What to do if your newborn has a low-grade fever and cough

Newborns with low fever and cough, mostly due to respiratory infections, such as upper respiratory tract infections, acute bronchitis, mycoplasma pneumonia, etc., can be improved through general treatment, medication and so on.
1. Upper respiratory tract infection: mostly viral infections, no specific treatment drugs, give the baby more water, the body temperature is not more than 38.5 degrees Celsius and good mental state can use warm towels to wipe the child’s armpits and groin and other parts of the body, or the forehead paste antipyretic patches, etc. for physical cooling.
2. Acute bronchitis: combined with bacterial infection, need to take cephalosporin, penicillin antibacterial drugs for treatment, such as cefaclor, amoxicillin and so on.
3. Mycoplasma pneumonia: preferred macrolide antibiotics for treatment, such as roxithromycin, azithromycin and so on.
These drugs can have different degrees of adverse reactions, such as nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, etc., in the use of, must be strictly in accordance with the doctor’s instructions under the guidance of the doctor to take.