How do cold symptoms differ from flu symptoms, or some other illness?
How do cold symptoms differ from flu symptoms, or some other illness?
If your child has any of the following symptoms, call your doctor. These symptoms could mean that the baby has something more serious than a cold:
- Fever in an infant 2 months or younger
- Difficulty breathing (especially if the baby’s nostrils widen with each breath), wheezing, fast breathing, or ribs showing with each breath
- Blue lips
- Not eating or drinking, possible dehydration
- Ear pain
- Excess crankiness or sleepiness
- A cough that lasts more than 3 weeks
- If the baby gets sicker