What should I do if my six-month-old baby has a cold or cough?

Cold and cough are very common diseases. Almost everyone will catch a cold once or twice a year. When you have a cold, you will experience symptoms such as coughing, runny nose, sneezing, and fever. Adults can fight them with their own immunity, but if babies are infected with a cold and cough, it should not be taken lightly, and the treatment method becomes complicated. So what should you do if a six-month-old baby has a cold or cough?

When a child has a cough, parents should first observe the cough to see if there are any complications or systemic symptoms, and then decide whether to seek medical attention immediately.

Cold cough

1. Ginger + brown sugar + garlic

If a child has a cold, drinking warm ginger and brown sugar water can be a good therapeutic treatment. If the child also has a cough, add 2 to 3 cloves of garlic to the ginger and brown sugar water and cook together. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes to remove the spiciness of the garlic. Only then will the child be willing to drink it.

2. Steamed Garlic Water

Take 2 to 3 cloves of garlic, smash them, put them in a bowl, add half a bowl of water, put in a piece of rock sugar, cover the bowl and put it in the pot to steam. After boiling over high heat, switch to low heat and steam for 15 minutes. When the garlic water in the bowl is warm, feed it to your child. The garlic does not need to be eaten. Generally 2 to 3 times a day, half a bowl each time. Garlic is warm in nature and enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It is very effective in treating cold coughs and kidney deficiency coughs. It is also convenient and simple, and children are willing to drink it.

3. Roasted oranges

Roast the oranges directly over low heat, turning them constantly, until the peels turn black and steam comes out of the oranges. Wait for the orange to cool down a bit, peel the peel and let your child eat the warm orange segments. If it is a big orange, the child can eat 2 to 3 slices at a time. If it is a small tribute orange, the child can eat one at a time. It is best to take it with garlic water, 2 to 3 times a day. Oranges are warm in nature and have the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough. After eating roasted oranges, the amount of sputum will be significantly reduced, the antitussive effect is very obvious, and children are willing to eat it.

The above article introduces some methods for treating infant colds and coughs. If the infant has a cold and just coughs, it is not a big problem to let the baby drink more water and some cough suppressants. However, if the baby has a fever, the most important thing is to cool the baby down quickly. First choose physical cooling methods. If the condition is serious, the baby should be sent to the hospital for injection treatment.