Patient's question:
4-year-old male baby has been coughing and fevering for these last couple of days. Yesterday, he coughed all day long, but today he didn't cough during the day. However, in the afternoon after his nap, he got fever again, with a temperature of 38.8°C. After taking fever-reducing medicine, his fever subsided. Last night, he coughed all night long, and then he got fever again in the middle of the night. After taking fever-reducing medicine, his fever went down, but he still coughed severely. It wasn't until 7:30 AM that he stopped coughing and finally fell asleep. I am seeking advice from experts on how to handle this.Doctor's answer:
According to the situation you described. The child is four years old, with a cold, fever, and cough. If the temperature is below 38.5 degrees, it is necessary to take fever-reducing medicine, apply fever-reducing patches, use physical cooling methods, and drink more warm water. If the temperature is below 38.5 degrees, there is no need to take fever-reducing medicine, just use fever-reducing patches for physical cooling, and drink more warm water. For the child's cough, you can boil some rock sugar pear soup for them to drink. You can also take cephradine granules and expectorant cough granules to treat it. I cough badly at night, and I can take rotundine tablets to relieve the symptoms. Physical cooling is to use a warm towel to wipe all parts of the child's body, including the forehead, neck, chest, back, groin, armpits, limbs, etc., and drink more warm water.