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Excessive weight causes coughing?
My daughter is 5 months old she hs 8.5 kg weight she has mild cough from 1 month her doctor says due to her excessive weight she has cough otherwise she is norml
Is she overweight? Excessive weight causes coughing?
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What was birth weight? If it's within normal limits for age, there's nothing to worry about.
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Overweight wont cause cough...
Kindly plot growth chart
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Dr. Raghav
Neonatologist
8 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Birth weight hasn’t mentioned
Usually weight should be double the birth weight at 5 months age
At 5 months it’s slightly overweight
Cough not usually associated with overweight
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Continue regular feeding
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Continue weight monitoring biweekly and plot in growth charts. If increasing should evaluate
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Dr. M Shubha Shekar Reddy
Pediatrician
12 yrs exp
Bangalore
If your question is excessive weight cause cough
Answer NO
to know baby has abnormal
a weight need growth line ,plot from birth baby weight in growth chart and take help.
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