Children cough is a distressing thing for many parents. Because children's respiratory defense function is not perfect and cough reflex is not sensitive, their cough and expectoration symptoms are different from adults. Children are easy to cough with a little stimulation, so they should pay special attention to their daily life.
1. As soon as the air is dry, the cough tends to become severe. Therefore, use wet wipes or humidifiers to humidify the room to maintain appropriate humidity in the room.
2. Don't smoke or clean the dust in the room when the baby is.
3. When you have difficulty breathing and cough, it will be more comfortable to pat the child on the back, pick him up and help him up.
4. When coughing and vomiting constantly, face to one side to avoid spitting into the trachea by mistake.
5. When the sputum is blocked in the throat and is very uncomfortable, tap the baby on the back and the sputum will drain out slowly. You can also drink some warm water to make the sputum thin and easy to spit out.
6. In case of dyspnea, send to the hospital immediately.
Experts remind: there is no cold, but when the sudden cough is very severe, even breathing is difficult, it may be that the child blocks something in his throat when his mother doesn't pay attention. It's not a disease. It's blocked by a foreign body. Go to the hospital as soon as possible, because it's very dangerous.
So what should parents do when children catch a cold and cough?
1. Raise your baby's head at night.
2. Drinking more warm drinks can make the baby's phlegm thin, relieve the tension of respiratory mucosa and promote sputum coughing. It's best to let your baby drink warm boiled water or warm milk, rice soup, etc. you can also give your baby fresh fruit juice. The fruit juice should be apple juice and pear juice with less irritation, rather than orange juice, grapefruit juice and other citrus juice.
3. Steam antitussive method. If the baby coughs seriously, let the baby inhale steam; Or hold the baby and sit in the steam filled bathroom for 5 minutes. The humid air helps the baby remove the mucus from his lungs and quell his cough.
4. Apply hot water bag on the back to relieve cough. Fill the hot water bag with hot water at about 40 ℃, wrap it with a thin towel, and then apply it on the baby's back close to the lung, which can speed up the cold drive, especially for the cough symptoms in the early stage of cold.