What should I do if my child keeps coughing?

Once a child starts coughing, we all feel very worried. Many people are worried that if their children encounter this situation, they don’t know what to do. We also know that children's bodies may be more fragile, so we adults need to protect our health more. So what should we do if our children keep coughing? Let me tell you about it.

1. How to deal with children who keep coughing:

1. Raise your baby's head at night.

2. Drinking more warm drinks can make the baby's sticky phlegm thinner, relieve the tension of the respiratory mucosa, and promote coughing up phlegm. It is best to let your baby drink warm water or warm milk, rice soup, etc. You can also give your baby fresh fruit juice. The fruit juice should be less irritating such as apple juice and pear juice. It is not advisable to drink citrus juice such as orange juice and grapefruit juice.

3. Steam cough relief method. If your baby has a severe cough, let him/her inhale steam; or hold your baby in a steam-filled bathroom for 5 minutes. The humid air will help clear mucus from your baby's lungs and calm your cough.

4. Use a hot water bag to relieve cough. Fill a hot water bottle with hot water at about 40℃, wrap it with a thin towel, and then apply it to the baby's back near the lungs. This can speed up the expulsion of cold and is especially effective for cough symptoms that appear in the early stages of colds.

2. Treatment of children's constant cough

1. Pediatric massage therapy

Pediatric massage therapy refers to the treatment of children's cough-related symptoms through traditional Chinese massage therapy. Currently, the more well-known pediatric massage clinics include Shanghai Kangyao Pediatric Massage, Qingdao Pediatric Massage, and Beijing Yuming Pediatric Massage.

2. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine

When children have runny nose, slight fever, throat discomfort, and decreased appetite, they can take small pills such as Baoyuan Dan and Zhibao Ding, one pill each time, three times a day. If the condition worsens after taking it for one day, you should stop taking the medicine and go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time.

If the cough is paroxysmal and dry, is ineffective with antibiotics, is accompanied by an itchy throat but not a fever, and is associated with fear of cold air and smoke, and worsens at night, then it may be an allergic cough. Children with low fever, nasal congestion, runny nose, mild cough, etc. can take Miaolingdan, one pill each time, twice a day. If the child has fever, red throat, hoarseness, and the condition is worse than before, you can add children's throat clearing granules or children's cold granules. If a child suddenly develops a fever, you can use some pediatric heat-clearing granules. If the child has a high fever and a history of high fever convulsions, Zixue San can be used first. If the stool is dry and hard, you can use Niuhuang Qingre San once. For children who cough due to colds but without fever, cough syrups such as children's lung clearing oral liquid and children's cough liquid can be used to control the development of the cough.

If the above symptoms do not improve, it is best to go to the hospital and ask a pediatrician for treatment. In addition, these commonly used respiratory Chinese patent medicines for pediatrics should not be taken for a long time or used indiscriminately, and are best used under the guidance of a doctor. The folk saying that "the pills are a great asset for children of all ages" is actually not scientific. If the above medicines are taken for a long time, it will damage the spleen and stomach of children. Finally, I wish the children a speedy recovery and a happy life!