What are the treatments and drugs use for curing cold in a child?

While it is usually a safer measure to consult a doctor in the case when your child is down with the common cold, you can take measures by yourself at home as well, to ensure proper care and comfort of your child. Make your child as comfortable as possible, by keeping him or her well-rested, well-fed with healthy food and fluids which provide proper energy, and making his or her surrounding environment more hygienic and comfortable To start off, antibiotics are useless against viruses which cause the cold. Therefore, the best thing to treat your child’s illness would be to take all the necessary measures to make him or her feel at complete comfort and ease. You can try to moisten the air in the room as germs spread more easily in concealed rooms with dry air. In order to remove the mucus from the nose of your child, you can use a suction bulb and saline perhaps.

If your child experiences fever above 38 degrees Celsius, and acts and behaves uncomfortable, you could treat him or her with ibuprofen like Advil or Motrin or with Tylenol. However, do not treat your baby with such medication if he or she is suffering from dehydration or continuous vomiting. Also, be very sure not to treat a child aged below 18 years using aspirin, as there is a high risk of this leading to Reye's Syndrome, a very serious illness.