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Nebulisation for infants
How often can we give nebulisation for a 3 and half month old baby for cold and cough with white sputum. He started having cold from 19th August from then we started giving him kofarest and maxtra drops and nebulisation twice a day. The cold and cough was cured after 10 days ie, by 29th August. However he got severe cold and cough again from past two days. I started with the same drops but there is no improvement till now. Will more frequent nebulisation help in reducing cough?
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Dr. J Prabhakar Rao
Pediatrician
32 yrs exp
Ghaziabad
Nebulizer therapy is primarily used for asthma attack,NOT for simple cold and cough.
If mild,avoid unnecessary medicine and just give steam inhalations for cold and cough and decongestant nasal drops for nasal block or increased cough on lying down.
Use paracetamol for fever and repeat every 4 hours if required.
If not improving OR accompanied by other symptoms like wheezing or breathlessness or dullness and refusal to feed,consult your paediatrician for physical examination and treatment.
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