My baby is 9 month old suffering from cough and cold very badly taking formulae milk and sometimes avoid to take, its 4 days giving medicines as per pediatrician, but how long it will get recover. Not eating properly, fever is settle down within 1 day but cough and cold makes him weak more day by day. Please tell what can i do, urgently please

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Cough along with Cold most of the time is a  viral illness and it needs supportive care along with proper hydration. you can give steam inhalation which is very useful .
cough needs to be treated with anti allergic and expectorant bronchodilators or antitussugives medicine which should be given only after a proper evaluation by the doctor according to the type of cough.
if fever is there paracetamol can be given to reduce the fever and the dose can be repeated after 6 hours again if required .

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Just give her steam inhalation