What medicine should I take for my baby's cough?

For us adults, headaches, colds, fevers, coughs, and runny noses are very common and normal illnesses, so they are no longer a big deal for us. But for children, we cannot sit idly by because some of their functions are not fully developed. Let’s take a look at what medicine a baby should take when he has a cough!

Because we know that there are many reasons for coughing, such as colds, bronchitis, and pharyngitis. Including pneumonia and heart disease. Some congenital organ and lung abnormalities can also cause coughing, so the main thing when treating children's cough is to identify the cause. Usually we divide it into two categories, one is acute cough and the other is chronic cough. Generally speaking, if we cough for more than eight weeks, we consider it a chronic cough. If it is an acute cough within a short period of time, generally speaking, we treat it according to the disease. If it is a chronic cough, we have to find out the cause.

This depends on the specific cause of the child's illness. If it is a viral infection, you must wait for the natural course of the disease, which is about a week. Although taking medicine may help relieve the symptoms, generally speaking you need to wait for the natural course of the disease. If it is a bacterial infection, anti-infection treatment is required, which also takes at least 3-5 days, and the symptoms may last for 7-10 days. Medication can only relieve them to a certain extent.