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How To Treat Cold In Infants?
My daughter is 11 month old and suffering from cold from past three days,she has a runny nose and a bad cough,she sneezes a lot,right now I am giving her tixylix 3 times a day,but its getting worst.is this cold caused by excess of body heat? or its a normal cold if excess of heat how to cope with that,how do I get her relief? please do help me
Wed, 7 Jun 2017
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I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in children. For cold you can use anti-allergic like Cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do. Paracetamol can be given in the dose 15mg/kg/dose (max ceiling dose 500 mg) every 4 to 6 hours, that too only if fever is more than 100°F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol.
For cold, you can use Cetrizine at 0.25mg/kg/dose every 12 hours for 3 days.
For nasal block, plain saline nasal drops will do, every 4 to 6 hours to relive nasal congestion.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sumanth Amperayani
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in children. For cold you can use anti-allergic like Cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do. Paracetamol can be given in the dose 15mg/kg/dose (max ceiling dose 500 mg) every 4 to 6 hours, that too only if fever is more than 100°F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol.
For cold, you can use Cetrizine at 0.25mg/kg/dose every 12 hours for 3 days.
For nasal block, plain saline nasal drops will do, every 4 to 6 hours to relive nasal congestion.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sumanth Amperayani
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