What should I do if my child wakes up coughing in the morning?

It is very normal for children to cough in daily life, and coughing is caused by problems with the child's lungs. Sometimes it can easily cause gastrointestinal problems. At this time, mothers must pay more attention, because children's coughs cannot be ignored. In the following article, we will learn about what to do if a child coughs in the morning.

Cough is the most common symptom of respiratory diseases, especially in infants and young children who often cough due to repeated infections. Older children may not be able to be cured for two or three months due to mycoplasma infection or allergic cough. I have taken a lot of anti-inflammatory drugs, cough syrups, and Chinese patent medicines, but my cough is still sometimes mild and sometimes severe and cannot be completely cured. Cough is a common disease in pediatric outpatient clinics. Some cough suppressants and expectorants are often used. If it is caused by respiratory tract inflammation accompanied by fever, some anti-inflammatory drugs can also be added, such as amoxicillin, cefotaxime, erythromycin and the like. Most of them can be cured. If you add some Chinese patent medicines such as Dongsheng Cough Relief, Children's Lung Clearing Oral Liquid, and Tanling to clear the lungs and reduce phlegm, the treatment effect may be improved.

During treatment, do not buy strong cough suppressants at the pharmacy yourself, especially for babies under 2 years old. They should not take centrally acting cough suppressants containing codeine. There is no specific medicine for treating cough, so do not rush to stop the cough.

Taking Chinese medicine has no side effects and the effect is very good. There are many Chinese medicines such as Peucedanum chinense, Apricot kernel, Platycodon grandiflorum, Stemona bulb, and Radix Scutellariae that have antitussive effects. Doctors can also flexibly add or subtract medications according to each baby's different conditions.

Children can take Chinese medicine in small amounts and multiple times. Decoction 100 ml per day (it can also be concentrated further) and take it in two or three times. Traditional Chinese medicine can roughly divide the treatment of cough into three situations.

1. Lung-clearing and cough-relieving method: used for the early stages of cough, which is often accompanied by symptoms such as heat dissipation, nasal congestion, clear runny nose, itchy throat, irritating cough, and a small amount of white sputum. Most of these are coughs caused by colds. In addition to the cough suppressants such as Peucedanum praeparata, Apricot kernel, and Platycodon grandiflorum, add diaphoretic and antipyretic drugs such as Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Saposhnikovia divaricata, and mint. For children with fever, add gypsum, scutellaria baicalensis, isatis root, etc. to traditional Chinese medicine.

In fact, when children cough in the morning, many parents are willing to find a Chinese medicine doctor, hoping that through the treatment of Chinese medicine, they can let their children take Chinese medicine to treat the cough. This can help eradicate the cough with Chinese medicine. Although it is a bit troublesome, it is also effective.