1 year old child with fever and inflammation of the throat

  Patient: Description of the condition (time of onset, main symptoms, hospital visited, etc.): May 20 morning the child began to fever, 1:30 p.m. to the hospital anal test 39 degrees, with Merlin fever, more than 8:00 p.m. that night vomiting fever, 21 a full day without fever without any symptoms, the fever began in the evening until 2:00 p.m. on the 22nd during the fever is physical cooling. But the morning of the 23rd began to cough a little, the day the symptoms of the cold appeared, sneezing, clear nose, coughing slightly, nasal congestion, difficulty in breathing in bed, crying, coughing aggravated. During this period, he has been taking Jian’er Qingliang Liquid, and on the 24th at noon, he added Yinhuang Granules. I’ve taken Merlin once, and I’ve been taking Jian’er Qingliang, plus Yinhuang granules at noon on the 24th. I want to know how to treat it because I don’t want to take antibiotics. Zhu Shengguo, Department of Pediatrics, East Hospital, Shanghai Shuguang Hospital: According to the medical history you provided, it is estimated that your baby has a viral cold. You can not use antibiotics. Of course, if the fever does not subside, coughing and shortness of breath, it may be complicated by pneumonia, etc., then we need to pay attention to the treatment and add antibiotics. It is necessary to analyze according to the medical history, chest X-ray and laboratory results.