8 Month Old With Cough, Should I Be Worried?

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8 Month Old With Cough, Should I Be Worried?

My 8 month old baby has had the typical cold for about a week, runny nose and flemmy cough. He got better for about 2 days and now seems to have it again. This time he coughs a lot at night to the point where he wakes up and can't sleep.

I'm not sure if I should get him checked out, or if it is just a cold.

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8 Month Old With Cough, Should I Be Worried?

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Mar 16, 2009

8 Month Old With Cough
by: Baby Help Line

Colds, or upper respiratory infections (URI) are one of the most common and contagious reasons of illness in infants and young children. Go visit a daycare center in fall and you'll see snotty noses everywhere.

Colds are caused by viral infections and can not be treated with antibiotics. They usually last 7-14 days.

Children can catch different viral colds in just 24 hours. Have you been anywhere at all since his last cold - even just the mall? If you have, or if someone came to meet you, you son probably had the bad luck of getting another cold right after the other.

But since it has been a week even though he sounded better for two days, you may want to get him checked by your pediatrician. A cold does affect the immune defense and sometimes a bacterial infection follows.

When ever my kids cough a lot at night it means they have sinus drainage which could mean they have a sinus infection or one is trying to start. It could also mean the cold has settled in the lungs.

If there is any sign of fever, ear infection, or sinus infection your pediatrician will want to start antibiotics.

I would see my pediatrician just to make sure everything sounds good. Hope your little guy feels better.

Paula

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