What to do if your baby keeps coughing after catching a cold

Babies are always the apple of their parents' eyes, and they are always afraid that something might happen to their children. However, the frequency of this happening always makes all parents unhappy. Every child will have more or less poor health. For parents, it can only make them sad, but they are more concerned about how to treat their children and make their children better. Once something abnormal happens to the baby, parents always go to the doctor as soon as possible to confirm whether their child has any physical illness and seek treatment quickly. It is very common for a baby to keep coughing after a cold, so what should you do if your baby keeps coughing after a cold? Let’s take a look.

For children's cough, the key is to find the cause of the cough. Generally, mild and infrequent coughing helps to expel phlegm. After the phlegm is expelled, the cough will often be relieved naturally, so there is no need to use cough suppressants. Severe and frequent coughing is very harmful to the body. For severe dry coughs, cough suppressants, such as codeine syrup, can be used for a short period of time to help relieve the cough. For children who cough with a lot of thick sputum that is difficult to cough up, cough suppressants and expectorants, such as Expectorant and Tylenol Cough and Cold Syrup, should be used. At the same time, make sure that the children have enough water intake to dilute the sputum and help it be discharged. If there are obvious signs of inflammation when coughing, such as fever, yellow and sticky sputum, and increased white blood cell count, antibiotics such as kanamycin and amoxicillin can be added. In addition, treatment should be based on the cause of the cough.

From the above description, we can see that it is a common thing for babies to keep coughing after catching a cold, and parents do not need to worry too much, but of course they cannot ignore it at all. It is relatively easy to cure a baby's constant cough after catching a cold, but for the baby, it is more important to enhance the baby's resistance and give him proper physical exercise. This is the most important thing.