Children coughing up yellow sputum may need to take antibiotics, but it is not recommended to use drugs blindly, first go to the hospital to complete the blood tests, if necessary, follow the doctor’s instructions to use antibiotics.
Children coughing yellow sputum consider the possibility of bacterial infection, bacterial infection will appear yellow sputum, but it is recommended that children first go to the hospital blood test, check the total number of leukocytes increased, neutrophil ratio increased, C-reactive protein increased, calcitoninogen elevation, the consideration of bacterial infection may be, you can comply with the doctor’s instructions to use antibiotics to treat the disease.
Children with mild symptoms can be oral amoxicillin, cefixime, azithromycin and other medications, the symptoms are more serious, go to the hospital infusion treatment, with cefoperazone sodium sulphadiazine sodium and other anti-infective, but also into the hospital to improve the sputum culture, drug sensitivity test, according to the results of the drug sensitivity selection of antibiotics.
Children coughing up yellow sputum serious timely medical treatment, under the guidance of the doctor to use medication is safer.