What should I do if my baby who is over 50 days old has a cough and phlegm?

Many people will catch colds and coughs due to the change of seasons, even adults are like this, not to mention babies who are only 50 days old, who are more likely to catch colds and coughs. When you feel your baby coughing and having phlegm, you must pay attention, otherwise it may affect your baby's healthy growth and development, so you must get effective treatment in time, but you cannot use any medicines on your baby while he is still coughing.

Don't take medicine for cough randomly, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!

Coughing is a protective reflex of the human body. Germs and phlegm in the respiratory tract can be expelled from the body through coughing, which plays a role in cleaning the respiratory tract and keeping it unobstructed. However, some young parents find that their children have a slight cough, they are eager to feed their children various cough suppressants and cough syrups. After entering the human body, cough suppressants can quickly act on the cough center and produce a strong cough suppressant effect. Although this practice can temporarily relieve cough symptoms, it can cause a large amount of sputum and germs to accumulate in the respiratory tract, leading to secondary bacterial infection. In severe cases, it can cause chest tightness, difficulty breathing, and even atelectasis and heart failure, which are life-threatening. Therefore, do not give your child cough medicine before you find out the cause of his cough.

Some children cough incessantly in the morning and evening, with constant phlegm in their throats that they can neither spit out nor swallow. For children's cough, in addition to using antibiotics to treat bacterial infections, some simple and easy measures are also very effective.

You can turn your child over or pat his back frequently to promote blood circulation in the lungs and loosen the phlegm in the bronchi to make it easier to discharge. The method of patting the back is as follows: the sick child lies on his side or is held up to lie on his side, and the parent bends his five fingers slightly into a semi-circle, that is, half-clenched a fist, and gently pats the sick child's back, alternating between both sides. The force of the tapping should not be too great, and it should be done from top to bottom and from outside to inside in sequence. Pat each side for 3 to 5 minutes, 2 to 3 times a day.

If you feel that your baby is coughing non-stop in the morning, noon and evening, you can only use medication for treatment, because medication can relieve your baby's cough as soon as possible and will not make the baby feel particularly uncomfortable. After all, a cold and cough is a very uncomfortable thing, so you can only use antibiotics as a treatment method, but you must pay attention to regulating your baby's diet.