Letting your child's cold run its course is usually the best medicine, but there are times when more is necessary. Steve Busalacchi reports. Steve Busalacchi reports.
Viruses cause most infections.
But the State Medical Society of Wisconsin's Doctor Jeff Young says antibiotics don't work against viruses. They only fight bacterial infections. Doctor Young says if your child has a bacterial infection, their cold symptoms won't go away after ten days. Doctor Young says 80 percent of the time, the child's cold symptoms will clear up in 10 days or so. With the State Medical Society's On-Air Health Care report, I'm Steve Busalacchi.