How many types of baby cough are there?

Cough is a disease that is harmful to human health, especially in babies, where the chance of this disease occurring is even higher. Not only that, the general types of baby coughs are different. So, how many types of baby coughs are there? It is very necessary to understand this issue clearly because it concerns the health of the baby. Only by clarifying this problem can we make the most accurate treatment according to the different types of baby's cough.

Baby cough can be divided into the following types

Cough caused by wind and cold: muscle aches all over the body, fear of cold, sore throat, no sweating, spitting white sputum, accompanied by headache, clear runny nose and fever, etc. (Characteristics: its color is white) Western medicine often diagnoses it as a virus (the blood phase is not high or the blood phase is low) with high blood phase. If the above symptoms are present at the same time, it can be treated as a cold first, and then combined with antibiotics.

Wind-heat cough: fever, dry mouth, stuffy nose, yellow sputum with discomfort, and sore throat. (Features: red and yellow)

Dryness-heat cough: dry cough, little sputum, dry lips and throat. (Features: Red in color)

Phlegm-damp cough: The phlegm is thick and sticky, with snoring in the throat, and symptoms such as chest tightness and shortness of breath may occur. (Features: yellow and white)

Cough due to indigestion: Similar to cough due to phlegm and dampness, it is caused by indigestion of the spleen and stomach or constipation of the large intestine affecting the lung function.

Cough due to physical weakness: The cough comes and goes, the face is pale, the cheeks are red, there is difficulty in breathing or the hands and feet have fever, and sometimes there is blood in the sputum or hemoptysis. . (Features: black and white)

Night cough: It may be an insect cough, caused by parasites entering the respiratory tract; it may be allergies, dust, or mites causing the cough; it may be due to runny nose or water drunk before going to bed flowing into the respiratory tract; it may be food accumulation; it may be due to yang deficiency.

The most common coughs among babies are wind-cold cough and food accumulation cough. The diagnosis of wind-cold cough is that the baby has caught a cold. The typical symptoms are runny nose, clear and thin sputum, white and thin sputum, and white tongue coating.

Solution:

1. Rub the back with ginger juice; this method can be used for children over one year old. The specific method is as follows: squeeze ginger juice and divide it into half warm water. The ratio of ginger to warm water is 1:1. Use this ginger juice to rub the skin around the child's upper back. There are Feishu point, Dazhui point, and Fengmen point on the back. These points have the function of replenishing lung qi and dispersing wind and cold. The function of ginger is to warm the lungs and transform fluid. Therefore, rubbing the back with ginger juice can warm the lung qi and dispel wind and cold. If the skin on the back becomes red and the child cries, it means the child's skin is intolerant and should be wiped clean with warm water in time. The frequency of rubbing the back with ginger juice depends on the child's back skin reaction, at least once every three days. Of course, if it works in one time, there is no need to do it. Remember to wash it off with warm water after each use.

2. Cover the back with a hot water bottle: Find a large hot water bottle, fill it with hot water at 60 to 70 degrees Celsius, and wrap a towel on the hot water bottle to avoid scalding the child's skin. Put the child in the quilt and let him lie on the hot water bottle, with the whole back on the hot water bottle being the best, then cover him with the quilt. In this way, once the lungs are warmed, the cold air will be expelled, and after a little sweating, you will feel that the cough has been relieved. This method is painless and very comfortable. It saves the trouble of giving children medicine or injections, and is very suitable for children.

There are many types of baby coughs, and the general treatment methods are different for different types of baby coughs. Therefore, parents and friends must pay attention. Only by correctly distinguishing the type of baby's cough in a timely manner can they take the most effective measures to solve it in the first place. Only in this way can we ensure that the baby's physical and mental health is less harmed.