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Mild Fever After Being on an Antibiotic for 3 Days Now?
Asked by A.R. from Chattanooga
on March 4, 2011
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My 3 year old Daughter has a mild case of Pneumonia and she is on Biaxin and has been for 4 days now. On the second day of taking the antibiotics the fever had subsid...
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- a fever means her body is fighting it off, you normally want to bring it down because it is more comfortable ... let her body and the antibiotics work in her system ma...
- Oh, Dear, no wonder-three yrs old! I always say if you have a fever while on an antibiotic-it's pneumonia. That said-with pneumonia, strep, etc-in the little ones espe...
- I am dealing with the same issue. I am hoping that he has just picked up something else, but it just feels like he has been sick so often lately. If you go back to t...
Preventing Yeast Infection
Asked by K.B. from Chicago
on June 21, 2009
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Hi moms! I have been on Biaxin for 2days now. I have bronchitis and a sinus infection. Every time I get an antibiotic, I get a yeast infection. Any suggestions out ...
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- Eat yogurt with active cultures every day. Works for me.
- Hi K., I use to go through that everytime I got an antibiotic from my doctor. Now my doctor prescribes Diflucan everytime he prescribes me an antiobiotic. You take th...
- Eat Yogurt (needs to be natural with low sugar) and take Acidophiles capsules before every meal. You can also take a Probiotic to help with digestion and help regulate...
Homeopathic Remedy for Allergies
Asked by S.Y. from San Diego
on March 28, 2008
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Hi Moms,
I have a 4 year old daughter that has chronic sinus infections. She has been sick since she was born with ear infections, viral infections and sinus infecti...
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- I have yet to find a homeopathic remedy, but my son had surgery in december and it has helped. We still get sinus infections, but they are easier to control...He had ...
- Dr. Oz (the doc always on Oprah) had highly recommends a neti(sp?) Pot if you have chronic sinus infections/allergies. It's like a little tea pot that you put warm sal...
- Omega 3 fatty acids replenish the sinus tissue. Increase your child's intake. We put my son on daily fish oil capsules at age 5 for another problem and discovered hi...
My 5 Week Old Was Just Diagnosed W/ Pneumonia and a Touch of RSV-I Need Advice
Asked by J.W. from St. Louis
on January 29, 2009
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My 5 week old and 2 year old have had a bad cough, runny nose, sneezing for about 10 days now. My 5 week old was just dx with pneumonia, although the radiologist that...
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- My son had a diaper rash that didn't want to go away. I took him to the doctor and they gave him a perscription for Nyastatin. This worked really well.
- I don't know what you can do except give them lots of love and just make them comfortable. BUT...My 10 year old had RSV when he was 9 months old and was hospitalized f...
- Hello! My son was 8 days old when he was diagnosed with RSV. He had a very serious case and almost did not survive. RSV produces a very thick mucus that can clog up...
H Pylori in Children
Asked by K.K. from Las Vegas
on June 30, 2011
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Hi Moms,
My daughter, who just turned 7 has been diagnosed with the H Pylori bacterial infection in her stomach. Her white blood count is below average and she is s...
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- In terms of H Pylori, it usuallyproduces abdominal discomfort/pain, but I wouldn't necessarily attribute the severe constipation to it. The best way to test it is to l...
- Is she taking the prevpac? If so, that is a very strong combination of antibiotics. My daughter was diagnosed with H Pylori last January and started the prevpac in Feb...
- I will be interested in reading your answers. My 4 year old just had the stool antigen test for H. pylori and we are waiting on the results. Did your daughter ever ha...
Advise on Reaction or Viral
Asked by P.S. from Springfield
on September 6, 2008
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My 6year old daughter had a staph infection from a blister on her heel. They gave her keflex. Shes allergic to amoxicillin. A few days after being on Keflex she start...
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- I looked it up online and Keflex is not in the same family as amoxicillin. If your child is allergic to amoxicilling, she should never be given anything in that famil...
- Did you look on the "monograph" you get from the pharmacy that lists side effects & allergy warnings? It should tell you if those are reasons for keflex side effects o...
- The rash for fifths disease, from what I understand, is just on the cheeks and has a "slapped face look". My daughter had roseola not that long ago which can cause a r...
Do I Really Need to Take These Steriods?
Asked by M.. from Detroit
on December 18, 2011
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Clearly Im not a medical professional and I have no idea what Im doing, but I was on the Zpac for bronchitis and it made my body swell up and hives everywhere.
I had ...
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- M.: YES!!!! Take the steroids!!! They will help with the reaction you had - swelling, inflammation and hives!!! Take them as prescribed!!
- There are so many different steroids people get confused by them. The stuff that's given for itching and swelling (corticosteroids) isn't the same as the steroids tha...
- It's the only thing that helps my bronchitis, which I get once a year. If not treated properly you can develop pneumonia. It's not enough steroid to make much of a dif...
Medicine and My 3 Year Old
Asked by P. from Chicago
on December 29, 2006
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I am looking for advice on ways to get my alomost 3 year old daughter to take medication. She will vomit up any medicine I manage to get down her throat. I have tried ...
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- Never mention medicine to her again. Anytime she needs to take something, hide it from her and slip it into something she drinks. She has already built up an anti-me...
- speaking from vast experience I would get the liquid in her drinks. I had to do this with all 3 of my boys who hated medicine. You will have to play around with how mu...
- I give my almost 4 year old a popsicle after a yucky medication. She will take dimetapp with no problem because it is sweet but things like Robitussin she freaks. So I...
How Do You Get Your Kids (21 Months) to Take Medicaine?
Asked by T.R. from Syracuse
on December 1, 2011
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I took my daughter to dr yesterday, she has ear infection and possibly strep for which they prescribed amoxicillin. I'm not sure that I was able to get any of it in h...
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- My son HATED amoxicillin. I just went to the ped. and requested a different antibiotic, since he was so resistant, I couldn't be sure I was giving him the right dosage.
- I call it candy medicine, and it has always gone well. Usually the Amoxicillan that we get is flavored like bubble gum so I will say 'ok, time to take your bubble gum...
- Ugh, I gave up trying when he was that age, especially with the Tylenol or Motrin. Forget it. He hated that stuff. The pink stuff, he didn't mind at all... My husband ...
Horrible Time with Liquid Medication- Help!
Asked by J.S. from Austin
on January 27, 2010
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I am looking for suggestions on how to get my 15 month to take amoxicillin. I have tried everything I know to do, I've given it to him in a little medicine bottle to ...
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- Hello, I had the same problem with my son. I finally found a method that works every time for us. Rule #1 - You have to do this the first thing that enters their body ...
- Been there! I don't have anything special. Still, I suggest you try again with the squirt, liquid drop thing (though a syringe might be another name for it). My advice...
- i go through this every time. the ONLY way i can get my daughter to take it is in chocolate milk. and by chocolate milk i mean mostly chocolate with a little milk . i ...
