What should I do if my baby coughs up phlegm? What should I do if my baby has a cough with phlegm?

I feel that the baby coughs up phlegm and should try to take as little cough medicine as possible. Because after all, it is a three-point poison, the baby is still young, the body's anti-poison ability is still relatively weak, and the toxins in the body are not easy to discharge, so it is not recommended to take cough medicine. In fact, it is okay not to take medicine, because there are some foods that are helpful for coughing up phlegm, although it may be a long time, but you can not let the baby take medicine or don't take medicine.

Of course, if you can't cure it, you still have to take medicine, there are some cough medicines for the baby, the medicinal properties of these drugs will be a little smaller, although there is still harm to the baby's body, but it can reduce the damage to him. Of course, if the baby has been coughing up phlegm, it must be treated, and the baby can't be sick all the time.

Therefore, when the baby coughs up phlegm, he can eat some food to help **, try to use some food, and try not to take medicine if he can't take medicine, but if it doesn't work, he still has to take medicine, and he also needs to ask the doctor to choose some drugs suitable for children.

**The baby's cough should focus on "nourishing". Parents should pay more attention to the following aspects.

1. To help the baby remove phlegm, the baby can lie on his back on the pillow, with his head down and his feet high, so that the phlegm is easy to discharge. When your baby coughs up sputum, he or she may swallow it instead of spitting it out. Don't worry, the phlegm will be excreted with the stool, which is not harmful to the body.

2. Pay attention to dietary regulation, eat less spicy and sweet food, drink more water, have a flushing effect on the pharynx, and can avoid dryness of the pharynx. Let your baby eat some phlegm and cough foods, such as pears, radishes, and loquats.

3. Keep the indoor air fresh, exhaust the kitchen fumes, do not smoke in the house, and open the windows regularly for ventilation.

4. Keep the indoor air moist. An air humidifier can be utilized.

5. Increase or decrease the quilt in time, not too thick, too tight, otherwise it will cause poor adjustment ability and low resistance.

6. Encourage the baby to rest more, excitement or exercise will aggravate cough and phlegm.

7. For those with allergic cough'Children, dust at home, cat and dog hair, can cause children to cough with allergies. Pillows, mattresses, and quilts need to be exposed to the sun and washed frequently.

1. Back pat expectoration method

Parents can hold their slightly bent hands into an empty half-fist shape, pat the baby's front chest, side chest and back, when patting the left side, to cooperate with the left side of the lying, and then alternate on both sides, the force of the slapping should not be too large, the technique is from top to bottom, from outside to inside, each side needs at least three to five minutes, two to three times a day. The method of patting the back can loosen the sputum in the lungs and bronchi, and also promote blood circulation in the heart and lungs, which is conducive to the recovery of bronchitis and disease.

2. The method of food expectoration

Parents and friends can help the baby cough up the phlegm through dietary therapy, such as stewed pears with Chuanbei. Your baby's coughing ability is very poor, and in most cases, phlegm will stay in the throat and trachea, leading to bacterial infections that can develop into pneumonia. Therefore, when the baby has symptoms of coughing, in addition to the symptoms, it is necessary to master some common methods of expectoration at home.

3. Remove sputum by steam

Parents and friends, you can prepare a cup of hot water, and use the hot water vapor to dilute the phlegm in the nose through the wings of the nose, but this method is more suitable for older children, and when implementing such a method, parents need to do a good job of protection to avoid burns in children. The specific method is to let the child's mouth and nose align with the cup, inhale and exhale deeply, and let the water vapor inhale into the trachea and bronchi to achieve the purpose of diluting the sputum and reducing the symptoms of respiratory mucosal congestion and edema, which lasts for about 20 minutes each time.

4. Open the window for ventilation and expectoration method

The baby's environment is also very important, and the father or mother should always open the windows to ventilate the room, and at the same time, do not let the cold air blow directly on the baby's body. In addition, it is best to control the indoor temperature at 18 to 22 degrees Celsius and the humidity at 65 percent, only in this environment is it conducive to the baby's sputum excretion.

How to care for your baby's cough with phlegm

1. Baby cough should do a good job of nursing, eat light food as much as possible, replenish more water to speed up human metabolism, larger children can eat vegetables and fruits with higher vitamins, and try to eat light and easily digestible food.

2. Pay attention to the adjustment of indoor temperature and humidity, maintain indoor air circulation, and pay attention to the regulation of indoor temperature, open windows frequently for ventilation indoors, try to create a good living environment for children, and put a basin of water or air humidifier indoors, the purpose of which is to make the air moist.

3. Correctly pat the baby's phlegm, if the baby has a cough problem to pat the phlegm correctly, the mother should hold the baby upright, and then gently pat the baby's back, try to let the baby's body cough up the phlegm, which can reduce the baby's physical pain, and correctly pat the baby's back, which can promote the discharge of phlegm, and pay attention to the strength when patting the baby's back.

The baby's cough and phlegm are usually caused by respiratory tract infections, which can be carried out according to the actual situation of the child through cough, expectorant, anti-infection, etc.

1. Cough suppressant: When the baby has a cough and phlegm, the cough is not serious and the cough is generally not suppressed**. When the cough is severe, parents can give the child antitussive drugs such as dextromethorphan and pentoverrine to relieve cough symptoms according to the doctor's instructions.

2. Expectorant. At the same time as giving the baby cough suppressant**, you can also give the child ambroxol, acetylcysteine and other expectorant drugs under the guidance of the doctor.

3. Anti-infection. Antibiotics such as amoxicillin and oxacillin can be given to the baby for bacterial infection**, and antiviral drugs such as ribavirin can be given to the baby when the viral infection is severe**. At the same time, if the baby is a pediatric pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, the baby can be given antibiotics such as azithromycin and norfloxacin**.

How to make garlic water.

1. When making garlic water, prepare a head of garlic and an appropriate amount of rock sugar, remove the outer layer of garlic skin from the prepared garlic, then rinse it with water, remove the surface water after rinsing, and then put it on a clean board, pat it flat with a knife, and then put it in a clean bowl.

2. Add an appropriate amount of water, soak for 5 10 minutes, then put it into a clean pot to heat and boil, and then continue to cook over medium-low heat for about 10 minutes, then add the prepared rock sugar, mix well and continue to cook for 10 minutes, turn off the fire and take out the filter, remove the garlic inside, and get the garlic water to take it hot.

Tutorial on how to make garlic water.

1. The method of garlic water is relatively simple, when making garlic water, you need to prepare a head of garlic and a clean stew cup, peel the garlic and wash it, use a knife to break it up and put it directly in the stew pot, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, and then put an appropriate amount of water to cover the lid of the stew cup.

2. Put it in the steamer and put water in the steamer to heat it over water, continue to heat it over medium heat for fifteen minutes after boiling, turn off the heat and cool down to take out the garlic water in it at this time, and take it directly after taking it out, so that the garlic water obtained also has a particularly good health care effect, can drive away cold and cough, and can also reduce inflammation and sterilization.