Question
The 4-year-old boy has been coughing and has a fever. He coughed during the day two days ago, and then had a fever in the afternoon yesterday. After taking fever-reducing medicine, his fever subsided, but he coughed all night last night and had a fever again in the middle of the night. After taking fever-reducing medicine again, he still continued to cough until he fell asleep after 7 AM. What should we do, experts?
Answer
Based on your description, the child is 4 years old and has a cold with fever and cough. When the body temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees Celsius, use fever-reducing medicine, fever-reducing patches, and physical cooling methods, along with drinking plenty of warm water. If the body temperature is below 38.5 degrees Celsius, fever-reducing medicine is not necessary; you can use fever-reducing patches and physical cooling methods, and drink plenty of warm water. If the child’s cough is severe, you can give him Sugar and pear soup to drink or administer cefixime and expectorant cough medicine for treatment. If the cough worsens at night, oral lophophyllin tablets can be taken to relieve symptoms. Physical cooling involves using a warm towel to wipe the child’s entire body, including the forehead, neck, chest, back, inguinal area, armpits, and limbs, and drinking plenty of warm water.