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5 months old baby boy is coughing
Hi All,
my baby boy is 5 months old. he is coughing specially when lying down. its dry cough. he does not have cold its just cough. sometime nose is block but rarely. he is coughing since 2-3 days.
can you please guide what can we do to cure his cough.
Thanks in Advance!
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Instill nasal saline drosp....
Occasional coughing is common in infants...
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do burp well for 15mins after feeding...
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He is coughing because of post nasal drip
You can make him lay down in head high position
Put nasoclear nasal drops
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Dr. S. T. Pushpam
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16 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hi,
Use saline nasal drops for nose block
Do steam inhalation
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Ascoril-d drops if cough still persists.
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