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Suggest Treatment For Cold, Cough And Sore Throat

Posted on Wed, 13 Jul 2016

Question: Suggest a treatment for 10 years old daughter of mine for cold and cough. She is also feeling pain in throat while swallowing.

We gave her 5ml of Zyrcold last night and she ia feeling little better this morning. Do we need to continue with Zyrcold? How many times per day?

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (25 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Could be viral or streptococcal pharyngitis

Detailed Answer:
Hi...by what you quote i feel that your kid might be having a viral sore throat or a streptococcal infection.

I suggest you get a rapid streptococcal antigen test done. If it is positive then she will require antibiotics. If it is negative then it might be viral illness and doesn't require antibiotics at all.

Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in children.

For cold you can use anti-allergics like cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do. Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (max ceiling dose 500mg) every 4-6th hourly, that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol.

You can continue giving Zyrcold and ask her to do salt gargling also with warm water.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (54 minutes later)

Zyrcold, how many times a day? 5ML each?

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
You can give 5ml twice a day

Detailed Answer:
Hi...You can give syrup Zyrcold 5ml twice a day for 3 days. If not settled you can continue it for another 2 days.

But this is a prescription medicine and you will need one for it.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar