What should I do if my baby has a bacterial cold and cough?

Cold is one of the most common diseases and almost everyone has had a cold at some time. Typical symptoms of a cold are cough, nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, fever, etc. However, different colds have different treatment methods. Colds are divided into bacterial colds and viral colds. The latter are more serious. So what should you do if your baby has a bacterial cold and coughs?

1. Honey

Honey is very effective in treating baby's cough, especially night cough. Honey has a long history of treating respiratory infections and inflammations. It can effectively kill respiratory bacteria, and honey can help babies sleep more soundly at night. However, babies under one year old cannot eat honey, otherwise it will cause botulism poisoning. Parents of babies under one year old need to pay special attention.

2. Vinegar

Boil the vinegar, let it cool, and then give your baby a small spoonful each time, several times a day. The therapeutic effect of vinegar is also very obvious. It can reduce inflammation, detoxify and reduce swelling. It is very effective for sore throat, dryness and itching. However, do not eat too much vinegar, otherwise it will harm the baby's spleen and stomach. Once the baby's cough symptoms are significantly alleviated, you can stop using it. If the baby does have symptoms of a cold, then letting the baby smell the boiled vinegar more often is also effective.

3. Radish and honey water

Radish can promote ventilation, clear away heat, cool blood and promote salivation. It is a good dietary ingredient when the baby has a cold. Using radish to reduce phlegm and relieve cough is also an ancient practice. The role of honey has been introduced above, so we can combine several ingredients for treating baby's cough to make a radish honey drink.

First, prepare some white radish, ginger, dates, and honey. Boil the water, add radish, ginger and jujube into the water, boil for about 30 minutes, filter out the residue, add honey after it is warm, drink it once or twice a day. It has a good therapeutic effect on wind-cold cough, but if the baby has wind-heat cough, then it is not suitable to drink it.

The article introduces some methods to treat baby's cold and cough, and you can follow the methods in the article for treatment. However, it is best not to use medication to treat your baby's cough. There are many dietary therapies that can also relieve cough. For example, rock sugar and pear soup, garlic water, steamed orange with salt, ginger water, vinegar, white radish water, etc.