How to treat a child's persistent cough

When parents take care of their children, what they worry about most is that they will get sick. However, children have poor resistance and often catch colds and get sick. The most common symptom after a cold is coughing. We see that it is difficult for children to cough, which makes parents feel uncomfortable. Therefore, we attach great importance to the treatment of children's cough. Coughing without stopping is related to the lungs. To prevent coughing from getting worse and causing pneumonia, patients should control coughing in the early stage. So how to treat children's coughing without stopping?

Children are generally not suitable for the use of centrally acting antitussive drugs, such as codeine, carbetapentane, and carbendazim. The respiratory system of infants and young children is not yet mature, their cough reflex is poor, their airway lumen is narrow, their blood vessels are rich, their ciliary movement is poor, and sputum is not easy to expel. If they cough, they are given stronger cough suppressants. Although the cough is temporarily stopped, the sputum transport function of the ciliated epithelial cells on the tracheal mucosa and the contraction and peristalsis function of the bronchial smooth muscle are inhibited, and the sputum cannot be discharged smoothly. A large amount of sputum accumulates in the trachea and bronchi, affecting the respiratory function. Federal cough syrup contains codeine. Pay attention to the dosage and time of taking it. This type of cough suppressant can generally be used for more severe, irritating, dry coughs. But it should be used on the basis of treating the primary disease.

For children's cough, it is suitable to use cough suppressants that have both expectorant and phlegm-resolving effects. Syrup is better than tablets. After taking the syrup, it adheres to the pharyngeal mucosa, reducing the irritation to the mucosa and can achieve the purpose of suppressing cough by itself. Do not dilute it with water when taking it, and do not take it with water.

According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, coughs are divided into hot coughs, cold coughs, cold coughs and internal injury coughs. When choosing Chinese herbal cough syrup, it can be divided into cold, hot, warm and cool due to different medicinal properties, and must be taken according to the symptoms. Snake Gallbladder and Fritillaria Liquid has the effects of dispelling wind and relieving cough, removing phlegm and dispersing nodules. It is mainly used to treat wind-heat cough, cough with phlegm, etc. Do not use it for cough caused by wind-cold, coughing up white and thin sputum, or cough that is worse at night and better during the day. Compound loquat paste has the effects of clearing the lungs, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for symptoms such as wind-heat cough, dry throat and uncomfortable cough. Fresh bamboo sap has a cold nature and has the effects of clearing heat and moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It is suitable for people with dry cough and yellow phlegm with blood. It is not suitable for people with cough caused by wind and cold. Antitussive and asthmatic drugs are hot in nature and cannot be used for children with fever, cough, and yellow sputum with blood. In addition, whooping cough syrup has a warm nature and is more suitable for coughs caused by colds. It should not be taken if the cough is caused by wind-heat colds. Cough due to deficiency syndrome is mostly chronic and weak, accompanied by weakness, sweating, and cold limbs. At this time, it is appropriate to use Guilong Kechuan Pills, Gushen Kechuan Pills, etc. There is another cough suppressant that is commonly used in clinical practice - cold and cough syrup, also called phenergan syrup. It is mainly used to relieve cough, while also reducing phlegm and having a sedative effect. It is suitable for night cough with phlegm, sleep disturbance, and bronchitis caused by allergies. Children must control the dosage well.

When treating cough, do not take antibiotics for a long time. Find out the cause and, on the basis of treating the primary disease, choose appropriate cough suppressants and expectorants and pay attention to care. Coughing is one of the most common symptoms of the respiratory system. It is a protective measure of the human body and is beneficial to the body. When the respiratory mucosa is stimulated by foreign matter, inflammation, secretions or allergic factors, coughing is caused reflexively, which helps to expel foreign matter or secretions that invade the respiratory tract from the outside and eliminate respiratory irritants.

The above analysis is the answer to how to treat children's persistent cough. Children have special physiques. Parents will use a variety of drugs to treat them when taking care of them, but they find that the cough is not well controlled. Instead, there are symptoms of shortness of breath and difficulty breathing. In fact, when children have symptoms of a cold, treatment should be started, but it is best not to use anti-inflammatory drugs, intravenous drips or injections. It would be better to take folk remedies while taking medicine.