What treatment should be used for allergic cough in children?

Allergic cough in children is also known as cough variant asthma. The causes are relatively complex, including genetic factors such as allergic constitution and environmental factors such as pollen and dust mites. Since coughing usually occurs at night or early in the morning, parents tend to think that their children have caught a cold and do not pay much attention to it, or they simply give their children antibiotics and cough suppressants. However, the coughing symptoms do not heal for a long time and often last for more than 3 weeks. So are these folk remedies really reliable?

Recently the "Yuan Fang style" has become very popular on the Internet, and people like to ask questions like "Yuan Fang, what do you think?" Today the editor will use this to make fun of some folk remedies for treating children's coughs, hoping to leave a deep impression on mothers, so that they know which remedies work and which don't, and how to prescribe the right medicine for their babies.

1. Hot drinks to relieve cough

When a baby coughs, it can really annoy a mother. It hurts to see him, but she doesn’t know what to do. So, the folk remedy quietly entered the mother's heart. Nowadays, mothers like to use hot drinks to relieve coughs. They believe that drinking more warm drinks such as warm water and warm milk can make sticky phlegm thinner and easier to cough out.

"Yuan Fang, what do you think about hot drinks to relieve coughs?"

“I think this folk remedy is quite reliable.”

Editor's explanation: Drinking more warm drinks can make sticky phlegm thinner and easier to cough out. It is best to let children drink warm water, warm milk, rice soup, etc. You can also feed children fresh fruit juice mixed with warm water. Choose juices with less stimulation such as apple juice or pear juice, and avoid feeding citrus juices such as orange juice and grapefruit juice.

Everyone is talking: After Yangyang came back from kindergarten yesterday, he suddenly felt cold all over before going to bed. He kept complaining of headache, runny nose, and coughing up some white phlegm. When the mother touched the child's head, she felt that he was a little feverish, so she quickly took the child's temperature. It turned out that Yangyang had a fever, with a temperature of 37.9℃. And the cough was very severe.

After seeing the doctor, Yangyang was still in pain. When he opened his mouth, he found that phlegm had accumulated in his throat and he couldn't cough it out. It felt itchy and uncomfortable, and his mother felt distressed. Mom was afraid that Yangyang's fever would get worse, so she asked him to drink more warm water. Slowly, with a cough, Yangyang spat out the phlegm in his throat. He felt better and was willing to eat, and mom was relieved.

2. Use a hot water bottle to relieve cough

In order to relieve the baby's cough, many mothers use a hot water bottle at about 40℃ to apply to the back close to the lungs, which can relieve the symptoms of cough. This is the hot water bottle back cough relief method.

"Put a hot water bottle on your back to relieve your cough, Yuan Fang, what do you think?"

"I think this folk remedy is more reliable for cold cough."

Editor's explanation: The method of applying a hot water bag to the back is suitable for coughs caused by cold evil. For coughs caused by cold evil, apply a hot water bag to the back. The heat will be transmitted through the back to the respiratory tract, trachea, lungs and other parts. When these parts are heated, the blood vessels dilate and blood circulation accelerates, which can enhance the function of expelling cold, accelerate metabolic circulation, and help relieve and treat coughs. Use a hot water bottle to apply to the back, and keep the water temperature at around 80 degrees Celsius, depending on the baby's own heat tolerance.

You should avoid spicy and cold food, greasy food, and eat more light food and drink more water. No matter what disease you have, drinking more water is always good. I hope the mothers mentioned above will pay more attention to this, and I also hope that these are useful to you.