What should I do if my child coughs at night but not during the day?

Mothers who have given birth to children should know the pain of raising children! It is even more troublesome if the child often catches a cold and has a fever. Now many mothers ask the editor, what should I do if my child does not cough during the day but coughs continuously at night? Is he sick or are all children like this? The editor tells you, in Chinese medicine, it is a cold cough, and in Western medicine, it is a chronic cough. How should it be treated? The editor brings you some treatment methods of Chinese medicine.

Coughing is a protective reflex of the human body. Germs and phlegm in the respiratory tract can be expelled from the body through coughing, which plays a role in cleaning the respiratory tract and keeping it unobstructed. However, some young parents find that their children have a slight cough, they are eager to feed their children various cough suppressants and cough syrups. After entering the human body, cough suppressants can quickly act on the cough center and produce a strong cough suppressant effect. Although this practice can temporarily relieve cough symptoms, it can cause a large amount of sputum and germs to accumulate in the respiratory tract, leading to secondary bacterial infection. In severe cases, it can cause chest tightness, difficulty breathing, and even atelectasis and heart failure, which are life-threatening. Therefore, do not give your child cough medicine before you find out the cause of his cough.

If the child has obvious inflammatory symptoms while coughing, such as fever, yellow and sticky sputum, and increased white blood cell count in the blood, antibacterial drugs should be used in a timely manner under the guidance of a doctor.

Some children cough incessantly in the morning and evening, with constant phlegm in their throats that they can neither spit out nor swallow. For children's cough, in addition to using antibiotics to treat bacterial infections, some simple and easy measures are also very effective.

You can turn your child over or pat his back frequently to promote blood circulation in the lungs and loosen the phlegm in the bronchi to make it easier to discharge. The method of patting the back is as follows: the sick child lies on his side or is held up to lie on his side, and the parent bends his five fingers slightly into a semi-circle, that is, half-clenched a fist, and gently pats the sick child's back, alternating between both sides. The force of the tapping should not be too great, and it should be done from top to bottom and from outside to inside in sequence. Pat each side for 3 to 5 minutes, 2 to 3 times a day.

It has a strong antibacterial effect on seropositive bacteria. Ginger is a commonly used medicine for dispelling wind and cold, stopping vomiting and relieving gas. Jujubes are mostly used to harmonize the stomach, nourish blood and harmonize medicines. Honey moisturizes and relieves cough. This drink can dispel cold, clear the lungs, dispel wind and relieve cough.

For the treatment of colds and coughs, it is better to treat them with wind-cold and cough.

Note: This product can be tried on weak infants who are prone to frequent colds and coughs, or whose symptoms cannot be cured or persist for a long time. However, it is not suitable for patients with wind-heat cough, fever and yellow sputum.

The editor tells you that if a child coughs and has phlegm, then be careful. If you are not careful, the child may choke and swallow, which is very dangerous. This will make the child's trachea unable to breathe and may be life-threatening at any time. If the mothers are breastfeeding and their children have a cold cough, they can drink less cold foods, which will not aggravate the condition. Therefore, breastfeeding mothers should also pay attention to their diet, because their breast milk is for the children to drink, and children who are too young cannot drink overly irritating medicines.