No mother will remain calm when she notices that the child is constantly coughing up. Even if the child has long grown up, and his children are growing up. And what can we say about the babies' moms? At once there is an aspiration to wrap up the sick person more warmly, not to let him into the street and put him to bed. Let's understand together what to do if the child begins to cough.
What is a cough?
In the cough itself, there is nothing terrible. Cough is a protective reaction of the body and it occurs when mucous throat or nose secrete phlegm. The kid does not know how to expectorate the produced sputum, he just swallows it and coughing tries to get rid of it.
Why does a newborn baby cough?
Usually in children of the first year of life cough is accompanied by catarrhal virus diseases. If a child begins to cough, fever, sluggish, refuses to eat, what is worth doing is to hurry to the doctor. Wait and engage in self-treatment is not necessary - the airways in newborn children are still underdeveloped, any infection very quickly descends into the lungs, and procrastination can lead to serious complications.
In addition to colds, cough can cause physiological causes:
- Naughty spout in the baby.
- Dust in the respiratory tract.
- Some foreign object in the nose.
- Abundant salivation or bitter belching.
What should I do if my baby coughs?
- It is necessary to monitor the humidity in the room. Overdried air very quickly dries out mucus, which prevents normal sputum discharge. If you do not have a special air humidifier, you can simply place a container of water in the room and cover the heating batteries with a wet cloth.
- Take care that your child does not overheat. The optimum temperature in the baby's room should not exceed 22-24 ° C.
- Let the child drink more - the liquid will help to remove toxins and accumulated mucus. As a drink, and compotes, and teas, and juices, and vitamin fruit drinks.
- Do not let the air stagnate in the room in which the baby is. Air it more often.
- It is not necessary to deprive the kid of a walk if the weather on the street allows and the child feels well enough. If the baby does not last long in the fresh air, it will only facilitate the departure of mucus.
Child coughing up at night
If the child coughs up exclusively at night during sleep, then you should pay attention to his sleeper. Perhaps, thus, an allergy to a feather pillow, a wool blanket or dyes on bed linens manifests itself. If you are sure that the allergy is not - without a visit to the doctor can not do, because night cough can talk about the onset of serious diseases - whooping cough or bronchial asthma.