Children's nasal congestion and cough

Many children have problems with nasal congestion and cough. This problem may be caused by viral infection or invasion of wind and cold. When treating it, the primary disease must be treated first. In addition, it can be treated with local or systemic medications. Next, I will introduce to you some related knowledge about the treatment methods for children's nasal congestion and cough!

1. Children's nasal congestion and cough

Children may experience various discomforts during their growth and development. Respiratory symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, and cough are the most common manifestations of discomfort in children. Nasal congestion may be mild or severe. Severe cases may affect breathing and cause open mouth breathing. The nasal discharge may be clear water or purulent. The cough may be a single cough or a continuous cough, and may be a dry cough or a cough with sputum. The causes of nasal congestion, runny nose and cough in children may be viral infection, bacterial infection, mycoplasma infection, parasitic infection, and allergies. The diseases that cause nasal congestion, runny nose and cough may be acute upper respiratory tract infection, acute rhinitis and sinusitis, or pneumonia.

2. What should I do if my child has nasal congestion, runny nose, and cough?

1. Treat the primary disease first

For example, for the treatment of viral infections in children, oral Shuanghuanglian oral liquid, Pudilan anti-inflammatory oral liquid, antiviral oral liquid or ribavirin can be taken; for the treatment of bacterial infections, oral β-lactam antibiotics such as amoxicillin granules and cefixime granules can be taken; for the treatment of mycoplasma infections, oral macrolide drugs such as azithromycin or roxithromycin can be taken; for the treatment of parasites, oral L-factor, enterochlorine and other anti-parasitic infection drugs need to be taken.

2. Topical medication

If children have nasal congestion, runny nose and cough, they can wash their nose with local sea salt water. For allergic rhinitis, they can inhale nasal corticosteroids and take oral Children's Cold Syrup to treat nasal congestion, runny nose and cough. You can take Baibu cough syrup orally to treat nasal symptoms and cough. Babies with phlegm can take acute bronchitis syrup orally to relieve cough and expectorant.

3. Systemic medication

If your baby has a stuffy nose, runny nose, severe cough, and mouth breathing, you can take oral anti-allergic drugs to relieve the symptoms, such as chlorpheniramine maleate, cetirizine drops, loratadine syrup, etc.