Certainly children get colds very often. However, if these runny noses and coughs keep recurring, and the ear pain or hearing difficulties follow each time, parents must not ignore it: frequently repeated upper-respiratory infections can obtain middle-ear infections (otitis media) which can, in turn, affect children’s hearing, speech, and even their school performance if the […]
Syrup or No Syrup? The New Guidelines Changing How Doctors Treat Cough in Children
By Dr. Jyothi Raghuram – Senior Consultant – General Pediatrics & Pediatric Rheumatology For many years, whenever parents had a child with a cough, it was reflex to offer them a spoon of cough syrup. That is quickly changing. Throughout India, there has been a noticeable shift in the approach doctors take to prescribing cough syrups […]