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Hi, my 2 week and 3 day old baby boy is very snotty and coughing, my 2 year old daughter is the same and has been since yesterday..... my daughter was?

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Dr. Charles Gordon answered

Specializes in Adolescent Medicine

Snotty 2 wk baby: Most infants up to 4 months of age have nasal congestion so that is within normal limits. You have to ask yourself is he in respiratory distress? That involves any of 4 things: 1) Breathing more than 60 times/min;2) Nasal flaring each time he inhales;3) Retracting his chest wall as he inhales;4)Use of the accessory muscles of respiration. If any of those signs then to doc! Happy Mother's Day!!

Answered 5/9/2016

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