How to deal with a baby s cough? What to do if your baby coughs

A baby's cough is not only uncomfortable for the baby, but also tuggs at the hearts of parents. Your baby's cough may be sick, or it may be an allergic reaction to the environment, so please confirm the cause of the cough before dealing with it.

First of all, it is necessary to confirm that the cause of the child's cough is not because of illness, otherwise you must go to the hospital immediately for diagnosis and treatment, do not delay the condition, the child's resistance is very low, if you are sick, you can't resist like an adult.

Then make sure that the cause of the child's cough is not due to the presence of allergens, such as subtle plush or allergenic pollutants, etc., in this case, the allergen can be removed.

If none of the above is the case, then the cough is a short-term should not react, parents can deal with it by themselves, and learn the experience of taking care of the baby. Please be patient when your baby is coughing, do not panic, and do not shake or pat your baby.

The correct way is to straighten the baby and ensure that the baby's body is stable, in order to avoid coughing vomit blocking the throat, the baby's face should be turned to the side.

If your baby's cough is due to phlegm in the throat, you should suck the phlegm out of your baby's mouth and drink plenty of fluids. If ordered by a doctor, you can also take phlegm-reducing drugs.

In order to avoid the baby's cough caused by dry air, you can use an air humidifier at home to increase the moisture in the air and moisten the air. And the temperature at home should be suitable.

If there is a cough, the first thing to do is to analyze the cough and divide the cough into acute cough, subacute cough and chronic cough according to the time of occurrence of the cough. Acute cough is the cough that < 8 weeks, and the main cause of acute cough is the common cold, and acute bronchitis is the main cause of acute cough. In the case of subacute cough, which is a cough that lasts for 3-8 weeks, the main cause is post-infection cough.

For cough at 8 weeks, the most common causes are cough variant asthma, upper airway cough syndrome, eosinophilic bronchitis, gastroesophageal reflux cough, and variant cough. It is necessary to carry out different ** according to different diseases, if it is a cough caused by a common cold, as long as it is symptomatic**, that is, to take cough medicine. If the cough is post-infection, a combination of methoxamine is required**, which is recommended by the cough guidelines**.

If you have entered the stage of chronic cough and are caused by cough variant asthma, you should follow the asthma** with inhaled glucocorticoids combined with receptor agonists**. If the cough is caused by gastroesophageal reflux, it is necessary to take acid-suppressing drugs or drugs that promote gastrointestinal motility ** for the ** that caused the cough, that is, gastroesophageal reflux**. So what to do about cough is based on what is the disease that causes the cough, according to the disease that can cause the cough** When the cough does not stop, it can be relieved by the following methods:

Clause. 1. Drink more water appropriately, and pay attention to rest to promote the recovery of body resistance.

Clause. Second, you can use traditional Chinese medicine methods, such as Zhiyu San, the drugs in Zhiyu San, including Baiqian, Aster, Baibu, Platycodon, etc., can effectively promote the lungs and relieve cough. There are also medicines, such as lung strength cough mixture, 10ml at a time, three times a day, which can significantly relieve cough.

Clause. 3. If the cough is not relieved, you can go to the hospital for corresponding examinations, such as chlamydia examination, anterolateral radiograph of the lungs or CT examination of the lungs, to check whether there is bronchopneumonia, and then give targeted treatment according to the results.