Hi We have just come back from seeing a doctor who diagnosed my 3.5 year old as having a chest infection. My boy had his tongue tie released on Tuesday, then that night he started coughing very violently. From Wednesday afternoon onwards he started having medium and high grade fever. The doc told us that it s possible for the boy s blood to have gone down the wrong way and caused him to have a chest infection. The boy has been having coughs and fever on and off. Thanks
Hi.... by what you say I feel that your son is only having a simple viral illness. Cough and cold are quite common in such viral illness. Blood going down on the wrong side and causing chest infection is not a likely cause. It is a very simple surgery and I suggest you not to attribute this viral illness to that. Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in child Chat Doctor.  For cold, you can use anti-allergics like cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do. Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15\u00a0mg/kg/dose (max ceiling dose 500\u00a0mg) every 4-6th hourly, that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. For cold, you can use Cetirizine at 0.25\u00a0mg/kg/dose every 12 hourly for 3 days. For nasal block, plain saline nasal