What to do if your baby has a cough and nasal congestion

When babies catch a cold, it is usually caused by viruses. There are many viruses that can cause colds, with more than 200 types. Only a small number of babies catch a cold due to bacteria. The duration of a cold can reach more than a week, and symptoms such as coughing and nasal congestion may also occur. If the baby is too young, the safest way is to go to the hospital for treatment. So what should I do if my baby has a cough and nasal congestion?

First, what should you do if your baby has a cough and a stuffy nose? Let your baby get enough rest. Keep the indoor air clear. Eat more fruits. Some people think that eating more pears can help with coughs. After several experiments, I think eating grapes is more effective than eating pears. Different people may adapt to different fruits. No matter which one you choose, you should choose fruits that can quickly replenish nutrition and water.

Second, fumigate your nose with hot steam. It has a certain effect on treating nasal congestion. Love your baby more and stay with him/her. Babies with coughs and nasal congestion are prone to having trouble sleeping, which will aggravate the condition. When the baby is sleeping, the mother can put her arms around the baby's head and wait until the baby falls asleep before leaving. When the mother holds the baby to sleep, the baby will feel the warmth of the body, which will relieve the symptoms of nasal congestion and make it easier to fall asleep. Usually, the baby's nasal breathing is unobstructed when sleeping. Unobstructed nasal breathing will also alleviate the symptoms of coughing.

What should I do if my baby has a cough and a stuffy nose? Get enough sleep. Sufficient sleep can nourish yin and spirit, prevent loss of body fluid, and is very important for recovery from a cold. After catching a cold, you must get enough sleep and don’t sleep too late. Sufficient sleep can improve the body’s immunity and speed up the recovery of a cold. Eat more foods with warm properties, such as beef, eel, and shrimp, stop eating radish, hawthorn, fruit and other gas-purging foods, and stop massaging, and soon the child's nasal congestion symptoms will be alleviated or disappear. Radish and honey drink. Babies over one year old can safely take honey. Diet therapy for relieving cough: Take 25 ml of juice from 1 white radish (mash and squeeze out the juice), add 12 ml of honey and mix well. Take it all at once, 12 times a day.