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 hd prescribed.
if any fever is there paracetamol can be given to reduce the temperature and the dose can be repeated again after 6 hours if required .
Shikha kumarMom of 2 children3 years agoA. because of low immunity kids always catch cough and cold in every change of season the first and foremost think you should always prefer is start giving steamer whether direct or indirect swimming helps very effectively to get rid of the condition doctors will also prescribed the steaming before along with any kind of medicine yes definitely if a condition is out of control you need to take proper physical check up and medicine should be taken on the doctor's recommendation
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