Four-year-old baby with allergic cough

Every parent hopes that their baby is healthy, but during the baby's growth process, not everything may go as planned, and things will always go wrong. Some parents find that their babies have allergies during their growth process. Allergic cough in a four-year-old baby may cause asthma, so parents must pay attention to it. Let’s learn about what allergic cough is.

1. What is an allergic cough?

Allergic cough is also called allergic bronchitis or cough variant asthma. The symptoms of allergic cough are: chronic cough without cause for more than two months, paroxysmal irritating dry cough, or a small amount of white foamy sputum; it may be aggravated by inhaling smoke or chemical odors such as paint and dichlorvos; multiple antibiotics are ineffective, and no obvious abnormalities are found in X-rays or CT scans. Allergic cough is more common in children and people with poor physical constitution, especially in preschool babies. 40% of children may have symptoms of allergic rhinitis such as sneezing and runny nose. Many foreign doctors call it allergic rhinitis-bronchitis.

2. Baby's allergic cough symptoms

Mothers should accurately identify the symptoms of their baby's allergic cough so as to detect the disease early and provide symptomatic treatment. Generally speaking, children with allergic coughs often develop the disease when seasons change. The baby coughs for a long time, and the cough is more severe at night when sleeping than during the day. Although the baby coughs, he will not have complications such as colds and fever.

1. Baby coughs often occur when the weather changes from cold to hot or when the seasons change, or in the spring when the weather is warm and the flowers have more pollen;

2. The baby likes to rub his eyes, nose or scalp;

3. The baby loves to sweat when sleeping, is not honest, and does not like to sleep lying flat, but prefers to sleep curled up;

4. Cough persists or recurs for ≥ 1 month, often occurs at night and in the early morning, is severe and paroxysmal, and is aggravated by exercise;

5. The baby coughs for a long time, usually more than 3 months;

6. Although the baby coughs, he does not have a fever, and the sputum he coughs out is thin, white, and foamy;

7. When coughing, breathing is more rapid;

8. A baby's cough is usually more severe at night than during the day. This may also occur in babies with allergic coughs.

In addition, when allergic cough occurs, there are no clinical signs of infection (such as fever, etc.), or long-term use of antibiotics (anti-inflammatory drugs) is ineffective. Bronchodilators (such as aminophylline) can relieve cough symptoms. Children with allergic cough often have a personal allergy history (infant eczema, urticaria, allergies to certain foods) and a family allergy history (parents and relatives have allergic rhinitis, etc.).