Why does my baby keep coughing after catching a cold?

The health of the baby is a matter that concerns the whole family. The baby represents the rise of a new generation of power in the family. Therefore, for parents, protecting the baby means protecting the growth of the family. The baby's body is very fragile and needs constant care to grow up healthily. For example, the phenomenon that the baby has a long cough after a cold is of concern to parents. Let's take a look at the introduction of why the baby has a long cough after a cold.

Chronic cough is just a symptom, and clinically it is important to identify the cause of chronic cough as clearly as possible. Deng Li believes that the causes of chronic cough in children are different from those in adults, and the causes of chronic cough in children of different ages are also different. For example, in infancy (less than 1 year old), cough is mainly caused by respiratory tract infection, abnormal lung development, gastroesophageal reflux, tuberculosis, etc. In early childhood (1-3 years old), cough is mainly caused by respiratory tract infection, cough variant asthma, foreign bodies in the airway, etc.

In clinical practice, there are two types of coughs that are easily neglected by parents. They often go to the pharmacy to buy medicine on their own, but only seek medical treatment after taking it and the effect is not good, which delays the treatment of the disease. One is the cough caused by inhalation of foreign objects in the airway, which is an important cause of chronic cough in children aged 1-3 years old. The study found that 70% of children who inhale foreign bodies into the airways will experience coughing, accompanied by decreased breath sounds, wheezing, and suffocation. The cough after inhaling foreign objects usually manifests as paroxysmal severe choking coughs, or it may only manifest as chronic coughs with obstructive pulmonary emphysema. Once the foreign objects enter the area below the small bronchi, there may be no cough, that is, they enter the so-called "silent zone", which makes them more difficult to detect.

Another type of cough is cough variant asthma, which is a common cause of chronic cough in preschool and school-age children. Many parents give their children cough syrup when they see them coughing.

Coughing is generally a symptom of a cold, and it can be cured through the body's immune response and drug treatment. It is a very rare phenomenon that a baby coughs for a long time after a cold, and a detailed examination of the baby's body is needed to discover other causes of the cold and treat them. I hope parents will pay attention to this.