<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...My 14 month old has had a viral infection for 4 days and has now been given augmentin due to the change in colour of his nasal secretions. we also keep his temperature down. Is there anything I can give him with the augmentin as he already has diarrhea. He just wants to sleep all the time - he was using voltaren and panado suppositories - which I have now stopped and only using liquid ponstel  <response>: Hello, Cough and cold are viral 95 of the times in child Chat Doctor. So antibiotics are not required and if unnecessarily used may contribute to antibiotics resistance. 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 15 mgkgdose max ceiling dose 500 mg every 4-6th hourly, that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. For cold, you can use Cetirizine at 0.25 mgkgdose every 12 hourly for 3 days. For nasal block, plain saline nasal 