What to do if your child keeps coughing

Coughing is a common symptom in our lives. Many children are particularly prone to coughing because their bodies are in a period of rapid growth and development. Sometimes they cough all the time, which often makes it easy for children to have upper respiratory tract infections or even sore throats. Symptoms such as continuous coughing will also affect children’s normal life, such as diet and sleep, so it is necessary to make timely adjustments. Let’s learn about what to do if children keep coughing.

What to do if your child keeps coughing

1. Raise your baby's head at night.

2. Drinking more warm drinks can make the baby's sticky phlegm thinner, relieve the tension of the respiratory mucosa, and promote coughing up phlegm. It is best to let your baby drink warm water or warm milk, rice soup, etc. You can also give your baby fresh fruit juice. The fruit juice should be less irritating such as apple juice and pear juice. It is not advisable to drink citrus juice such as orange juice and grapefruit juice.

3. Steam cough relief method. If your baby has a severe cough, let him/her inhale steam; or hold your baby in a steam-filled bathroom for 5 minutes. The humid air will help clear mucus from your baby's lungs and calm your cough.

4. Use a hot water bag to relieve cough. Fill a hot water bottle with hot water at about 40℃, wrap it with a thin towel, and then apply it to the baby's back near the lungs. This can speed up the expulsion of cold and is especially effective for cough symptoms that appear in the early stages of colds.

Treatment for children's persistent cough

Pediatric Massage Therapy

Pediatric massage therapy refers to the treatment of children's cough-related symptoms through traditional Chinese massage therapy. Currently, the more well-known pediatric massage clinics include Shanghai Kangyao Pediatric Massage, Qingdao Pediatric Massage, and Beijing Yuming Pediatric Massage.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

When children have runny nose, slight fever, throat discomfort, and decreased appetite, they can take small pills such as Baoyuan Dan and Zhibao Ding, one pill each time, three times a day. If the condition worsens after taking it for one day, you should stop taking the medicine and go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time.

What should I do if my child is always coughing? If the cough is paroxysmal and dry, antibiotics are ineffective, accompanied by an itchy throat but no fever, and the child is afraid of cold air and smoke, and the cough worsens at night, then it may be an allergic cough. Children with low fever, nasal congestion, runny nose, mild cough, etc. can take Miaolingdan, one pill each time, twice a day.

If the child has fever, red throat, hoarseness, and the condition is worse than before, you can add children's throat clearing granules or children's cold granules.

If a child suddenly develops a fever, you can use some pediatric heat-clearing granules. If the child has a high fever and a history of high fever convulsions, Zixue San can be used first. If the stool is dry and hard, you can use Niuhuang Qingre San once.

For children who cough due to colds but without fever, cough syrups such as children's lung clearing oral liquid and children's cough liquid can be used to control the development of the cough.

If the above symptoms do not improve, it is best to go to the hospital and ask a pediatrician for treatment. In addition, these commonly used respiratory Chinese patent medicines for pediatrics should not be taken for a long time or used indiscriminately, and are best used under the guidance of a doctor. The folk saying that "a pill is a treasure for both healthy and sick children" is actually not scientific. If the above medicines are taken for a long time, it will damage the spleen and stomach of children.

The above is an introduction to what to do if a child is always coughing. Parents should not be too anxious when such symptoms occur. They must understand the cause of the cough and then make timely adjustments. In addition, the child’s diet should also be light. During the coughing period, the child must eat more light food and drink more boiled water. At the same time, they can also eat more pears, which have a good effect on moistening the lungs and relieving coughs.