What are the reasons for babies' colds and coughs?

There are various reasons why babies cough and spit up, such as spitting up after eating too much, drinking breast milk and not drinking prepared milk powder, and sometimes babies spit up unconsciously. This is very common. Poor stomach in children may also be partly to blame. If the baby has a cold, coughs and spit up, then you need to pay attention. A mild cold and cough in a baby will cause phlegm in the throat, and the baby will not spit out the phlegm like an adult, but will only swallow the food into the stomach, and then swallow the phlegm. What should we do at this time?

Babies have phlegm only when they have inflammation, so you need to give them anti-inflammatory treatment, antibiotics, and then cough and expectorant medicine. Occasionally, when a child has a cold, he may feel dizzy, and if an adult shakes or lifts him up, the child will spit up milk.

It could also be a problem with the baby's throat. Adults may have diseases like bronchitis, and so may children. In severe cases, it may lead to spitting up of milk.

If a baby gets sick and vomits due to coughing, we should consider the symptoms of gastrointestinal cold. Take your baby to the hospital to check for inflammatory infection and receive treatment under the guidance of a doctor.

Babies should eat small, frequent meals, warm food, and keep warm. Breastfeeding mothers should eat light, warm, frequent, and easily digestible meals. After feeding, it is best to hold the baby upright and pat his back gently to facilitate digestion.

There is also a type of "reflux cough". This type of cough is not caused by the throat and trachea, but by overfeeding and improper positioning after feeding, which causes some milk to "reflux" into the throat. This reflux substance contains stomach acid, so it stimulates the throat and causes coughing. When coughing, the stimulation also leads to "excessive gas discharge" and thus vomiting of milk.

To prevent this kind of spitting up, you should pay attention to:

If breastfeeding, it is recommended to feed the right side of the baby's stomach first, and then the left side of the baby's stomach. This way, when the baby's stomach is full, it will be "tilted to the right" so that the milk in the stomach will not be in the esophagus.

If the baby is formula-fed, you should use the "right tilt" position at the beginning of feeding (i.e. the baby faces you, with the head on your left side); halfway through feeding, turn the baby to face you, with the baby's head on your left shoulder, and pat the baby's back with your hand, and the baby will burp, so that the air in the stomach is discharged through burping, so as not to over-expand the stomach; after feeding, pat again using the above method. Do not lay the baby flat immediately after feeding, follow the above method. Pat and stay for a few minutes to allow the milk in the stomach to have a certain filling and adaptation period, and then put the baby on the bed. After putting the baby on the bed, raise the baby's head and left side slightly. This can avoid burping and vomiting, and can also increase the amount of feeding, because the air is discharged, so the baby can eat more.

Therefore, we should not only pay attention to methods, but also have scientific basis. Don't let your baby spit up milk or get sick because of carelessness. Go to the hospital for examination in time and see a doctor if you are sick. In particular, pay attention to adding more clothes for your child, don't let him catch a cold, and don't let him have a fever. Keeping the body dry is also a good method. Give your child enough sleep, more rest, and occasionally go out for exercise and relaxation. Keep the body healthy. Eat light food, avoid greasy food, and reduce pepper. Provide more organic salts and vitamins to facilitate the body's absorption and metabolism. We can rest assured that the baby is healthy.