How to deal with phlegm in the throat of newborns

Newborns have poor immunity and incompletely developed organs because they have just been born. Therefore, if there is phlegm in the throat of a newborn, it is difficult for them to spit it out. The phlegm stuck in the throat of the newborn will make the newborn breathe rapidly and the little face turn red, which looks very uncomfortable. If the volume of the phlegm is large and it is stuck for too long, it may endanger the life of the newborn. So how to deal with the phlegm in the throat of a newborn?

Common treatment methods are:

Pat the back

It can be used as an emergency measure to help children with expectoration when they are unable to cough up phlegm.

The specific operation is: in the intervals between the child's coughing, let the child lie on his side or hold the child up to lie on his side. The parent slightly bends the five fingers of one hand, makes a fist, and gently pats the child's back. Pat your left side and lie on your left side, alternating between the two sides. The force of the slapping should not be too great, and it should be done from top to bottom and from outside to inside, in sequence. Pat each side for at least 3-5 minutes, 2-3 times a day. The back-patting method can not only loosen the phlegm in the child's lungs and bronchi, drain it into the trachea and discharge it, but also promote blood circulation in the heart and lungs, which is beneficial to the absorption of bronchial inflammation and enables early recovery from the disease.

Drinking water method

Let the child drink more water, especially cold boiled water at about 23 degrees, which has a good moisturizing and physical therapeutic effect on the throat and is conducive to the elimination of local inflammation. Children with coughing attacks often have varying degrees of dehydration, which can aggravate respiratory inflammation and the thickness of secretions, making them difficult to cough up. Drinking more cold boiled water can dilute the sticky secretions, making them easier to cough out, which is beneficial for relieving cough and removing phlegm. At the same time, cold boiled water can improve blood circulation, so that the waste or toxins produced by the body's metabolism can be quickly excreted from the urine, thereby reducing its irritation to the respiratory tract.

Steam method

Pour boiling water into a large pot or teacup, hold the child, and let his mouth and nose face the rising steam and inhale and exhale. This can thin the phlegm and facilitate coughing up, and can also reduce congestion and edema of the trachea and bronchial mucosa and reduce coughing. But be careful to avoid burns and accidents.

Drug Law

Do not take cough suppressants casually, as this may suppress the cough center and hinder expectoration. For those with little and thick sputum that is difficult to cough up, expectorants such as ammonium chloride, platycodon, and polygala can be used under the guidance of a doctor; for those with a lot of mucous sputum that is difficult to cough up, use Bi Ke Ping, Tan Yi Jing, α-chymotrypsin, etc.; for those with white and sticky sputum, it is advisable to use Pinellia ternata extract, almond cough syrup, and use ultrasonic nebulization inhalation if conditions permit. The Chinese medicine Chuanbei stewed with snow pear is also beneficial for resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Take a pear, cut off the head as a lid, dig out the core, add 10 grams of rock sugar and 6 grams of Chuanbei powder, cover the pear head, put it in a bowl, steam it over fire, and eat the pear and drink the juice.

These methods are simple to learn and very practical. Young parents should learn more about them. Newborns are not fully developed, so try to avoid symptoms such as colds and fevers in children. Also, parents should try not to smoke in front of newborns to avoid irritating their throats and causing phlegm. I hope that the methods we introduce will help your children and allow them to grow up healthily.