Call Your Doctor Now (night or day) If

• For any stridor, difficulty breathing, or severe coughing, see FIRST AID
• Your child looks or acts very sick
• Child choked on a small object that could be caught in the throat
• Difficulty breathing (age under 1 year old) not relieved by cleaning the nose
• Difficulty breathing (age over 1 year old) present when not coughing
• Ribs are pulling in with each breath (retractions)
• Stridor (harsh noise with breathing in) is present or has occurred today
• Child can't bend the neck forward
• Fever above 105° F (40.6° C) at any age
• Age under 12 weeks with fever above 100.4° F (38.0° C) rectally (Caution: Do NOT give your baby any fever medicine before being seen.)
• Severe chest pain