What is the treatment for chronic cough?

When many children have a cold, cough is the most common symptom. Many parents see their children coughing and use cough suppressants without carefully observing the symptoms, not realizing that this may do more harm than good and aggravate the cough. There are two types of coughs: wind-cold cough and wind-heat cough. The causes of coughs are different, and their treatments are also different. Below, the editor will introduce its treatment methods to help parents relieve their worries.

If a child coughs, the first thing we should do is not to stop the cough, but to understand why the child is coughing.

Causes of cough:

(1) Normal occasional coughing, such as coughing a few times when breathing in cold air, these are normal occasional coughs;

(2) Cough caused by viral infection, such as cough caused by viral cold;

(3) Cough caused by bacterial infection, such as respiratory tract infection, tonsil infection, pneumonia, etc., may cause cough;

(4) Cough caused by allergic reactions of the body. Simply put, it is cough caused by allergies, such as allergic rhinitis, asthma, etc.

When your baby has a cough, check or test to see which of the four types of coughs mentioned above it belongs to. You can observe your baby for 1-2 days after he or she starts coughing. If the cough continues or even gets worse, take him or her to the hospital for examination and testing. Through hospital tests, we can quickly determine what type of cough the baby has. Generally speaking, the second and third types of coughs, which are caused by viral or bacterial infections, are the most common types of coughs that babies encounter.

Treat the "root cause" of the cough instead of "reducing the cough": After testing the baby's cough type, the first type does not require treatment; the second type of cough is caused by viruses, there is no medicine to treat the virus, but the baby can get better on its own; the third type of cough is caused by bacteria, use antibiotics to treat the root cause; if the fourth type of cough is caused by allergies, the treatment is very complicated and generally cannot be completely cured. The key is prevention and staying away from allergens.

The above are the treatment methods for children’s cough. When a child has coughing symptoms, the mother should observe the baby’s symptoms more closely. Do not seek medical treatment indiscriminately because of anxiety, and do not believe in miracle drugs and folk remedies. When a child coughs violently, you can pat his back to ease the cough. When a baby coughs, you should hold him upright and pat his back gently.