What to do if your child has a morning cough

The baby's health is directly related to the family's happiness and sorrow, but when the climate is dry in spring and autumn, many babies have coughs, especially in the morning. The symptoms of this cough are very obvious. Faced with this situation, many mothers are anxious but don't know what to do. In order to help mothers solve the problem of children's morning cough, this article summarizes the methods of treating baby's cough, hoping it will be helpful to mothers.

The baby coughs frequently and it is really difficult to take care of him. Especially in seasons with sudden changes in temperature, it is more difficult to prevent. As the saying goes, "If you want your child to be safe, he must be three parts hungry and cold." Nowadays, parents, especially the elderly, spoil their children. They like to cover their children and dress them warmly. Babies are always sweating, which makes them particularly prone to catching colds. In addition, we are afraid that the baby will lack nutrition and not grow well, so we feed the baby well and finely, which causes food accumulation in the child, the food accumulation turns into heat, the stool is dry, and the heat and toxins cannot be discharged, making the child prone to illness.

Cough is a common disease in pediatric outpatient clinics. Some cough suppressants and expectorants are often used. If it is caused by respiratory tract inflammation accompanied by fever, some anti-inflammatory drugs can also be added, such as amoxicillin, cefotaxime, erythromycin and the like. Most of them can be cured. If you add some Chinese patent medicines such as Dongsheng Cough Relief, Children's Lung Clearing Oral Liquid, and Tan Ling... to clear the lungs and reduce phlegm, the treatment effect may be improved.

During treatment, do not buy strong cough suppressants at the pharmacy yourself, especially for babies under 2 years old. They should not take centrally acting cough suppressants containing codeine. There is no specific medicine for treating cough, so do not rush to stop the cough. Many parents are willing to find a Chinese medicine doctor and let their children take Chinese medicine (decoctions) to treat coughs. Although taking Chinese medicine is a bit troublesome, it has no side effects and the effect is very good.

There are many Chinese medicines such as Peucedanum chinense, Apricot kernel, Platycodon grandiflorum, Stemona bulb, and Radix Scutellariae that have antitussive effects. Doctors can also flexibly add or subtract medications according to each baby's different conditions. Children can take Chinese medicine in small amounts and multiple times. Decoction 100 ml per day (it can also be concentrated further) and take it in two or three times.

I believe mothers already know very well what to do when children cough in the morning. However, the best way to solve the problem of children's cough is to go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment. After all, the above-mentioned drugs for treating cough have certain corresponding indications. However, if the mother can let the baby drink more boiled water, eat less spicy food, and keep the baby's bowel movements normal, coughing will be difficult to occur, so the mother does not need to worry about it.