My son is 3years old not having food nor he intake any liquid from 26/06/2012 after 3.00pm till date,. whatever he intakes he immediately vomit. he has heavy fever,slight cough plus cold. We had given medicine Nurofen & panadol as per Doctors prescription but no improvement in him
Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor. 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 