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Does The Paracetamol Has Any Side Effects In A 1 Year Old?

My daughter is 1 year and 6 months old, she is suffering with cold and cough ,can i give her Sumo Cold syrup 3 ml twice a day...the reason for this question is she doesn t have any fever even then can i give her Sumo Cold as it contains paracetamol which will have side effects it given more ..Please some one solve my doubt
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi, welcome to HCM.
If there is no fever, then there is no need to give paracetamol.
For cold, you should give a cough syrup which has no paracetamol like chericof.
I hope this will help you. Take care.
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Does The Paracetamol Has Any Side Effects In A 1 Year Old?

Hi, welcome to HCM. If there is no fever, then there is no need to give paracetamol. For cold, you should give a cough syrup which has no paracetamol like chericof. I hope this will help you. Take care.