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What is the best medicine for common cold and cough please suggest?

Name Trisha Jha
Age : 1 year 3 month

-Regards
Bipin Kumar Jha
Trisha's Father

Question

#asktheexpert

What is the best medicine for common cold and cough please suggest?

Name Trisha Jha
Age : 1 year 3 month

-Regards
Bipin Kumar Jha
Trisha's Father

Accepted Answer

Cough along with Cold and fever most of the time is a  viral illness or allergic and it needs supportive care along with proper hydration needs to be maintained. you can give steam inhalation which may be useful .
cough needs to be treated with medicine like anti allergic  expectorant bronchodilators antitussives or cough suppresents medicine which should be given only after a proper evaluation by the doctor according to the type of cough and need.
In severe cough nebulisation chghjan be given where medicine directly gets dilivered in the respiratory tract.
Also if fever is there paracetamol can be given to reduce the fever and the dose is 15 mg/ kg body weight and can be repeated after 6 hours again if required .
Home remedies like Tulsi & ginger mix in honey can be tried for soothing.

Accepted Answer

Maxtra can be given to the child as of now you can give approximately 1.5 ML2 times in the day and if required please consult your doctor also viral is spreading quite a lot so it would be advisable to have a check up with the doctor one time

#asktheexpert What is the best medicine for common cold and cough please suggest? Name Trisha Jha Age : 1 year 3 month -Regards Bipin Kumar Jha Trisha's Father