My daughter is 4 months old she is coughing a little . Can I give her honey or should I give her cough medicine

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Cough along with Cold and fever most of the time is a  viral illness or allergic and it needs supportive care along with proper hydration needs to be maintained. you can give steam inhalation which may be useful .
cough needs to be treated with medicine like anti allergic  expectorant bronchodilators antitussives or cough suppresents medicine which should be given only after a proper evaluation by the doctor according to the type of cough and need.
In severe cough nebulisation can be given where medicine directly gets dilivered in the respiratory tract.
Also if fever is theghyre paracetamol can be given to reduce the fever and the dose is 15 mg/ kg body weight and can be repeated after 6 hours again if required .j
Home remedies like Tulsi & ginger mix in honey can be tried for soothing.

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No honey cannot be given to the child before completing the age of one year it would not at all be advisable because if you give Rohan it can create an infection into the stomach stomach of the child so not at all advisable as of now