My 8 year old daughter has had a fever with an increasing phlegm like cough since last Tuesday. She has been to the doctor three times in the past week. She did take antibiotics for four days with no change and was told to discontinue them and at the end of her last doctor s visit today, the doctor said she did not see anything wrong with her but did order blood, chest, and urine test for her. The doctor stated she had a young patient last year who had a fever off and on for a month last year about the same time and they ended up saying he had Viral Fever. She has not said my daughter has this but she did share the story. Any insight would be great help or should I go to another doctor.
Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor. 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 mg/kg/dose (max ceiling dose 500 mg) 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 mg/kg/dose every 12 hourly for 3 days. For nasal block, plain saline nasal 