Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 4 m old boy2 years agoA. whether the child will have illness cough and cold or sore throat with banana, curd, chocolates , sour fruits / grapes or in case sometimes milk is totally a individual thing.
if there is history of adllergy and cough and cold within 24 hours of consumption of such food then only it has to be avoided otherwise you can give this food during illness as well as when the child is having cough and cold.
Dr Sameer awadhiyaGuardian of 2 children2 years agoA. yes 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 iftf fever is there 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 .
Home remedies like Tulsi & ginger mix in honey can be tried for soothing.
POOJA KOTHARIMom of a 8 yr 5 m old boy2 years agoA. Milk consumption and phlegm production among people with the common cold in a clinical study showed no increased phlegm associated with drinking milk. Self-reported problems with mucus were the same between two study groups — one drinking milk and another drinking soy milk.
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