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 proper evaluation by the doctor is done and according to the type of cough its prescrghribed.
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 10 yr 11 m old girl3 years agoA. Take 3 to 5 days if it is not subsiding then there could be one percent chance that your child could be going through some kind of an allergy I suggest you get it checked with your doctor with an allergy test you rather be more sure about the reason behind itWrite Your Answer Here
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