Patient's question:
Detailed medical condition and consultation purpose: Suffering from a cold, cough, runny nose, hoarseness, and unable to cry.Duration of the current illness: Four days
Current general condition: Good
Medical history: First time
Previous diagnoses and treatment history and effectiveness: Took erythromycin powder, cough syrup, and cold medicine.
Ancillary tests: None
Doctor's answer:
Hello:Considered to be caused by a child's cold.
A child's cold, in addition to general symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, and sneezing, is often accompanied by fever, easily leads to coughing, and may also include digestive issues such as vomiting or diarrhea. Moreover, the condition progresses rapidly after onset, so timely treatment is necessary. Children's colds should not be treated by simply reducing the dosage of adult cold medications; instead, children should take cold medications specifically formulated for them.
Common Western medications for children's colds include Tylenol for Children. It is specifically used for the symptomatic treatment of children's colds. It can relieve the main symptoms of various colds: fever, headache, sore throat, nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, and coughing. Take 3–4 times daily: 5 mL per dose for children aged 2–5, and 10 mL per dose for children aged 6–11.
Common Chinese medications for children's colds include:
Children's Cold Relief Tablets: Made from mint, patchouli, Isatis root, Isatis leaves, dendrobium, and gypsum. It has the effects of expelling wind and heat. Suitable for general children's colds with fever, and can also be used for children's influenza with fever. Take 3–6 g per dose, 3 times daily.
Children's Cough Pills: Have the effects of detoxifying, clearing heat, resolving phlegm, and relieving cough. Suitable for treating children's wind-cold colds, coughing with excessive phlegm, etc. For children under 3, take half a pill per dose, 2 times daily; for children aged 3 and above, take 1 pill per dose, 2 times daily.
Children's Treasure Pills: Have the effects of expelling wind, resolving phlegm, digesting food, and calming fright. Suitable for children's wind-cold fever, runny nose, coughing with excessive phlegm, vomiting, and diarrhea. Take 1 pill per dose, 2–3 times daily; for children under 3, take half the dose.