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?
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