What causes long-term cough in children?

Every baby is the apple of the family's eye and is held in the palm of the parents' hands. If the baby has any problems, the parents will immediately go to the hospital to check the baby. Sometimes, many symptoms cannot be diagnosed and can only be alleviated by taking targeted medications. However, parents do not want their children to take medicine from an early age, fearing that it will affect their children's health. Let me tell you what causes children's long-term cough.

1. Overview

If a child has symptoms of coughing, it is necessary to adjust the condition in time. As the child grows older, the body resistance will become stronger and stronger. In this case, the symptoms of cold or cough will become less and less. However, some children do not like to exercise or are weak, so even if they are six or seven years old, they will often have symptoms of colds and coughs. If the child has a long-term cough, he must go to the hospital for detailed examination and treatment.

Step 2/Method:

1. Coughing in children is a relatively common phenomenon. You can give your child some anti-inflammatory drugs or some cough suppressants. If your child coughs and has a lot of phlegm, you should give him some expectorant drugs, which will have a good effect on the treatment of your child's disease.

2 If a child has symptoms of coughing, it may be due to bronchitis or mycoplasma infection, which causes coughing diseases. Some children may also have symptoms of coughing due to upper respiratory tract infection. Generally, appropriate treatment is given according to the different symptoms, and symptomatic treatment is best.

3. If a child has a long-term cough, it may be due to chronic pneumonia. Therefore, parents should take their children to a regular hospital for a detailed examination and carry out effective treatment according to the different causes of the cough. During the treatment, do not eat irritating foods.

3. Notes:

If a child often has symptoms of coughing, it is important to pay attention, because coughing may be a precursor to a certain disease. If the cough is long-term, it may be caused by lung infection.

4. What to do if your baby has a long-term cough

If the baby has a long-term cough, the mother who wants to distinguish whether it is an exogenous cough should mainly observe the child's tongue coating. If the tongue coating is white, the phlegm from coughing is thin, white and sticky, and there is nasal congestion and runny nose, it is a cough caused by wind and cold. At this time, you should eat some warm, phlegm-resolving and cough-relieving foods. If the child's tongue coating is yellow or red, the phlegm is yellow, thick, and difficult to cough up, and there is a sore throat, then it is a wind-heat cough. At this time, the child should eat some foods that clear the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

The symptoms of internal injury cough in babies are mostly long-term cough and recurrent cough. At this time, parents should pay attention to giving their children some foods that regulate the spleen and stomach, nourish the kidneys, and replenish the lung qi.

In addition, there is a special cough that sounds like a dog barking and makes a "hollow" sound. It is called a barking cough, which is a unique symptom of acute laryngitis. If a child's cough is so severe that it becomes suffocating and blue, it means that the laryngeal edema is severe, which can be life-threatening. At this time, you should take your baby to the doctor in time and receive treatment according to the doctor's advice.

The baby's cough at night will seriously affect the quality of sleep, and his resistance will also decrease if this continues for a long time. In addition to drug treatment, you also need to strengthen your baby's care, pay attention to conditioning and taboos, let your baby get enough sleep, drink enough water, eat more vegetables and fruits, and the diet should be easy to digest and nutritious. The diet should be light, and babies should avoid eating irritating, greasy, spicy, and strong-tasting foods. Carbonated drinks should be avoided as much as possible, and cold drinks should be given to babies less often.

Parents should pay attention to the hygiene of the baby's room, keep it moderately warm and cold, dry and wet, and prevent the irritation of smoke, dust and special odors.