How to treat cough and vomiting in children

When we are invaded by foreign viruses, we often catch a cold and cough, which is normal for us. Colds are our response to foreign virus invasion, and coughs can also help clean the respiratory tract, which is beneficial to us. For babies. Coughing is not a simple disease, it also causes vomiting. The editor introduces several treatment suggestions for children with coughing and vomiting.

1. When a child vomits, place him or her on the bed and let him or her lie quietly. Place a basin beside the bed to prevent the child from vomiting again. Also, rinse your child's mouth with cold boiled water to remove bad odor in the mouth.

2. For children with pyloric stenosis, do not feed too much at one time during breastfeeding, but make sure that the child has enough water intake to avoid dehydration. You can adopt the method of small meals and frequent meals, such as using a small spoon or small cup to feed the child small amounts of milk or water multiple times.

3. Don’t rush to feed your child when he/she is vomiting, otherwise it will only aggravate the vomiting. Give your child some light salt water or sugar water every 10-15 minutes, and pay attention to whether the skin on his hands is dry to prevent dehydration.

4. When vomiting is severe, you should hold the child up or let the baby sit up. This will not only make the child feel more comfortable, but more importantly, you don’t have to worry about the food vomited by the child choking on the trachea and blocking the respiratory tract.

5. When children vomit, their clothes and sheets often get dirty. Be sure to change them frequently. If there is any odor left, it will more easily induce vomiting in children.

6. If a child has a painless swelling around the navel or thigh, and it gets bigger when coughing or crying, it may be a hernia. You can put your index and middle fingers together and gently try to push the mass back into the abdominal cavity and see if it continues to grow. If the hernia cannot be pushed back into the abdominal cavity, continues to grow, and causes severe abdominal pain and vomiting, it indicates that the hernia has become incarcerated and requires immediate hospitalization for surgery, especially for children under six months old.

7. If the vomiting is caused by gastroenteritis or upper respiratory tract infection, it will be accompanied by other corresponding symptoms. The former experiences diarrhea, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, etc., while the latter experiences runny nose, sneezing, body aches, etc. Take targeted anti-infection treatment under the guidance of a doctor as early as possible.

Babies' physical fitness is not as good as ours, so they are very easy to get sick. Parents should pay more attention to their babies' physical health. If they feel unwell, they should seek timely treatment. I hope the above suggestions on treating children's cough and vomiting will be helpful to all parents. I also wish your baby good health.