Dr Sameer awadhiyaGuardian of 2 children3 years agoA. Cold most of the time is a viral illness where there could be running nose sneezing along with cough and it needs supportive care along with proper hydration . steam inhalation will also be useful in this .
cough needs to be treated with anti allergic and expectorant bronchodilators or antitussives medicine which should be used once a proper evaluation by the doctor is done and according to the type of cough its prescribed.
if any fevegyr is there paracetamol can be given to reduce the temperature and the dose cafn be repeated again after 6 hours if required .
RashmiMom of a 11 yr old girl3 years agoA. You can go ahead with giving Calpol or any other paracetamol medicine that you have available right now and little on the higher side which is why I want to try to do Thande Paani Ki Patti as well that is going to help in reducing down the fever overWrite Your Answer Here
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