How to get rid of phlegm in newborns

Newborns are prone to various diseases because they are small and weak, and have no resistance to external viruses. It is more difficult for newborns to get sick because they are weak and cannot withstand the same treatment methods used for adults. Therefore, it is most necessary to prevent newborns from getting sick. What if a newborn baby has phlegm in his throat? How do you get it out? Let me introduce it to you below.

1. Pay attention to the air circulation in the baby's room to ensure fresh air. When the weather is cool, open the windows frequently for ventilation. The indoor temperature should be controlled at around 20 degrees and the relative humidity should be controlled at 60%.

2. When the baby wakes up in the morning, a lot of phlegm will have accumulated in the throat overnight. Sometimes the baby will cry when he wakes up. Parents can let the child cry or tease the baby to cry. When the baby cries hard, it will promote the discharge of phlegm in the trachea.

3. When the baby has phlegm in the throat, give the baby more boiled water with a temperature of more than 20 degrees during the day. This can help dilute the sticky phlegm in the baby's throat and help the baby cough out the phlegm in the trachea.

4. To help the baby expel phlegm, there is a way to pat the back. Just bend your fingers together to make your palm hollow, and then let the baby lie on his side or the parent can hold the baby. Use the hollow palm to pat the baby's back from top to bottom and from outside to inside. Keep the strength when patting and feel a slight vibration. Repeat this patting for three minutes and three times a day to help the baby expel phlegm.

5. Prepare a cup of boiling hot water, point the mouth of the cup to the baby's mouth and nose, so that the baby can inhale water vapor when breathing. The inhaled water vapor can help the baby dilute the phlegm and play a role in relieving cough and expectoration.

6. Help your baby to expectorate. If your baby is too young to eat pears by himself, parents can use a juicer to squeeze some pear juice for the baby to drink. Pears have the effect of moistening the lungs and eliminating phlegm, and can help babies expel phlegm.

Precautions for medication for baby's cough and phlegm

Do not take cough suppressants casually, as this may suppress the cough center and hinder expectoration. For those with less sputum, which is thick and difficult to cough up, expectorants such as ammonium chloride, platycodon, and polygala can be used under the guidance of a doctor. For those with a lot of phlegm and difficulty coughing up mucous membranes, use Bi Ke Ping, Tan Yi Jing, α-chymotrypsin, etc. For those with white and sticky sputum, it is advisable to use Pinellia ternata extract, almond cough syrup, and ultrasonic nebulization inhalation if conditions permit. The Chinese medicine Chuanbei stewed with snow pear is also beneficial for resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Take a pear, cut off the head as a lid, dig out the core, add 10 grams of rock sugar and 6 grams of Chuanbei powder, cover the pear head, put it in a bowl, steam it over fire, and eat the pear and drink the juice.