How to Handle Children’s Cough, Fever, and Shortness of Breath

What to do when a child’s cough worsens with fever and shortness of breath? Are there any home remedies without hospital intravenous fluid treatment? The child has already taken amoxicillin and small sunflower’s cold medicine, and some cooling and cough syrup. Is this the right approach? Starting in the afternoon, there is some shortness of breath, and I’m worried it might be pneumonia.
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How to Handle Children’s Coughs

Coughing is a defensive reaction to clear foreign objects from the respiratory tract. Treatment for cough should be targeted at the cause, choosing appropriate cough suppressants for symptomatic treatment on the basis of treating the underlying cause. For mild coughs, treatment can focus on the cause without the need for cough suppressants. For severe coughs, cough suppressants can be considered as needed.
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