Question
The girl is 3 years and 6 months old. After the National Day holiday, she developed bronchitis and took Azythromycin for 5 days, ending the medication around October 17th. She attended kindergarten for a week. On Friday, she started coughing again, and on Saturday, the symptoms alleviate subsided. At midnight on Sunday (October 28th), she developed a fever of 38.5 degrees Celsius. She took Mebendazole and Hiclopramide, and now her fever is up to 37.7 degrees Celsius. She wants to know what medicine to take now.
Answer
A child of three and a half belongs to the pre-school age group. If a baby has a fever and cough, it is an infection of the respiratory tract. In this situation, it is first necessary to check whether it is a viral infection or a bacterial infection, and then discuss the issue of taking antibiotics. Because respiratory tract infections are mostly viral infections, only a few are bacterial infections, and antibiotics are used only in cases of bacterial infection. Antibiotics are ineffective against viral infections.