<human>: My 7 month old son has an odor coming from his nose.  hes had a cold for awhile now and has been checked out by his pediatrician.  recently taken antibiotic for conjunctivitis.  I just noticed the smell in the last couple of days. what could be causing this?
<bot>: Hi...if the kid is active and not sick with fever or breathlessness you need not worry about this bad smell. This could just be a purulent secretion of a healing viral cough and cold. 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 mg/kg/dose (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 mg/kg/dose every 12 hourly for 3 days. For nasal block, plain saline nasal 