What should I do if my one-year-old baby coughs while sleeping?

A baby's cough is the most annoying thing for mothers. Although it is not a serious disease, it is very annoying. Especially a one-year-old baby coughing while sleeping is even more annoying and affects both of their rest. What parents want to know most is what good methods are there to solve coughs. Let us learn about the specific care points together! I hope parents can pay attention to this.

When cough is accompanied by fever, the child consumes more physical strength and water, and has gastrointestinal dysfunction and loss of appetite. At this time, special attention should be paid to replenishing water. When sweating, you can drink more boiled water, herbal tea, cabbage soup, rice soup, fruit juice (such as watermelon juice, sugarcane juice, orange juice), etc. Also pay attention to supplementing vitamins, inorganic salts and appropriate amounts of protein. You can let your child eat some milk, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, etc., and resume normal diet as soon as possible after the fever subsides.

If the cough is accompanied by hemoptysis, you can eat fruits rich in vitamin C, such as oranges, red dates, and strawberries, but avoid sour fruit juices and spicy seasonings, and the food should not be overheated to avoid inducing hemoptysis. When a child's cough causes rapid breathing and breath holding, the beverage should be non-irritating, such as cold boiled water, rice soup, etc., and drink less spicy or carbonated beverages such as soda, so as not to aggravate the symptoms of dyspnea due to frequent heating. Young children should avoid eating fried broad beans, fried melon seeds and peanuts at this time to avoid choking on the trachea.

In addition, digestive tract irritation can also aggravate coughing. Therefore, in addition to limiting the intake of spicy or cold foods, children with severe coughs should also avoid eating overly sweet fruits such as apples, bananas, oranges, grapes, etc. Among fruits, pears and watermelons are the most suitable. Eating rock sugar or stewing pears with Fritillaria and rock sugar is a common dietary therapy for treating cough, but it must be taken at the right time under the guidance of a doctor. Because overly sweet foods can increase heat and worsen inflammation, as a dietary therapy, you can also use foods that strengthen the spleen and nourish the lungs, such as japonica rice, white fungus, black fungus, white radish, lily, ginkgo, gecko, polygonatum, and coix seed.

Children's cough is often accompanied by loss of appetite, so more attention should be paid to the variety of food and cooking methods to suit the child's hobbies and stimulate appetite. Fresh vegetables such as green vegetables, cabbage, radish, carrots, tomatoes, etc. can provide a variety of vitamins and inorganic salts, which are beneficial to the recovery of the body's metabolic function. Soy products contain high-quality protein, which can replenish the tissue protein lost by the body due to inflammation, and have no disadvantages of increasing phlegm and dampness. Therefore, a small amount of lean meat and protein can be added appropriately. The taste of dishes should be light, and avoid being too salty. Try to steam and cook as the main method, and do not fry or stew them. The staple food is rice and miscellaneous grains, which should be supplied according to the usual amount of food intake to maintain a balanced nutrition and improve the body's resistance.

I believe that after reading the above article, everyone knows what to do if a one-year-old baby has a cough. I hope parents can follow the above methods to make some of these foods for their children to eat. If they persist in doing so, the symptoms of coughing can be alleviated a lot. However, the effect of diet therapy on severe cough is not very good, so you should take your baby to the hospital for treatment.