My 22mo old was sick with a cold for 2 weeks. This past Monday I decided to take her in and she was diagnosed with a sinus infection and given augmentum antibiotic. She takes it twice a day but seems to be getting worse. Before the antib she was only coughing at night while lieing down. Now she is coughing all day. Her poor little eyes are all red and watery and her nose is a snot faucet. (clear and watery) She is also congested and won't eat. I finally broke down and gave her some benydril which does help somewhat but I am so baffeled about why she seems to be getting worse. Is it one of those "worse before better" deals? Is her cough from post-nasel drip? I have called the dr. office so many times this week- I really get nowhere so I thought I'd ask before I call again. I have a humidifier in the bedroom, I vicks her up, tried warm baths, nothing is working.
PLEASE HELP SOON!!
Thanks for your advise and suggestions ladies. She woke up alot more "herself" today but I will still be taking her into the Dr. office again just to rule out broncitous, and croup. The next step would be allergy testing. (HORRIBLE! had to do it with 1st child)
Anyways-
Thanks again! =D
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I have a 6yr old who suffers from chronic sinus infections.
1)they don't typically go away until about 20-30 days of antibiotic
2) see an allergy/asthma specialist.
After many days of medication and many calls and visit to ped these guys really helped my little one.
Good Luck
My daughter had a cold and it went into bronchitis. The meds cleared it up but sometimes people are resistant to some medications where other's it works fine. I would take her back to the doctor ASAP and get her checked out. I would also try to put vicks on her feet and then put socks on them, it helps with the cough. Just do your best to get her to eat and drink as much as possible (more important that she drink so as not to get dehydrated). She's not hungry because of all the mucus draining into her stomach. Do the best you can to get it out of her nose before it drains into her stomach.
Good Luck!
Usually infections are a lack of a strong immune system. (look up the value of anti-oxidants). If our bodies are too acidic from too much sugars, meats, simple carbs, then we set ourselves up for sickness. Our bodies want to be alkaline. So our ratio of alkaline in our diet should be higher than our acidic. Do a google search on Alkaline diets and you can find out what type of foods help our bodies. I used to get ear and sinus infections all my growing up years and when I was a teen I read nutrition books and found that my body needed more vitamin A. Vitamin A is important to all mucus membrane organs in the body. If we don't have enough then the mucus membrane will be thin and infection can happen. You have to be careful with Vitamin A because it can cause brain swelling if too much is taken. Usually foods high in vitamin A are green leafy veggies, things like yams and sweet potatoes, fish (cod liver oil), eggs. We are what we eat and if we are full of toxic foods and water then we cannot expect health.
I am an at home mother of 6, 4 grown and married with kids and two teens still at home.
I will be praying for a quick recovery...
Generally most colds that are treated with medication will not be a get worse before they get better, chances are the Rx isnt helping and you should just call the dr office and schedule an appt anyways. also croup has been going around alot, needless to say my daughter has had it for a week and they say that croup only is to last 5 days at most, but not true with my daughter, so i would just call the dr again and schedule an appt, they cant stop you from bringing her in to be checked out
Don't call the Dr. anymore take her back in and insist that she be seen. Make sure her infection is all clear. If it is ask about dimatapp to dry up the post nasal drip. Quit using the humidifier and vicks sometimes these make things worse. My boys are 9 & 11 and they have Asthma. I have dealt with all kinds of ailments due to this and sometimes just process of elimination works and I never use a humidifier anymore in there room unless there chest is congested really bad otherwise it just made them worse. Write back and let me know what happens! Oh, one more thing I don't know who your Dr. is in this area but if it's Liscomb go to someone else!
You may want to concider allergies as an influence. Dairy, dust ,pollen? I go natural when I can but it takes more time than popping a pill. Toxic products could be trigering it too, any new cosmetics introduced?
It could just be postnasal drip but I would get it checked out anyway. Also a good trick to get all that junk out of her sinuses is saline nasal spray. Lay her on her back and put the dropper in her nose. You don't need to squeeze the bottle just let it drip into her nose for a couple of seconds on each side. With my daughter (4 mo.) I use a bulb syringe to suck everything out (the saline does a great job of loosening everything up) with older kids you can just have them blow it all out.
This should make it easier for her to breath and eat.
Your daughter might be allergic to the Vick's! A lot of people don't realize that camphor causes allergic reactions in a lot of people. Also, you might want to try having her sleep in a different room; there may be mold problems in the walls that you would have no idea about (unless you pulled down the drywall). I would check with her doctor before you take her off the antibiotics, if you don't finish the course and then she has to go back on it, the medication may not work.
