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[|Human|] My son is 3years 3months old weighing around 10.5kg. Has cough and cold. We are giving Teczine - 5ml/per day and Bricanyl -3ml 4times a day. But yesterday night he had severe cough and the intensivity was such that I felt it is same as before he was given any medication. Now took him to another doctor and he has prescribed syp Ambrolite-5ml 3 times a day and syp zifi-50mg/5l twice a day. Is antibiotic required? since other than crocin/calpol he was not administered for any other medicine so for.. I m cynical about the antibiotics and this is the cause of my worry.
[|AI|]  Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor. Greetings from Chennai and I am very fond of "ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP" - which is - no need to use antibiotics unless it is necessary. You are right about antibiotics. Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in child Chat Doctor.  They do not warrant antibiotics unless there is pneumonia or a rapid streptococcal antigen test is positive. Especially WiFi or Definite is useless in respiratory infections. For cold, you can use anti-allergics like cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do. You can use Paracetamol for fever at 15 mg/kg/dose if temperature is more than 100F. Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Chat Doctor are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.