<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.My 10 year old daughter has come down with very bad cold. She has stuffy nose and thick snot coming out since yesterday. We are travelling and don t have access to her paediatrician. I am giving her 5 ml Alerid a day and 7.5 ml sinarest twice a day. She also has intermittent cough. Is this medication sufficient ?  <response>: Hi... Cough and cold are viral 95 of the times in child Chat Doctor. 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 maximum 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 