How to treat acute bronchitis in children

Colds and fevers in children are a common problem. Parents are often panicked when their children have colds and fevers. Some parents cannot accurately judge the symptoms of children's illness, which often leads to certain misdiagnosis. Acute bronchitis in children is a relatively serious disease and requires immediate treatment, otherwise the consequences will be serious. Let's take a look at how to treat acute bronchitis in children.

Infantile bronchitis refers to a clinical symptom secondary to respiratory tract infection or some acute respiratory infectious diseases. The cause is various bacteria or viruses, or a combined infection. The onset can be slow or acute. Most cases start with upper respiratory tract infection symptoms, with cough as the main manifestation. It starts as a dry cough and then produces phlegm. If it is a bacterial infection, yellow phlegm may be vomited.

Chinese Medicine

This disease is called exogenous cough in traditional Chinese medicine. Due to different pathogenic factors, it is clinically divided into wind-cold cough, wind-heat cough and real heat asthma. The treatment method is mainly to dispel wind and cold, clear away heat and promote lung function, reduce fever and relieve asthma. It can be combined with clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment.

(1) Wind-cold cough: sudden, rapid and frequent coughing, with thin sputum, nasal congestion, clear runny nose, itchy throat or accompanied by headache, aversion to cold or no fever, slightly white tongue coating and floating pulse. Treat with pungent and warm herbs to relieve exterior symptoms, dispel cold and relieve cough. Xingsu San is often used with modifications.

Prescription example: 6g of almond, 3g of perilla leaf, 9g of peucedanum, 6g of bark extract, 6g of burdock seed, and 3 slices of ginger.

(2) Wind-heat cough: The cough is not easy to relieve, the sputum is mainly yellow and sticky, the throat is red and the mouth is dry, the nose is blocked and the runny nose is yellow, or accompanied by fever and sweating, the tongue coating is slightly yellow and white, and the pulse is floating and rapid. The treatment is to relieve the exterior with pungent and cool properties, promote lung function and relieve cough. Sangju Drink is often used with modifications.

(3) Heat-related wheezing: In addition to the above symptoms, the child has a high fever and is also experiencing wheezing and shortness of breath. The treatment is to clear the lungs, resolve phlegm, reduce adverse effects and relieve asthma. Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang is often used with modifications.

I hope everyone can learn more about the treatment of acute bronchitis in children. After all, children are the future of a family and the future of the family. Everyone hopes that their children can grow up healthily. Therefore, we should be more attentive when taking care of children, pay attention to the children's warmth and coldness in time, and add clothes in time.