There are two kinds of coughs, physiological and pathological. Physiological coughs generally do not require special treatment, while pathological coughs require appropriate treatment according to the cause.
1. Physiological cough, such as choking on water and other light cough, is not serious and can be relieved on its own; pathological cough should be treated according to the cause.
2. Children’s cough can be caused by respiratory infections, according to the pathogen of the infection with different drugs. Bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as roxithromycin and amoxicillin; parasitic infections can be treated with drugs such as albendazole, and tuberculosis infections can be treated with rifampicin.
When a child has a severe cough, accompanied by a large amount of phlegm and thick phlegm, which affects the child’s daily life and study, expectorants such as acetylcysteine can be used.
When the cough is caused by asthma, prednisone, hydrocortisone and other glucocorticoid drugs can be used to relieve asthma symptoms.
Children cough due to allergic rhinitis and other diseases, you can use cetirizine, loratadine and other anti-allergy drugs; due to gastroesophageal reflux and other digestive diseases caused by coughing, you can use domperidone, cimetidine and other digestive diseases drugs.
Parents are advised to take their coughing children to the doctor in time for the doctor to decide how to treat the cough and how to use the medication. These medications should be used under the supervision of a doctor.