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 proptyer evaluation by the doctor is done and according to thye type of cough its 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 .
RashmiMom of a 11 yr old girl3 years agoA. Save the fever does not subside in total three days of medication then it could be due to viral infection also in that case after that you will have to go ahead with a blood test to figure out what would be the issue and a treatment would be suggested on that basis onlyWrite Your Answer Here
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