#asktheexperts hello doc my baby is suffering from cough and cold plz suggest any medicine

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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 can be given where medicine directly gets dilivered in the respiratory tract.yyk
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 refmedies like Tulsi & ginger mix in honey can be tried for soothing.

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Maxtra and Sinarist AF paediatric drops can be given to the child you can give these medicines five drops twice in a day at separate timing at least with a gap of 5 to 10 minutes between two medications also you can nebulise and can stem indirectly to the child