Call 911 Now- Not moving or too weak to stand
- Severe trouble breathing (struggling for each breath, can barely speak or cry)
- You think your child has a life-threatening emergency
Call Doctor or Seek Care Now- Trouble breathing, but not severe. Exception: gone after cleaning out the nose.
- Redness or swelling on the cheek, forehead or around the eye
- Severe headache and getting worse
- Severe pain and not better after using care advice
- Weak immune system. Examples are: sickle cell disease, HIV, cancer, organ transplant, taking oral steroids.
- Fever over 104° F (40° C)
- Your child looks or acts very sick
- You think your child needs to be seen, and the problem is urgent
| Contact Doctor Within 24 Hours- Headache lasts more than 48 hours
- Fever lasts more than 3 days
- Fever returns after being gone more than 24 hours
- Earache occurs
- Sinus pain (not just pressure) and fever
- You think your child needs to be seen, but the problem is not urgent
Contact Doctor During Office Hours- Sinus pain (not just pressure or fullness) lasts more than 24 hours, after using nasal washes
- Thick yellow or green pus draining from nose and not improved by nasal washes. Exception: yellow or green tinged secretions are normal.
- Sinus congestion and fullness lasts more than 14 days
- Nasal discharge lasts more than 2 weeks
- You have other questions or concerns
| Self Care at Home- Normal sinus congestion as part of a cold
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