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Guardian of a 1 yr 9 m old boy1 Year ago
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sir, the child is 2 months and 16 days old. The child whines a lot at some times, does he have any problem and he also has cough and cold but his medicine is going on.

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Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 4 m old boy1 Year ago
A. the recurrent stretching / curving of the body again and again as well as uncomfort / making grunting sounds as well as hiccups as well as colic pain all are due to gas in the intestine and stomach. it is very important that after giving milk to the child you should keep the child in upright position and do burping for 15 to 20 minutes(irrespective that you hear the burps or not). gas in stomach causes hiccups. do not keep the child back on the bed after 1 burping because one time burping will not remove all the gas and if the gas is not removed properly it goes into intestine causing abnormal distension and that will lead to colic pain again and again. keep the child in upright position whether you hear the burping sound or not and also it is not important that you will hear the sound when the child removes the air from the oral cavity. give nasal saline drops every few hourly to the child in the nasal cavity. try to prevent temperature variations around the child you can go for indirect steam inhalation which will again help in decreasing both cough and cdold continue the regular diet of the child if there is no improvement in few days then meet your doctor for fever and dpain give paracetamol. anti-cold medicines at this age have got side effects so can be given only after medical consultation.
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