What to do if your child has whooping cough

Whooping cough, as the name suggests, refers to a prolonged cough. It is well known that coughing is extremely harmful to the human body, especially to the respiratory system and lungs. If not treated promptly, it may even turn into lung disease. It is the time of season change now, and children with poor resistance are prone to catching colds and coughs. So how can we prevent them from developing whooping cough? What should I do if I have been coughing for a long time and have not recovered?

1. First of all, coughing will not turn into lung cancer. Coughing is the main symptom of upper respiratory tract infection or pneumonia. Every cough is related to infection or allergy. If the cough lasts for more than three months, it should be considered a chronic cough. Check whether there is allergic cough, cough variant asthma and allergic rhinitis. It is recommended to complete relevant pathogen examinations and immune examinations, and provide symptomatic treatment.

2. Minor infections can be treated with anti-inflammatory medications. Cough can be treated by taking fresh bamboo sap oral liquid or Xiaoer Ma Gan granules. In severe cases, intravenous infusion is recommended. You also need to be alert to mycoplasma infection. If you have mycoplasma infection, it is recommended to use macrolide antibiotics.

3. It is necessary to strengthen daily care for children, such as eating small meals frequently, not eating spicy and other irritating foods, ensuring indoor ventilation and keeping the indoor air fresh, and avoiding factors such as smoke and dust that may induce coughing.

4 If the child's cough is severe, you can use an appropriate amount of catarrhal antibiotics, which can reduce or even stop the cough, but can shorten the bacteria excretion period and prevent secondary infection. Erythromycin is the first choice. Bordetella pertussis is sensitive to erythromycin and can penetrate into respiratory secretions to reach effective concentrations.

5 effective folk remedies for whooping cough.

1 First, fry fresh rice until it turns brown. Then wash and chop the white radish, and cook it with the brown rice. You will see the effect in a week.

2. Add 50 grams of fried maltose and 1 teaspoon of honeysuckle to boil water and drink as tea.

3 Drink 1 teaspoon of sesame oil before going to bed every day. If you add honey-made licorice tablets and take it together with the sesame oil before going to bed, the effect will be better.