Nothing will relieve your baby’s fever faster or for longer than nurofen for children.
Coughs and colds
If your child has become uncharacteristically irritable with a high temperature and a runny nose then they may be fighting off an infection with the common cold.
A cold is a mild illness caused by one of over 200 different viruses. The virus is caught when your child breathes in airborne droplets produced when people infected with a cold virus cough, sneeze or talk, and by contact with infected surfaces (e.g. on hands, used tissues etc).
In the UK, colds are more common during the winter and adults generally catch up to 4 colds a year. However, because infants have little resistance to infections, they can be unfortunate enough to have between 3 and 8 colds a year.
What can you do to help?
We all feel miserable when we have a cold and your child is no different. There is no cure for the common cold, and antibiotics are not suitable because colds are caused by a virus and antibiotics don't work against viruses. However you can help relieve some of your child's symptoms using appropriate medicines.
