Let's now talk about coughing in children. This is the most common complaint at a reception at the pediatrician. What is a cough, an illness or a defensive reaction?
Very often we hear from the advertising that that it is necessary from the first day of illness hot drink all tablets and syrups, cough we win! Now, let's turn off the TV and turn on common sense.
Where does cough? Cough - a protective reaction of the body aimed at cleansing the airways of mucus, phlegm, pus, foreign bodies, dust, vermin.
Evacuation "uninvited guests" mucosa of the respiratory tract increases the production of mucus or sputum, increase its quantity, and makes us cough. Only a competent doctor can determine the cause of "mucus production" and assign a corresponding right treatment.
The most common causes of cough in children are:
- viruses
- dry dusty air
- allergens
- and only then - parasites and bacteria.
What are the medications for cough
Most of syrups need advertising to liquefy the sputum,when it is very viscous and the person can not cough it. Unlike adults, children, especially those under 5 years old, well can not cough and phlegm, which we dissolved syrups, not cough up, but remains in the bronchi, together with the very unwelcome.
There is another kind of syrups that enhance mucus production, the need for certain types of cough.
There are some drugs, which enhance the cough,by gastric irritation, for accelerating the purification of the airways.
There are, in addition to these, and such drugs that do stop coughing, sometimes it is necessary (such as in whooping cough), and in other types of cough can be dangerous! Cough disappears and the body can not withdraw all superfluous.
Coughing and antibiotics
Very fond of some physicians, and parents themselves, to give antibiotic "cough". For appointment of antibacterial drugs, there are strict indications, and to take them just like that, "to cough down" or "Oh, it is terrible," or "it has long been coughing" NOT!
Cough after conventional OCR may be stored up to 3 weeks after myocardial pertussis - 6 months, and when respiratory allergies, may be permanent, and the wrong treatment will only worsen the situation!
How to help your child when you cough?
- First and most importantly - find a good doctor!
- Remove from the room all the "dust collectors" and damp mopping daily.
- The air temperature of the room should be 18-20 aboutC, humidity 55-65%.
- Give your child drink plenty of fluids, preferably water.
- Control nasal breathing and moisturize the nasal mucosa.
- Be sure to deduce the baby for a walk, this cough is not a hindrance.
- Wear so that the child was not cold, but it was not so hot. Consider the fact that you're standing still, and your child is worn non-stop.
- Turn off advertising.
Be healthy!
And also be sure to ask about what to do if the child has a runny nose moved to sinusitis
