Question
What medication should I give my child for sneezing and a runny nose?
Answer
After the child had a fever of 103°F and was given intravenous drips at the hospital for three days, they went home and started vomiting again, unable to keep anything down. Since then, they haven’t received any more drips. At home, after taking a medicine for dry heaves called “Mama Love,” the symptom disappeared, and the baby started to defecate. From the third day after the drips to coming home, the child started sneezing and coughing with phlegm. Since the dry heaves, no cold medicine has been given. Four days ago, we started using a cold medicine, but the symptoms haven’t disappeared. It might be because the child cries a lot when they have a cold, now their voice has changed. I’m hesitant to give them more drips because I feel like the drips are not good for the child’s gastrointestinal tract, leading to the dry heaves. I don’t know what medicine to use now to make it better faster.