my 22 months old boy had a cold-mostly running nose.he went to the hospital and was given antibiotic and paracetamol but the running nose is still on.yesterday he woke up with swollen and red eyes and has rash on his face and on his back.what could be the problem
Hi....by what you quote, with everything put together I feel he's having a viral infection which is causing this. Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in child Chat Doctor.  This doesn't warrant antibiotic therapy. 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