What should I do if my child coughs and has eye mucus?

In daily life, children will cough from time to time. In many cases, a child’s cough is not serious and may not even require special treatment. However, if a child has a lot of eye mucus when coughing, it should be taken seriously. This is usually not an ordinary cough, but may be a major problem with the child’s health. The following solutions can be used for the child.

What should I do if my child coughs and has eye mucus?

If a child has a lot of eye mucus, it may be due to conjunctivitis, bacterial infection, or nasolacrimal duct obstruction. The mother's diet may also cause internal heat in the child's eyes. The secretions in the child's eyes should be cleaned promptly, preferably with normal saline. Based on the ophthalmic monitoring, consider using eye drops and oral antibiotics, and pay attention to environmental and hand hygiene.

The baby has a respiratory infection.

Guidance: If there is no fever and the cough is not serious, you can take cephalosporin granules plus cough syrup. If there is a lot of eye mucus, you can apply chloramphenicol eye ointment before sleeping. If the cough is severe and there is a fever, you should see a doctor before you can rest assured.

Whether the baby is fed with breast milk or formula, it can be seen that the baby has too much internal heat. He should drink more water and eat some honeysuckle boiled in water. If he is fed with formula, you can add some milk partner. If he is breastfed, the mother should pay attention to his diet. Yellow runny nose is better than green runny nose. He can eat some pear juice to reduce phlegm, or boil loquat leaves in water to relieve cough and reduce phlegm, and the side effects are relatively small.

I guess the baby is a little bit hot. 1. Make sure to give the child more water.

You can also drink a little honey water, but it is not recommended to drink too much. 3. Let your baby eat some fruits, such as apples, pears, and bananas. The bananas should be ripe. 4. If the baby is constipated, don’t eat too salty food, and the taste should be lighter. You can give your child functional milk powder such as colostrum to solve the baby’s gastrointestinal digestion problems. It is a clear sign of conjunctivitis. This has a lot to do with not paying attention to eye hygiene or frequently rubbing your eyes with your hands.

Colds and flu are catarrhal diseases of the upper respiratory tract caused by viruses, mixed infections or allergic reactions; manifested by local and systemic symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, coughing, throat discomfort, chills, low fever, etc. If your baby has a lot of eye mucus, it may be caused by getting angry or suffering from conjunctivitis. Give your baby more water and don’t wear too many clothes. If your baby still has eye mucus, you should go to an ophthalmologist for examination to determine whether he has conjunctivitis.