what cough medication should I give my child?

Question 1: My second child is almost four months old. He has been coughing for the past few days and has a stuffy nose every morning. He coughs more often around 4 or 5 in the morning and occasionally coughs during the day. The doctor started asking me to give my child Monkey Earring Anti-inflammatory Granules and Orange Red Granules. After taking it for two or three days, it didn’t have much effect. His nose was no longer blocked, but he still had a cough in the early morning. I also found that after taking this medicine, he had loose stools. It\’s green. I stopped taking the medicine yesterday, and today I\’m coughing frequently during the day, and my cough sounds like there\’s phlegm. What should I do next? My eldest child has been coughing for a month or two, and it comes back and forth. It gets better in the middle. This time after taking the medicine, he still coughs a little at night. His throat is always red. Even when he is not coughing, it is also red. Routine blood tests show a combination of viral and bacterial infections. Doctor, what should I do? Dr. Yang Yafeng answered: The medicine prescribed by this doctor is also symptomatic, and you can continue to take the medicine for now. After taking these Chinese patent medicines, your stool should be black and inky. If your stool is green, you may have indigestion. You can take some probiotics, such as Mommy Love, Siliankang, etc. to regulate it. If you don’t want to take those medicines, you can take Singulair. In Dabao’s case, it is recommended to use budesonide or terbutaline for a period of time. In addition, it is best to rule out mycoplasma infection. Question 2: My baby is 13 months old. Her brother has just been confirmed to have influenza A. In the past two days, they have shared water cups and rice bowls and played with toys. Will the baby be infected by his brother? How to prevent it? My baby received the first flu vaccine on December 22, 2019. Dr. Cui Lixia answered: There is a high possibility that the baby will be infected. It is recommended to take oseltamivir to prevent it. Eat according to your body weight. If you are 10-15 kg, you can take 30 mg once, twice a day, for 3 days. Question 3: A baby who is more than 3 months old was mixed-fed before. Recently, after switching to milk powder, his stools were watery and granular, 3 to 4 times a day. This happened again and again for about 20 days. I went to the hospital for a stool test and said it was I have indigestion. The doctor prescribed sodium humate granules. After taking it, I got better, but the same thing happened again after I stopped taking it. Could it be a problem with the milk powder or other reasons? My baby has only grown one pound this month. I am worried that it will affect his development. My baby has taken Mommy Love and Baby Jianpi Powder, but the effect is not satisfactory. What is the reason? Dr. He Jiexin answered: The child does have some indigestion, and if the diarrhea lasts for a long time, lactose intolerance will occur. It is recommended to replace milk powder with deeply hydrolyzed milk powder or amino acid milk powder to relieve lactose intolerance and diarrhea. You can first take lactase enzyme, and if there is improvement, take it for a longer period of time. If the improvement is not obvious, you need to switch to deeply hydrolyzed milk powder or amino acid milk powder. When the child is well, you can slowly return to it.