What should I do if my child has phlegm in his throat?

When children are young, they always suffer from various diseases because of their weak resistance, especially when they have phlegm in their throats. The children are too young to know how to spit it out when they cough, and they always hear a whirring sound in their throats. Therefore, parents are very worried and don’t know how to deal with the phlegm in their children’s throats. So what should they do when a child has phlegm in his throat? ! What causes this disease?

Phlegm in the throat is a clinical manifestation of chronic pharyngitis. The main symptoms of chronic laryngitis are hoarseness, dry throat, sore throat when speaking, and often a feeling of phlegm sticking to the throat due to increased throat secretions.

Phlegm in the throat may be caused by chronic pharyngitis, a cold, or laryngeal cancer.

The main symptoms of chronic laryngitis are hoarseness, dry throat, sore throat when speaking, and often a feeling of phlegm sticking to the throat due to increased throat secretions.

The cold is a catarrhal disease of the upper respiratory tract caused by viruses, mixed infections or allergic reactions, manifested by local and systemic symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, coughing, throat discomfort, chills, low fever, etc.

There are two types of laryngeal cancer: primary and secondary. Primary laryngeal cancer refers to tumors that originate in the larynx, with squamous cell carcinoma (90%) being the most common. Secondary laryngeal cancer refers to the metastasis of malignant tumors from other parts of the body to the larynx, which is relatively rare.

(I) Etiological treatment: Appropriate silence, avoid excessive use of the voice, quit smoking and drinking, and actively treat lesions in adjacent organs.

(2) Use steam inhalation, nebulization inhalation or ultrashort wave therapy to eliminate inflammation.

(3) Vocal cord polyps or long-standing vocal cord nodules can be removed surgically (microsurgery under general anesthesia can completely remove the lesions without damaging normal tissue and should be the preferred surgical method).

(IV) Traditional Chinese Medicine: Treatment is given according to the principle of TCM dialectical treatment. For patients with sticky phlegm and hoarseness, Haijiang Decoction can be used. Those who get tired easily when talking, have shortness of breath and hoarseness can use Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang with modifications.

Most babies have phlegm in their throats because of getting angry. If a child has this phenomenon, you can use some cough and phlegm medicines under the guidance of a doctor. In addition, when the child has phlegm, let the child eat more light foods and fruits, try to control the child to eat less snacks, and drink more water. Nursing work is also very important.