My son is 5 months old. He is suffering from cough problem, but he is not able to throw cough out. Sometimes there is instant rise in his body temperature. Last time it rose to 99 degree. 2 day back he was given polio drop. I have given him paracetamol (1 ml) medicine.
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Hello lybrate-user, cough and fever can be treated symptomatically and there are expectorants syrup to bring out the sputum as well. 99 degrees is not too high and paracetamol should be calculated at 15 mg/kg (look in bottle it will say each 5 ml contains how many mg) and for babies tepid sponging is highly recommended before even giving paracetamol. If even after giving symptomatic treatment the symptoms don't improve in 2-3 days. Then he needs blood check to rule out other causes of fever and he must be started on antibiotics.
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Baby cannot spit .it's natural. It will come out of potty. 99 degree is not abnormal.
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Continue with paracetamol drops till he has fever and breast feeding. Do not worry about his bringing out cough.
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