Cough and Cold (Children)

If a child’s immunity system is rather weaker, infectious diseases find a suitable medium in him. On an average a normal child has about 4 to 5 coughs and colds round the year. There is a fallacy that the coughs and colds are owing to the consumption of cold foods. They are in fact because [...]

Common Cold

Common cold is a self-limited viral infection.
Home remedies like tulsi tea, ginger and honey in hot water, chest rub with medicaments containing eucalyptus, humidity or steam inhalation, gargles with warm water containing salt etc. are useful cheap and safe remedies.
Give paracetamol to relieve fever, headache and body ache.
Avoid antibiotics unless there is super added bacterial [...]

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