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 prescribefd.
if any fever is there paracetamol can be given to reduce the temperagture and the dose can be repeated again after 6 hours if required .
AbhayaMom of a 15 yr 8 m old boy3 years agoA. Hi mom
U can give paracetamol to ur baby for fever if the fever is 99.5F or above.
And for cold and running nose u can give maxtra syrup.
Also apply babyhug rapid relief roll on or vicks babyrub on the chest and feet of the baby to get relief from cough and cold
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