Under what circumstances should a baby be given an IV drip for coughing?

During the baby's development stage, coughing occurs relatively frequently, which has a lot to do with their body mechanism. Generally speaking, a baby's cough will get better after treatment. But when the situation is extremely serious, you may need an IV drip. Of course, this also depends on the specific situation. So, under what circumstances does a baby need an IV drip when coughing? Let’s find out together.

If the baby's cough is not very serious, it is best not to give him an IV drip. Nowadays, IV drips basically contain hormone drugs and antibiotics. If used too much, it will be counterproductive. Affects physical development. The best thing is to drink some cough syrup, or stew pears with rock sugar, which can clear away heat and relieve the lungs, and the effect will be very good.

In fact, intravenous drips are only needed in more serious and urgent cases

1. Severe bacterial infections: such as purulent tonsillitis, otitis media, pneumonia, meningitis, scarlet fever, appendicitis, etc.

2. Severe dehydration: For example, the baby has gastrointestinal discomfort, severe diarrhea and vomiting, and cannot eat. In order to avoid severe dehydration, intravenous infusion is needed.

3. Asthma attack: The baby's asthma attack is relatively urgent. If medication is not taken in time, there is a risk of suffocation. At this time, you may need to immediately inject some anti-asthmatic drugs into the body.

4. More urgent diseases: such as laryngitis. Laryngitis develops rapidly and requires the delivery of some antibiotics or hormone drugs into the body as soon as possible to avoid worsening of the situation.

5. More serious skin allergies: More serious skin allergies will make the patient feel itchy all over the body and very uncomfortable. At this time, he needs infusion to help him relieve the symptoms immediately.

6. Emergency situations requiring rescue: For example, if the patient is in a coma or is seriously injured and can no longer take medicine, he will be given an infusion needle when he is admitted to the hospital. This is the channel for injecting medicine or nutrition into the patient.

There's no need for an IV drip in these cases.

1. Babies with viral colds and coughs generally do not need infusion. Just let the child take medicine on time, drink plenty of water, rest more, and monitor the baby's temperature at any time.

2. For patients with bacterial cold and cough, if you can take medicine, there is no need for intravenous infusion. Just take the medicine on time, drink plenty of water and rest more.

3. If a baby with tracheitis only has some cough and low fever, he or she does not need intravenous infusion as long as he or she takes medicine on time.

Generally speaking, babies do not need intravenous drips for coughs. You can help the baby recover through timely conditioning. However, if the baby's cough is very serious, such as when it is caused by pneumonia or otitis media infection, or when the cough is caused by severe dehydration, an IV drip is needed. However, when the baby has a cough due to a viral or bacterial cold, there is no need for an IV drip.