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Chronic Pink Eye
I know that pink eye is easily contagious but does anyone know if there is another .... in the ER to find out she had a double ear infection and pneumonia. ...
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- My daughter had a nasty nasty runny nose around 1 yrs.old and was rubbing her nose goo into her eyes which caused pink eye or something like it and she had to have ant...
- Hello, What your son may have may not be pink eye but an infected tear duct or eye infection. If his eyes are just goopy that is a good indication of not pink eye. ...
- Hi M., I'm a mother of ten...six still at home and the best thing I ever invested in to avoid all bacteria and thus colds, flu, viruses in my home is a wholehouse a...
Advice About 6 Month Old Daughter Sick with Rsv
RSV is contagious for around 2 weeks. Two of my kids got it one year. ... Next question: My 5 Week Old Was Just Diagnosed W/ Pneumonia and a Touch of RSV-I ...
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- My son had rsv several years ago. He was so bad he had to be hospitalized before he go better. He was there for a week and they did lots of updraft treatments and put ...
- My son had RSV when he was 6 weeks old and was in the hospital for 2 weeks and then came home on oxygen for about a month. It is a serious virus. Just to warn you sh...
- If she is still coughing, she is still contagious. It is highly contagious - like a cold & is spread by sneezing and/or coughing. But check with your Ped. to be sure. ...
9 Month Old with Cough -- Should I Worry?
My mother in law has had a mean case of bronchitis and walking pneumonia since ... once you have been on antibiotics for over 24 hrs you are not contagious. ...
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- When my son turned 9 months last month, he had a strange little cough. It followed some nasal congestion. We used the vaporizor at night, and that may have helped. ...
- Hello. We usually see a cough as the last symptom of a cold that includes runny nose. Even with allergies, we see the presence of runny nose that in turns provoques c...
- Dear K R, It sure sounds like you have your hands full girl. I'm not a doctor, just a mother of two lovely daughters. I wouldn't worry about the cough unless it stays ...
High Fever
... we're told that he's no longer contagious 24 hours after the rash appears. ... There is a new strand of pneumonia that is going around this region that ...
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- DeDe, I know it doesn't help much, but my son runs extremely high fevers as well. Whenever he begins to get warm, we pump him full of motrin. Just know that for a...
- cool bath or cool wash rag on his head.
- sometimes those two don't work and really, it's kind of okay b/c it's their body fighting the infection. i'm not stupid, i know the fever makes them tired and miserab...
Friend Was Told She Has RSV and 7 Mo Prego
RSV is highly contagious, and can be spread through droplets containing .... My 5 Week Old Was Just Diagnosed W/ Pneumonia and a Touch of RSV-I Need Advice ...
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- I'm pretty sure RSV only occurs in children, adults get bronchitis or just a bad cold. She should seek another opinion. Adults can carry a virus home that CAUSES RS...
- my sis in law had RSV before. She described it as the worst cold she ever had.
- When my friends son had RSV his doctor told us that adults could carry the virus and possibly have some symptoms, but nothing like what a young child would experiance....
My Child Has an Awful Cough
What if what your daughter has is contagious and the rest of you wind up ... to the pediatrician so you can rule out bronchitis, bronchiolitis or pneumonia. ...
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- You don't mention taking her to the doctor, but I would say that would be the best thing to do at this point if over the counter medicine is not working. It could be ...
- I got an email from my mom the other day about a cure for bad coughs. Try putting vicks vapor rub on her feet (make sure their clean first) and then put socks over her...
- Take her to the Doctor. Recent studies have proven that OTC cold medicine is not only ineffective, but could be downright dangerous in very young children. You've prov...
PINK EYE Birthday Party??
Pink Eye is highly contagious, I'm sure all the other parents are thankful ..... becoming bronchiolitis and/or pneumonia and we had to go to emergency care. ...
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- I'm assuming the child went to the doctor. Pink eye is contagious. Longest your relative is giving the child the eye drops to clear the infection. You don't see any re...
- I wouldn't have gone either. Pink eye is very contagious and it hurts. The child needs to be treated with antibiotic cream for 24 or 48 hours before they can return ...
- Pink eye is highly contagious. Though its mostly more annoying than anything, no one wants to get it. You don't want your daughter to get it. My doctor told me that...
Albuterol?
They gave that to my son when he had pneumonia one time and we were up literally all ... It does say that RSV is EXTREMELY contagious! Good Luck! Helpful? ...
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- Have not had vomiting with albuterol but it is a side effect. It can also make you jittery and can make you feel like your heart is racing. I would ask the pediatricia...
- Probiotics. Please check into getting your baby on Probiotics especially if she has thrush and ear infections,. It's just a yeast overgrowth. Nystatin was given I b...
- Albuterol is usually given with asthma and can make you not nervous inside which will keep you from sleeping. The thrush keeps them from eating because it is so painf...
Croup?
Sep 2, 2009 ... It is contagious You could get bronchitus from it I did and I was 6 months prego so not fun I have been ... cough croup · viral pneumonia ...
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- My son has had croup 9 times this year alone!!!! I know what you are going through! I have a 2 year old who will be 3 in october and I too have a 5 month old! Make...
- my daughter had the croup earlier this year. it hurt me just to watch her cough! i had a very small baby at the time, but he never ended up coming down with it. i just...
- Hi T., our son had it last year when he was 2. There was really nothing we could do but listen to the poor thing bark. We woke up several times in the middle of the ni...
Cold/Cough - Three Year Old
The doctor said he is not contagious, but I worry what the other moms will think when they see him cough around their kids. ..... Could I Have Pneumonia? ...
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- Hi, R. -- I've already written a response to another mother about her child's persistent "croup" (which my child supposedly had). Part of her child's -- and mine -...
- Hi R., I wouldn't cancel his birthday party, because the doctor said it's not contagious. What I would do to ease parents fear of "my child's going to catch that" is ...
- Happy Birthday to your son!! I can't imagine why the doctor prescribed antibiotics for a cough. It must not be a cold. In any case, most Mamas know that it is t...
