#asktheexperts Hi doctor, Babe boy of 45 days suffering with cold and cough from past 15 days, still not get better, please help me with this.

A. Cough along with Cold and fever most of the time is a viral illness and it needs supportive care along with proper hydration needs to be maintained. you can give steam inhalation which is useful . cough needs to be treated with medicine like anti allergic expectorant bronchodilators or antitussives medicine which should be given only after a proper evaluation by the doctor according to the need. if fever is there paracjjetamol can be given to reduce dthe fever and the dose is 15 mg/ kg body weight and can be repeated after 6 hours again if required .