What causes dry cough in newborns? The reason turned out to be this

Newborn babies have very weak immunity and are easily susceptible to colds and chills. Their respiratory systems are easily infected by various bacteria, so children often have symptoms of coughing. This cough can affect the lungs and other body organs, so parents must pay attention to it.

1. Newborns have weak immunity and are more likely to catch colds and chills than adults, which can induce respiratory diseases such as tracheitis and bronchitis. At this time, I started to have a dry cough.

2. Children's respiratory system is not yet fully developed. They cannot cough up phlegm, which can easily get stuck in the throat, trachea or swallowed into the stomach. Parents should help their children expectorate in time.

3. Keep the air in the room fresh every day, open the windows regularly for ventilation, and it is best to keep the indoor temperature at 18-22 degrees, but be careful not to let the cold wind blow directly on the child. The relative humidity is maintained at 60% to 65%.

4. You can also use a wet cloth to mop the floor to increase the humidity in the room, which is beneficial to keeping the respiratory mucosa moist and the cilia on the mucosal surface moving, which helps to discharge sputum.

5. Let your baby drink more water, especially boiled water at about 23 degrees, which has a good moisturizing and physical therapeutic effect on the throat and is beneficial to the elimination of local inflammation.

6. Don’t let your children take medicine randomly, and don’t let them take cough suppressants casually, so as not to suppress the cough center and hinder sputum discharge.

7. The cough is more severe at night than during the day, mostly dry cough, and the frequency gradually increases. There is no fever, but there is wheezing. The onset is always in the same season or under the same circumstances. It may be an allergic cough.

8. If a child has a long-term cough with a lot of sputum and often coughs up blood, you should consider whether the child has bronchiectasis.

9. If a baby has been coughing for a long time and has frequent attacks, be careful as some of these babies may develop bronchial asthma.

10. There is a crackling sound when coughing, and it gradually becomes heavier. There is a whistle sound in the larynx when inhaling. This may be a sign of laryngitis.