Patient's question:
My child is two and a half months old now, and they always have a stuffy nose and can't sleep well at night. What should I do?I also had a cold a few days ago. Could my child have caught it from me? If the stuffy nose is caused by a cold, what should I do? If it's just a regular cold, what should I do? Do I have to go to the hospital? The hospital here isn't very good, and the doctors always insist on hospitalization and IV drips. If anyone knows the answer, please help me out. Thank you!
Doctor's answer:
Hello:Consider the possibility of a child's cold.
Besides common symptoms like nasal congestion, runny nose, and sneezing, a child's cold often involves fever, easy coughing, and sometimes digestive issues such as vomiting or diarrhea. The condition tends to progress rapidly, so timely treatment is essential. Children's colds cannot be treated by simply reducing the dosage of adult cold medications; instead, they should take medications specifically formulated for children.
Common Western medications for children's colds include Children's Tylenol, which is specially designed for symptomatic treatment of children's colds. It can relieve the main symptoms of colds, such as 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 ingredients such as mint, patchouli, Isatis root, large-leaved Isatis, dendrobium, and gypsum. It has the effects of expelling wind and clearing heat. Suitable for general children's colds with fever, as well as 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 wind-cold colds, coughing with excessive phlegm, and other symptoms. For children under 3, take half a pill per dose, 2 times daily; for children aged 3 and older, take 1 pill per dose, 2 times daily.
Children's Treasure Pills: Have the effects of expelling wind, resolving phlegm, aiding digestion, and calming fright. Suitable for wind-cold colds with 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.
Children's Phlegm