Hello Doctors, my son is 7 months old and weighs about 7 kg. he has runny nose since yesterday. Gave him 2 drops of Rhine nasal solution at night. Then he had stuffy nose at night and could not sleep well. Today he again has runny nose, very mild cough and looks like mild fever as well. Gave him 2 ml crocin. Any suggestions on meds. Do we need to give him Alex p/Relent etc. regards. Manish
Hi Danish... 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\u00a0mg/kg/dose 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\u00a0mg/kg/dose every 12 hourly for 3 days. For nasal block, plain saline nasal