Suggest Treatment For Cold And Yellow Discharge In Child

Posted on Thu, 26 Feb 2015

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Question : My daughter has had a cold since she started daycare 5 weeks ago, with maybe one day of being healthy between three colds. The most recent is a sinus cold with yellow discharge in the morning. Yesterday one eye was slightly red, and a TINY amount of yellow discharge. Just now, (I just got home an hour ago) I noticed her eye lid was red, and irritated with strands of discharge in the eye, although the sclera isn't very red. Is this something that can wait until the morning to get medicine, or should I take her to a patient first to get treated?

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Looks like common viral cough and cold - dont worry

Detailed Answer:
Hi....Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in children. 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 15mg/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 Cetrizine at 0.25mg/kg/dose every 12 hourly for 3 days.
For nasal block, plain saline nasal drops will do, every 4-6th hourly to relive nasal congestion.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth

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