A child with a fever and cough clinically belongs to the category of upper respiratory tract infections, which is often referred to as colds, and can take medication to reduce the fever first, and then can be combined with physical therapy, can also be treated by oral medication. First of all, according to the child’s body temperature to decide to choose what kind of treatment program. If the fever is below 38.2℃, you can take physical cooling methods, take 75% alcohol rubbing on the child’s neck, armpits and groin. If alcohol is not available, hot towels can also be used to cool the body physically. If the fever exceeds 38.2°C, medication should be used. The first-line antipyretic medications often used in clinical practice are pediatric ibuprofen suspension and pediatric acetaminophen oral solution, which can be repeated at four-hour intervals. For the treatment of cough, you can use cough syrup and punch and other medications, if the effect is not good, can also be assisted by nebulization to alleviate the symptoms. Nebulization is more effective than oral medication for coughs, phlegm and wheezing in children. In the active symptomatic treatment at the same time should pay attention to the use of some antiviral drugs, if the child’s fever and cough symptoms have not been controlled, need to go to the hospital for further consultation, if necessary, can be intravenous infusion treatment.