What should I do if my child coughs and has phlegm? Don’t miss these methods!

There are many kinds of coughs in children, some are dry coughs, and some are coughs accompanied by phlegm. If it is the latter, parents should not be too anxious and there is no need to send the child to the hospital immediately. You can observe the child's condition first and then make a decision.

1. Parents can observe first and do not rush to the hospital for children with coughs

1. Although the child has a cough and fever, he is in good spirits. Most of the time, it is a cold or childhood tonsillitis.

2. Cold, fever and cough followed by another cough.

3. Cough and lots of phlegm, but no fever and in good spirits.

4. A cough that only occurs in the early morning.

5. A mild cough when you are nervous or after exercise.

Parents do not need to worry too much about the above 5 types of children's cough. They can relieve the symptoms and treat children's cough through diet therapy.

2. Children who need to see a doctor immediately have a cough

1. If a child suddenly develops severe coughing and difficulty breathing, there may be a foreign body blocking the trachea, resulting in a tracheal foreign body or an esophageal foreign body. Things that are easy to swallow accidentally include peanuts, pencil cases, pills, buttons, coins, etc. This situation is very dangerous and you should go to the hospital immediately.

2. If you have a high fever, cough, wheezing and difficulty breathing, you need to be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment immediately.

3. Babies are prone to bronchiolitis, a type of pneumonia.

If the child's face looks bad, often turns purple, or his breathing becomes faster, his shoulders sway when he breathes, and the lower chest wall collapses when he inhales, he should be sent to the hospital for treatment immediately.

Because coughs can be divided into exogenous coughs and endogenous coughs, and exogenous coughs can be divided into wind-cold coughs and wind-heat coughs, different types of coughs require completely different medications and diet therapy methods.

Here is a simple way to teach parents to distinguish

Just observe the child's tongue coating. If the tongue coating is white, it is a wind-cold cough, which means the child has a severe cold. The sputum from the cough is thinner, white and sticky, and there is nasal congestion and runny nose. At this time, some warm, expectorant and cough-relieving foods should be eaten.

If the child's tongue coating is yellow or red, it is a wind-heat cough, which means that the child has a lot of internal heat. The phlegm in the cough is yellow, thick, and difficult to cough up, and there is a sore throat. At this time, the child should eat some food that clears the lungs, resolves phlegm and relieves cough.