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If the child has a cough and fever and is in a good mental state, the symptoms can be gradually reduced and improved after medication**, and oral medication** can also be used**. However, it is still necessary to clarify ** first, and use the medicine correctly under the guidance of a doctor.
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1) Baby fever, often consider diseases such as mycoplasma infection, pneumonia, cold, flu, hand, foot and mouth disease, herpangina, etc. It can be judged based on the basic symptoms and is helpful for timely hospital treatment.
2) Fever and cough, consider bronchitis, pneumonia, mycoplasma infection (especially children with nocturnal cough), accompanied by barking cough and consider the possibility of laryngitis, need to be seen in a timely hospital, some children are accompanied by chicken-like cough, or the symptoms are atypical, ** the effect is not good, you can consider pertussis.
c) Sudden fever, nasal congestion, runny nose, headache, consider a cold, also consider acute sinusitis, influenza is usually a high fever, muscle aches all over the body. If the baby has chest tightness and shortness of breath, you must be aware of myocardial damage and must go to the nearest hospital.
4) Fever, sore throat, the baby will also refuse to eat and cry, consider the possibility of herpangina; It is also necessary to observe whether there is herpes on the hands, feet, and buttocks**, and if there is a consideration of hand, foot and mouth disease. And so on, maybe.
IIIAbout antipyretics for children
1) For children with fever, antipyretic and analgesic drugs can choose acetaminophen or ibuprofen to reduce fever, but it is not recommended to use the two in combination or alternately. Other antipyretic and analgesic drugs are not recommended.
2) Acetaminophen is suitable for babies over 2 months old, while ibuprofen is suitable for babies over 6 months;
iii) ibuprofen can last for 6-8 hours, while acetaminophen only lasts for 4-6 hours;
4) When using antipyretics, it is not advisable to use them together with compound cold preparations containing antipyretic and analgesic drugs, because the combination of the two may cause the problem of repeated medication, which will lead to poisoning due to drug overdose;
5) If bacterial infection is co-infected at the same time, antimicrobial drugs should be used in a timely manner**;
6) In the high influenza season, you should be careful whether the baby has influenza, and if you are diagnosed, you should use antiviral drugs such as oseltamivir granules as soon as possible within 48 hours of diagnosis.
Tips: This content is for reference only, not as a substitute for face-to-face consultation (the drugs mentioned in the article must be used under the guidance of a professional doctor), if you feel unwell, please seek medical attention offline as soon as possible.