Skip the cold cough and cold symptoms medicine before age 4

Parents want to do whatever they can to ease a child’s cold symptoms, but cough and cold medicines aren’t recommended for children under age 4.

The American Academy of Family Physicians suggests these alternatives to ease a young child’s cough and cold symptoms:

Today’s Health Tips

* Encourage your child to get lots of rest.

* Offer the child plenty of fluids.

* Use saline nose drops to ease stuffiness.

* Run a cool-mist humidifier in your child’s room at night.

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