked during cough to look for wheezing, nasal discharge, itching in nose etc. If he has those he is having allergic cough for which he will require anti allergic medicine regularily for atleast 3 months. If he is fine inbetween and getting cough during viral infections the cough will subside slowly in a week after the fever subsides. and remember that there is no effective cough medicine, we have to treat the cause and give them plenty of fluids as they tend to decrease the irritation in throat and decrease the cough.Hope this has been helpful to you, kindly feel free to contact again for any queries. Kindly rate the answer if so. Take care. Dr J Sravanthi