What to do if your child coughs and has phlegm at night

If your child coughs and has phlegm at night, you can give him some warm water when he coughs. This can moisturize his throat, make his throat feel more comfortable, and promote the elimination of phlegm, which is helpful in relieving cough. Also, when you have a cough, you can drink some hot rice soup or honey milk, which can also relieve the cough well. Fresh fruit juice can be heated appropriately for children to drink, which is also very effective in relieving cough.

Steam cough suppression method: Babies who keep coughing will experience some relief in an environment with a room temperature of around 20 degrees and a humidity of around 60-65%. If your baby has a severe cough, let him/her inhale steam; or hold your baby in a steam-filled bathroom for 5 minutes. The humid air can help clear mucus from your baby's lungs and calm his/her cough. Hot water bottle back cough relief method: Fill the hot water bottle with hot water at about 40 degrees, wrap it with a thin towel, and then apply it to the baby's back near the lungs. This can accelerate the dispelling of cold and quickly relieve cough. This method is particularly effective for cough symptoms that appear in the early stages of colds. Put some underwear on your baby before applying the mask, and be careful not to burn your baby.

Hot drink cough relief method: Drinking more warm drinks can make the baby's sticky phlegm thinner, relieve the tension of the respiratory mucosa, and promote coughing up phlegm. It is best to let your baby drink warm water or warm milk, rice soup, etc. You can also give your baby fresh fruit juice. The fruit juice should be apple juice and pear juice with less stimulation, etc. It is not advisable to drink citrus juice such as orange juice and grapefruit juice. When faced with a cough, parents often place their hopes on doctors to bring the child back to health. In fact, a doctor's treatment cannot replace family care, and doctors cannot solve all problems. Scientific care from parents can significantly shorten the baby's coughing time and alleviate coughing symptoms, and its role in the baby's disease recovery cannot be ignored.

We should pay attention to this issue. Many parents know that cough may be caused by upper respiratory tract infection, so at this time parents will let their children take antibiotics randomly. This practice is wrong. The abuse of antibiotics will only cause various bacteria to develop drug resistance and will not work for relieving symptoms. It is recommended to use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor.