Does the baby need to see a doctor immediately after having a fever and coughing?

Babies are prone to coughing after having a fever. Sometimes it is just a sudden cough caused by a foreign object stuck in the body, and sometimes it is because the cold in the body has not been completely cleared after the fever. In which case do you need to seek medical attention in time? Diet therapy is the best treatment. It is also necessary to distinguish what the child’s condition is. The diet therapy methods for wind-heat and wind-cold are very different. Parents can always keep some cough and phlegm-relieving medicines and foods at home.

- A cough that requires urgent medical attention

1. If your child suddenly starts coughing severely and has difficulty breathing, there may be a foreign object blocking his trachea. Things that are easy to swallow accidentally include peanuts, pencil cases, pills, buttons, coins, etc. This situation is very dangerous and you should go to the hospital immediately.

2. If you have a high fever, cough, wheezing and difficulty breathing, you need to be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment immediately.

3. Babies are very susceptible to bronchiolitis, a type of pneumonia. If the child's face looks bad, often turns purple, or his breathing becomes faster, his shoulders sway when he breathes, and the lower chest wall collapses when he inhales, he should be sent to the hospital for treatment immediately.

2. Parents can observe the cough first and do not rush to the hospital

1. Although there is cough and fever, the patient is in good spirits. It is mostly a cold or tonsillitis.

2. Coughing continues after having a cold, fever and cough.

3. Cough and excessive sputum, but no fever and good spirits.

4. A cough that only occurs in the early morning.

5. Mild coughing when you are nervous or after exercise.

Parents do not need to worry too much about the above 5 types of coughs. They can relieve symptoms and treat coughs through diet therapy.

Because coughs can be divided into exogenous coughs and endogenous coughs, and exogenous coughs can be divided into wind-cold coughs and wind-heat coughs, different types of coughs require completely different medications and diet therapy methods. Here I will teach parents a simple way to distinguish them, which is to observe their child’s tongue coating. If the tongue coating is white, it is a wind-cold cough, which means the child has a severe cold. The sputum from the cough is thinner, white and sticky, and there is nasal congestion and runny nose. At this time, some warm, expectorant and cough-relieving foods should be eaten. If the child's tongue coating is yellow or red, it is a wind-heat cough, which means that the child has a lot of internal heat. The phlegm in the cough is yellow, thick, and difficult to cough up, and there is a sore throat. At this time, the child should eat some food that clears the lungs, resolves phlegm and relieves cough. Coughs caused by internal injuries are mostly long-term and recurring coughs. At this time, parents should pay attention to giving their children some foods that regulate the spleen and stomach, nourish the kidneys, and replenish the lung qi.

If the child has a cough in the early morning or during exercise, parents can choose to observe first. It is not necessary to go to the hospital for treatment. The child may have cold or heat in the body. Pay attention to choosing medicines and food for the child, regulating the spleen and stomach, and nourishing the kidneys and lungs. This can help the child solve the problem of long-term cough, and the parents will also be relieved.