What to do if your child has repeated coughing and phlegm

When the weather changes, many people are prone to catching a cold, and coughing is often inevitable after a cold. Some people are prone to kicking off their quilts when sleeping at night, and catching a cold and coughing when their bodies get cold while sleeping. You should pay attention to actively deal with coughs and colds, otherwise it may cause pneumonia. Friends who have coughs cannot drink cold drinks, alcohol, or smoke, and cannot eat irritating foods. They should drink more warm water. Here we will introduce how to deal with children who have repeated coughs and phlegm.

Take a pear, wash it, cut it horizontally, remove the core, add a dozen peppercorns and some rock sugar, then straighten the pear, put it in a bowl, and steam it for half an hour. You can eat it in two servings. This is very effective for children's cold and cough. When children have a cold and cough, parents should also pay attention to the fact that some foods are not easy to eat. For example, mung beans, crabs, snails, persimmons, grapefruits, bananas, sugarcane, watermelons, eggplants, winter melons, loofahs, sweet potatoes, etc.

Western medicine believes that cough is not a disease, but a symptom of many diseases. A baby's cough is a defensive reflex action of the body to expel respiratory secretions or foreign objects. In other words, coughing is a protective physiological phenomenon for babies. But if the cough is too severe and affects diet, sleep and rest, then it loses its protective significance. Therefore, for cough, it is necessary to identify the cause and then treat it accordingly. Never assume that a cough is a cold or pneumonia and blindly treat it. Characteristics of cough caused by common cold: mostly irritating coughs, like itching in the throat, without phlegm; occurring day or night, not accompanied by wheezing or rapid breathing.

When children have a cold and cough, parents must pay attention to their diet. Generally speaking, it should be light, and parents should cook more vegetable food for their children. When giving children water, you can put a little honey in warm boiled water, which can moisturize the throat and relieve cough to a certain extent. Of course, children with colds and coughs must be actively treated with medicine. In this regard, it is best to listen to the doctor's advice and use the medicine according to the doctor's instructions.