Why does my three-month-old baby have a dry cough?

Since babies are born not long ago, their bodies are often weak and they often have some dry cough symptoms. When a baby shows symptoms of discomfort, the parents are probably the ones who are most worried. So what is going on with a three-month-old baby who keeps having a dry cough? What are the reasons for the baby to have these symptoms? Let's take a look at the causes of the disease.

1. Because three-month-old babies are still young, they spend most of their time sleeping and feeding on breast milk. Coughing may be caused by viruses. This is the explanation in Western medicine, which is also called "getting angry" in traditional Chinese medicine.

2. Because they have not stopped breastfeeding, some children are drinking breast milk and formula at the same time. The key point is that milk powder itself has a lot of calories. It is not breast milk, but a compound one. Therefore, it is easy for infants and young children to get inflamed and cause coughing.

Cause of this disease: It is best to use biologically diluted saline and give your baby a little bit every day to help reduce inflammation. If the condition is more serious, you can take some medicine to reduce fever, such as Qinghuoling, Milk Powder Partner, San Gongzai Seven Star Tea, etc. If the condition is more serious, go to the hospital directly. The doctor will definitely prescribe cephalexin or other appropriate anti-inflammatory drugs or give injections.

3. In addition to the inflammation caused by the above, there is also cold, which is more common.

You can feed your baby an appropriate amount of pear juice, and pay attention to maintaining appropriate indoor air humidity and temperature, open windows frequently for ventilation, and increase the flow of fresh air. At the same time, keep drinking warm water and eat less protein, including milk powder, because this is the doctor's advice. Maybe the protein in milk powder is not easy to digest.

In serious cases, there is no need to wait, just go to the hospital directly.

4. Observe the frequency of coughing and the color of sputum

The parent registers and records the frequency of coughing so that they can tell the doctor about the situation when they go to the hospital and the doctor can make an accurate diagnosis and treatment. The color of the sputum also needs to be recorded. If it is slightly yellow, it proves that there is inflammation. If it is very yellow, it means that the inflammation is serious.

Always pay attention and use your hand to roughly measure your body temperature. If something is wrong, use a thermometer immediately. Record the time and temperature. Nowadays, most thermometers are electronic thermometers for measuring baby's temperature. Mercury thermometers are more dangerous and easy to break. But mercury thermometers are more accurate, it depends on the situation.

5. Baby with allergic cough

There is usually no fever, and since there is no source of infection in the body, the sputum that is spit out is white frothy. The baby's eyebrows are mostly red.

Other common symptoms include: babies like to rub their eyes, noses, and scalp;

Steamer head (sweating profusely when lying down); restless when sleeping, likes to curl up and sleep at the head of the bed and then at the foot of the bed;

When sleeping with parents, they like to put their feet on their parents' stomachs. Allergic cough is mostly characterized by coughing, without wheezing symptoms, so it is actually a cough variant of asthma, which is an early symptom of asthma.

6. Diet and environment

When coughing, the baby's body temperature will rise by about 2 degrees. Parents don't need to worry. The symptoms will be alleviated in an environment with room temperature of about 25℃ and humidity of about 60-65%. If the air is too dry, you can add a humidifier. If the baby's cough is severe, let the baby inhale steam.

It is not suitable to drink irritating fruit juice, indigestible food, rice soup, etc. for cough. 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 suitable to drink citrus juice such as orange juice and grapefruit juice. During this period, pay attention to eating a diet that is easily digestible and nutritious.

If a three-month-old baby keeps having a dry cough, parents still need to pay close attention. You should start improving your baby's diet. It is best to give your baby more rice soup and other foods that are easier to digest. It is also important to note that if you can avoid giving your baby medication, then do not give your baby medication. After all, all medicine is toxic to some extent, and the medicine is likely to bring certain side effects to the baby.