What medicine should children take for cough and asthma?

Children's resistance is not as good as that of adults, and they are prone to catching colds and fevers. Coughs caused by colds are especially common. Many children start wheezing not long after coughing, especially babies. At this time, parents will be very anxious and will take their children to the hospital for examination. Finally, it is confirmed that the child has bronchitis. Therefore, when a child has a cough and wheezing, it must be diagnosed and treated as soon as possible.

Children's cough and asthma are mostly caused by bronchitis. We should pay attention to the treatment of bronchitis:

Chinese medicine treatment

1. Antitussive and antiasthmatic: During the remission period, some antitussive and antiasthmatic Chinese medicine preparations can be used, which can also alleviate the symptoms to a certain extent.

2. External application of medicine: When many infants and young children become ill, long-term medication may cause some drug toxic effects. The safety and convenience of external application of Chinese medicine is also a good solution. Currently, the more commonly used ones include Baicao Qiongjiang Yiqi Patch for removing and removing phlegm and Sanjiu Patch for use in winter.

Home Care

1. Feed more water: Children with bronchitis have varying degrees of fever and water evaporation is large, so you should pay attention to feeding the children more water. It can be supplemented with sugar water or sugar and salt water, or with rice soup or egg soup. The diet is mainly semi-liquid to increase the water content in the body and meet the body's needs.

2. Adequate nutrition: When children suffer from bronchitis, they consume a lot of nutrients. In addition, fever and bacterial toxins affect gastrointestinal function and cause poor digestion and absorption. Therefore, nutritional deficiencies in the children's bodies cannot be ignored. In this regard, parents should adopt the method of small meals and frequent meals for their children, and provide them with light, nutritious, balanced and easily digestible semi-liquid or liquid diets, such as porridge, cooked noodles, egg custard, fresh vegetables, fruit juice, etc.

3. Turn over and pat the back: When the child coughs and expectorates, it indicates that the bronchial secretions have increased. In order to promote the smooth discharge of secretions, nebulizer inhalation can be used to help expectorate, 2-3 times a day, each time for 5-20 minutes. If it is an infant, in addition to patting the back, you should also help the child turn over once every 1-2 hours, so that the child remains in a semi-recumbent position to facilitate the discharge of phlegm.

4. Antipyretic: Children with bronchitis usually have a low to moderate fever. If the body temperature is below 38.5 degrees Celsius, there is generally no need to give antipyretics. The main treatment is to target the cause and solve the problem fundamentally. If the body temperature is high, older children can be cooled physically, such as by applying a cold towel to the head or bathing with warm water. However, this method is not suitable for young children, and medication should be used to reduce the temperature if necessary.

5. Maintain a good family environment: The child's room should be warm, well ventilated and lit, and the air should have a certain humidity to prevent excessive dryness. If there are smokers at home, it is best to quit smoking or go outdoors to smoke to prevent the adverse effects of smoke on the child.