Call Your Doctor Now (night or day) If
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Your child looks or acts very sick
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Signs of dehydration, such as:
- Has not urinated in over 8 hours
- Crying produces no tears
- Very dry mouth (rather than moist)
- Sunken soft spot
- Excessively sleepy child
- Too weak to suck or drink
- Refuses to drink anything for over 12 hours (8 hours if under 12 months old)
- Refuses to drink and new onset of drooling
- Could have swallowed a foreign body
- Wheezing or stridor with breathing
- Difficulty breathing not better after you clean out the nose
