hello doctor my baby is suffering from allergic cough and my pediatric suggest me to do nebulise her for 3days but she is not ready to take what to do how to give her Nebulising sessions please help ? she is crying and scared with the machine , she is (16months) old

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please play with her and make the machine her friend eg - let's eat the clouds coming out of the machine.. so cool like we go on mountains, I did Johnny Johnny open your mouth.. whatever little she can.. hope this helps

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Then you do it to yourself and show it to your child that how comfortable it is there is no problem with that and there are different Touch attachments if the child does not want to use the mask you can use another attachment which is more comfortable so just try showing it on yourself to show your child how comfortable it is and there is no problem in using it

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Cough and Cold along with the symptom like Fever loss of appetite irritability could be a feature of viral infection or seasonal flu where most of the time supportive treatment is given. 
algong with that cough expectorant and decongestant with antviallergic medicine given.
steam inhalation can be given frequently to relieve the symptoms.