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| More Than Just Colds |
Many cough and cold symptoms that are similar to symptoms of other diseases. Check first with the other symptoms that resemble the following.
Croup
Symptoms: Coughing barking at night, and funded height when the child took a breath, runny nose, fever handling: Sitting in the bathroom and provide hot water through the shower for 15 to 20 minutes will help him breathe. When to call the doctor: If your child really hard to breathe or continues for more than five minutes, or even worse.
Bronchiolitis (RSV)
Symptoms: runny nose, irritability, loss of appetite, fever, cough, voice when children breathe. Handling: Lots of fluids and rest. In serious cases, children (especially infants) may be hospitalized to receive oxygen, fluids, or medication. When to call the doctor: If your baby is difficult breathing, mucus is thick, there are signs of dehydration, not as active as usual or refuse to feed.
Pnaeumonia
Symptoms: Fever, runny nose symptoms that last more than a week and continued to deteriorate, cough wet and slimy, in the chest or abdominal pain, chills, breathing heavily, exhausted. Handling: Antibiotics (if caused by bacteria), while pneumonia caused by viruses left alone. Acetaminophen or mother of protein can help relieve pain and fever. When to call your doctor: As soon as you suspect a child suffering from pneumonia. Xray your child may need to diagnose.
Whooping cough (pertussis)
Symptoms: Cough that lasts more than a minute in the breathing between coughing, and no sound when he took a breath. Handling: Antibiotics, rest, and air moisturizer to thin mucus and relieve respiratory tract. When to call your doctor: As soon as possible. Children under 6 months may need to be hospitalized. When he's older, she needs antibiotics as soon as possible.
