What should I do if my child keeps having a dry cough?

After a child is born, as he or she grows older, his or her various body functions also develop slowly. The child's body is relatively weak, and usually the mucous membrane system is also relatively weak. If he or she is slightly stimulated, it is easy to have a dry cough. There are many reasons for coughing, which may be caused by bacteria or viruses, but it is best to go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.

What should I do if my child keeps having a dry cough?

1. Due to current diseases and environment, dry coughs can be caused. Therefore, when a child has symptoms of dry cough, it is necessary to check the cause in time before using medication. If it is caused by bacteria or viruses, some antiviral drugs should be used, so that the treatment will be more effective.

2. If it is caused by some disease factors, such as gastroesophageal reflux, infant asthma, rhinitis and other diseases. These things can cause a dry cough in children. There are some methods to treat these diseases. Once these diseases are cured, the symptoms of dry cough will be alleviated.

3. If the child's dry cough symptoms are caused by environmental factors, such as going out in foggy weather, it is easy for the child to have a dry cough. Therefore, in this kind of weather, you should reduce outdoor activities. Even if you have to go out, you need to wear a mask to prevent smog. If there are members from Xi'an in the family, they should also avoid smoking indoors, so as to relieve the symptoms of children's dry cough. Some children also suffer from bronchitis. At this time, active treatment of bronchitis can reduce the symptoms of thirst. Children also need to drink more water in normal times, which can also reduce the symptoms of dry cough.

What are the causes of dry cough?

1. Dry cough can be caused by lesions in different parts of the body, such as the esophagus, stomach, trachea, nose, etc. The causes of the disease are also different. Allergies, infections, severe reflux, etc. can all cause coughing symptoms. A cough that usually lasts less than three weeks is considered an acute cough.

2. The most common cause of cough is the common cold. There are also other common diseases such as chronic bronchitis, allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma, etc. These diseases can cause coughing symptoms. The cough is a subacute cough that lasts for three to eight weeks. At this time, the patient needs to go to the hospital to check whether there is any lesion in the lungs.

3. Common cough symptoms include bronchial asthma, upper airway cough syndrome, and cough after a cold. A chronic cough is a cough that lasts for more than eight weeks and has no known cause. Diseases that cause chronic cough include chronic bronchitis, gastroesophageal reflux cough, variant asthma, and upper airway cough syndrome. Sometimes coughing may be caused by smoking, so when patients have coughing symptoms, they should not smoke too much.