Give your child an antibiotic to get rid of the infection. Give your child medicine for fever and chest pain. Give it every 4 to 6 hours. Give warm fluids for your child's cough. Thick, sticky mucus makes your child cough.
Warm fluids help thin out and loosen the mucus.
Try warm lemonade, warm apple juice, or herbal tea. Do not give cough medicine to your child. Your child needs to cough up the mucus in the lungs. This helps your child get better. Keep the air in your child's bedroom moist.