Suffering from cough and cold

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Asked for Male, 1 Years

My son has been suffering from cold since 3 days and since yesterday he has started to cough. Can we use any cough syrup? Please suggest which syrup to be used and dosage. He also has a running nose in the mornings and thereafter it reduces and does not come later in the day. Please suggest.

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Dr. J Prabhakar Rao

Pediatrician 32 yrs exp Ghaziabad

If mild,avoid unnecessary medicine and just give steam inhalations for cold and cough and decongestant nasal drops for nasal block or increased cough on lying down and give paracetamol for fever if required. If not improving OR accompanied by other symptoms like wheezing or breathlessness or dullness and refusal to feed,consult your paediatrician.

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Dr. Trupti Shetty Pediatrician 17 yrs exp Pune · Accepted Answer

Dr. Trupti Shetty

Pediatrician 17 yrs exp Pune

Kindly consult with a pediatrician for your child's condition. It is not advisable to give any cough syrup randomly. Child needs physical examination and only then medication can be administered depending on the presence or absence of chest congestion etc