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Mom of a 4 yr old girl3 years ago
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hello. my baby is 10 months old and learning to walk. she's moving around the house a lot and it's now getting cold due to monsoons. is it ok to let her be barefoot or should she wear socks at home for the cold floor ? also wearing socks be dangerous due to slipping and falling

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Author of questionMom of a 4 yr old girl3 years ago
A. hello that wasn't my question. my question was that should she wear socks to protect her from the cold floor and weather change or will it hamper her walking practise and be dangerous for falls etc
Dr Sameer awadhiyaGuardian of 2 children3 years ago
A. 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 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 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 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 .Cough and Cold along with the symptom like Fever loss of appetite irritability could be a feature of viral infection or seasonal flu where most of the time supportive treatment is given. along with that cough expectorant and decongestant with antiallergic medicine given. steam inhalation can be given frequently to relieve the symptoms. required .
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