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Can I use bells cough syrup for an 8 months old baby, a doctor prescribed it at the General hospital but going through the descrip...
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COUGH SYRUP IS NOT THE TREATMENT FOR COUGH....
Kindly note that most cough are due to viral infections and will resolve on their own....There is no need to give antibiotics....Keep warm, exclusive breastfeeding and avoid any one adult or child with colds. If your child is breathing fast or having fever or breathing with difficulty, it could be pneumonia, kindly see a doctor immediately....
We Paediatricians are usually not comfortable to cough syrup being given first to infants.. I.e below 1 year..... This is because it sedates and makes it difficult for the children to breath well especially a child that has pneumonia with increased work of breathing...
My neighbour has a stepson that move in with them, the is 6yrs he has this heavy dried cough that anytime he's coughing you'll thi...They've taken him to General Hospital to run an x-ray on him and they gave him some drugs and he has finished the drugs but no imp...
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kindly take the child to a Paediatric doctor,or The Respiratory clinic of any of the Paediatric Outpatient Clinic of any of the Teaching Hospitals closest to you, they are in the best position to take proper care of child health issues.
Any cough that have lasted for more than two weeks needs a paediatrician's attention for proper evaluation and treatment.
Help...I found particles in my son urine which is light pink/peach 4weeks ago and a doctor here told me is urate crystals, if not...Last week my son has fever and cough I took him to General hospital in my locality, after I told them what is wrong with the baby...
If there are still concerns, they may need to refer the child to the Paediatric Nephrologist for further evaluation and management
Doctors pls we are in a general hospital today to complain about my baby throat that is not clear for d past 5months, we are refer...
How did u know is not clear,
Is any one have an idea of how much they are registering for antenatal in General hospitals?
Lagos island maternity is 28k, phc is about 2k