When your baby coughs, don’t stop the cough immediately

　　Winter is the season of high incidence of respiratory diseases, and cough is a symptom of many respiratory diseases. In real life, many parents will immediately give their children relief as soon as they discover that their babies have a cough. However, experts point out that when young children have a cough, they do not necessarily need to take cough medicine immediately. It varies from person to person. Some babies have to cough up phlegm before taking medicine.

　　Coughing in young children is a physiological defense reflex

　　Experts say that in order to relieve their children's cough, some parents have repeatedly begged doctors to prescribe some good medicine to stop the cough. In fact, "you must take cough medicine when you cough" is a misunderstanding.

　　Experts point out that from a medical perspective, coughing is a normal physiological defense reflex and the only way for the human body to clear respiratory mucus on its own. Sometimes children will cough a few times when they get up in the morning. This is just a cough that clears the mucus accumulated in the respiratory tract at night and clears the throat.

　　Young children have poor cough reflexes and it is difficult to discharge sputum. If parents give cough medicine to their children when they see them coughing, the coughing will temporarily stop, but the sputum cannot be discharged smoothly, and a large amount of sputum will accumulate in the trachea and bronchi, causing tracheal obstruction. The correct approach is to take cough medicine after the child coughs up phlegm.

　　Listen to the sound to identify your child’s cough type

　　Cough is a symptom of diseases such as colds, bronchitis, pharyngitis, asthma, tuberculosis, etc. The cough sounds caused by different diseases are different. Parents can listen to the sounds to initially judge the severity of the disease.

　　Generally speaking, the common cold manifests as a cough with phlegm, without wheezing or rapid breathing, regardless of day or night; suspected asthma manifests as persistent coughing, often accompanied by wheezing or wheezing, the cough lasts for more than 10 days, and the condition worsens at night or after activities. The cough will worsen, and when the child is exposed to pollen, cold air, animal dander, dust or smoke, the cough will be aggravated; it is suspected of influenza, manifesting as a slightly hoarse cough from the throat, coughing at intervals, sometimes dry, sometimes with phlegm.

　　Experts remind that no matter what kind of disease causes the cough, parents should send their children to the hospital for treatment.

　　Scientific nursing can cure the root cause of cough

　　Scientific nursing is very beneficial to the treatment of childhood diseases. How to take care of the daily life of a coughing child? First, prevent oral secretions from being inhaled into the child's trachea, causing choking. Secondly, let young children have a smoke-free environment and maintain indoor air circulation. The temperature and humidity of the room where young children live should be appropriate. Don’t spend too much time outdoors in winter, and don’t go to crowded public places. Pay attention to changes in weather conditions and add or remove clothes in a timely manner.

　　Parents should also pay more attention to the diet of young children. Spicy and sweet foods can aggravate cough symptoms in young children. Mothers often like to cook rock sugar pear water for coughing babies. If too much rock sugar is added, not only will it fail to relieve the cough, but it will aggravate the cough because it is too sweet. Children should not be given seafood and other raw foods as well as raw or cold fruits.

　　When the baby coughs, water will be taken away from the respiratory mucosa, and inflammation will also cause the mucosa to pump water. Therefore, parents must let the baby drink more water.