Dr Sameer awadhiyaGuardian of 2 children2 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 prescrifxbed.
if any fever is there paracetamol can be given to reduce the temperature and the dose can be repeated again after 6 hours if requidred .
RashmiMom of a 10 yr 11 m old girl2 years agoA. It takes minimum of 5 to 7 days and dad to also you cannot be sure that it is going to subside only there can be a 50% charge to that but not hundred percent so I suggest you search a child is too small you go ahead with medication after consulting the doctor
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