Treatment of infant cough with phlegm and runny nose

The phenomenon of babies coughing, having phlegm and runny nose is because they have a cold. The baby's resistance is still very low, so mothers must be extra careful with their babies. It is very risky to give injections or infusions to such a young baby, and it is difficult to care for. Therefore, you must take good care of the baby. Let's take a look at the treatment of babies coughing, having phlegm and runny nose.

A concept

Acute upper respiratory tract infection in children is an inflammation of the upper respiratory tract caused by various pathogens, referred to as upper respiratory tract infection, commonly known as "cold", and is the most common disease in children. The disease mainly invades the nose, nasopharynx and pharynx. If the inflammation in a certain part of the upper respiratory tract is particularly prominent, it will be named according to the inflammation, such as acute rhinitis, acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, etc. Acute upper respiratory tract infection is mainly used for patients with local infection in the upper respiratory tract that is not accurately located. Nasopharyngeal infection often leads to complications, which may affect adjacent organs such as the larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, oral cavity, sinuses, middle ear, eyes and cervical lymph nodes. Sometimes the complications of nasopharyngeal infection may linger or worsen even after the symptoms of nasopharyngeal infection have improved or disappeared.

Second treatment

1. General treatment

For patients with viral infections, their families should be informed of the self-limiting nature of the disease and the purpose of treatment: to prevent cross infection and complications. Pay attention to rest, maintain a good surrounding environment, drink plenty of water and supplement plenty of vitamin C, etc.

2. Anti-infection treatment

(1) Antiviral drugs Most upper respiratory tract infections are caused by viruses. You can try triazole nucleoside (ribavirin), either orally or intravenously. You can also try pansantin, with a course of treatment of 3 days.

(2) Antibiotics: Patients with bacterial upper respiratory tract infection or viral upper respiratory tract infection secondary to bacterial infection can be treated with antibiotics, usually penicillins, co-trimoxazole and macrolide antibiotics. Positive throat swab culture results help guide antimicrobial therapy. If it is confirmed to be a streptococcal infection, or if there is a history of rheumatic fever or nephritis, the penicillin treatment course should be 10 to 14 days.

3. Symptomatic treatment

(1) For high fever, you can take acetaminophen or ibuprofen orally, or use cold compresses, warm compresses, or alcohol baths to reduce the temperature.

(2) Patients who experience febrile convulsions can be given sedatives and anticonvulsants.

(3) For sore throat, you can take throat lozenges sublingually.

(4) Chinese patent medicines also have good effects.

Three preventions

Mainly rely on strengthening physical exercise to enhance resistance; promote breastfeeding; prevent and treat rickets and malnutrition; avoid going to crowded public places.

After reading the treatment plan, everyone should have some understanding of baby colds. Mothers who have had babies must know how to take care of their babies. Expectant mothers who do not have children must learn more in advance. Otherwise, going to the hospital for no reason will also affect the health of the child. The child has low immunity. Avoid taking the child to places with a lot of people. Some respiratory diseases and other diseases can easily hurt the child.