What to do if your child coughs and has yellow phlegm

Coughing is a common symptom. The occurrence of this symptom can easily cause many troubles to patients. Coughing not only makes patients feel uncomfortable but also easily brings great psychological pressure to patients. Therefore, we suggest that our readers should pay attention to the symptom of coughing in daily life. Children are prone to coughing. Some children will have yellow sputum once they cough. Below we will introduce what to do if children cough with yellow sputum.

Most of the coughs in young children are caused by viral infections and generally do not require special treatment. Just drink more water, reduce the concentration of sputum, and receive symptomatic treatment. If your baby coughs and has yellow phlegm, it means that the child has a lot of heat in the body. You must choose medicines that clear heat, detoxify, and cool the body, such as the commonly used honeysuckle, scutellaria, forsythia, isatis root, houttuynia cordata, etc. These Chinese medicines can not only treat the baby's excessive and yellow phlegm, but also inhibit bacteria and viruses and fight influenza. The effect will be better if it is used together with drugs for expectoration and dilution.

The properties of sputum are different. Some sputum is clearer, while some is more viscous. Clear sputum tends to indicate symptoms of colds caused by wind and cold, while yellow sputum tends to indicate symptoms of phlegm and fire in the lungs. The medications for the two are different.

Coughing with yellow phlegm may be a bacterial infection. At this time, you need to go to the hospital for a blood test. If it is a viral infection, the total white blood cell count and the neutrophil ratio are generally normal, or both are reduced. If it is a bacterial infection, both will increase. If it is a bacterial infection, antibiotics must be taken.

In the above article, we introduced a common symptom, that is, coughing. We know that the occurrence of coughing can easily cause many troubles to patients, so we must pay attention to this symptom. Children are prone to coughing symptoms. The above article introduces in detail what to do when children cough with yellow sputum.