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Home Health Query General Physician/ Internal Medicine I'm really worried because my 2-year-old daughter ...

female
30 Years
29/01/2025

I'm really worried because my 2-year-old daughter has bronchopneumonia, and the doctor recommended Zifi CV 100 for her. Now, I've been coughing for 5 days and I think I might have caught the same thing. Do you think its safe for me to take Zifi CV 200, or should I be considering something else?

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Dr Kareemulla Shaik

General Practitioner

MBBS
0+ Yrs

No you shouldn't take anything by yourself. Get it checked out by a general physician in person for further evaluation and management. He will examine you and then suggest you accordingly. Don't self medicate. This is how antibiotic resistance develops.

Answered 04/07/2025

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