What to do if your baby catches a cold and coughs

Baby colds and coughs are very common diseases. If a baby has a cough, you must take it seriously and go to the hospital for relevant examinations and treatment in time. If not treated in time, it may cause pneumonia, causing the baby's condition to become more and more serious. However, it is best to give the baby medication under the guidance of a doctor. Never give the baby medication blindly. Blind use of medication may miss the best treatment time.

Coughs can be divided into exogenous coughs and endogenous coughs. Coughs usually caused by colds are exogenous coughs. Among exogenous coughs, there are wind-cold coughs and wind-heat coughs. The medications for different types of coughs are completely different. Parents can distinguish between wind-cold cough and wind-heat cough by observing their child's tongue coating.

1. Caused by exogenous wind-cold: symptoms include pale complexion, fear of cold, runny nose, sneezing, coughing, clear sputum, no fever or slight fever, no thirst, no redness or swelling of the throat, etc. The following drugs can be used:

Chinese patent medicine: Qingxuan cough-relieving granules, Xiaoqinglong granules, Chaihuyin granules, etc.

Western medicine: Children's acetaminophen sulfonamine, Chengong Zaixin, Xiaobai syrup, etc.

2. Exogenous wind-heat: Symptoms include persistent fever, red face, nasal congestion, runny nose, cough with sputum, thick and yellow sputum, sore throat, red and swollen throat, dry mouth and preference for water. The following drugs can be used:

Chinese patent medicine: For babies under 2 years old, it is suitable to choose Children's Cold Syrup, Hulu Powder, Children's Baotaikang Granules, and Children's Resuqing Oral Liquid; for babies over 2 years old, it is suitable to choose Children's Cold Granules, Children's Throat Granules, Yinhuang Oral Liquid, Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid, Antiviral Oral Liquid, etc.

Western medicine: Tylenol cold syrup, Pediatric Medications, Motrin syrup, etc.

3. Colds and indigestion: When babies have cold symptoms, they often have red lips, abdominal distension and pain, loss of appetite, sour and smelly mouth, or vomiting, dry stools, less and yellow urine, and greasy yellow tongue coating. Suitable drugs:

Chinese patent medicines: Jianer Qingjie Liquid, Xiaoer Xiaoji Zhike Oral Liquid, Jiawei Baohe Pills, Zhupo Houzao Powder, Xiaoshi Antipyretic Syrup, etc.

4. Coughing is the main symptom: Parents must pay attention to whether the baby has phlegm. Since babies cannot spit, the main symptom is whether there is a rumbling sound of phlegm in the throat. Pay attention to distinguish whether it is a new cold or a long-term cough, and choose medicine appropriately if the condition changes.

At the beginning of a cold (cough as the main symptom): it is usually an irritating dry cough with little or no sputum. It is advisable to choose a strong cough suppressant:

Chinese patent medicine: Feili Ke mixture, Jizhi syrup, Shenqi cough syrup, snake gall and tangerine peel oral liquid, etc.

Western medicine: Otis (compound pholcodine), Chengong Huafen, etc.

Late stage of cold (cough as the main symptom): coughing lasts longer and produces more sputum, especially when lying down at night. Sometimes coughing causes vomiting, and the vomit is white and sticky sputum. It is appropriate to choose expectorant and cough suppressant drugs:

Chinese patent medicine: Lung Heat Kechuan Oral Liquid, Jinzhen Oral Liquid, Children's Lung Qingcha Granule, Compound Fresh Bamboo Sap Oral Liquid, Children's Lung Qingcha Oral Liquid, Nianjian Chuanbei Cough Cream, etc.

Western medicine: Yitanjing syrup, Bailai syrup, Ipecac syrup, etc.