Whether or not to take anti-inflammatory drugs for coughing up phlegm should be clarified based on the cause of the illness. Anti-inflammatory medications can be taken if the cough and phlegm are caused by an illness resulting from a bacterial infection.
Cough with phlegm may be related to a variety of causes such as bacterial infection, viral infection and allergen irritation.
1. Bacterial infections: Infectious diseases such as bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchiectasis and lung abscess cause cough with sputum, anti-inflammatory drugs such as amoxicillin, cefdinir and other anti-inflammatory treatment can be used.
2. Viral infections: viral infections such as upper respiratory tract infections, acute bronchitis and other viral infections brought about by coughing with sputum do not need to take anti-inflammatory drugs.
3. Allergen stimulation: physical and chemical factors such as dust, smoking and other triggered by acute attacks of bronchial asthma caused by cough with sputum, then do not need to take anti-inflammatory drugs.
Others, such as atypical pathogen infection, gastroesophageal reflux disease and other causes of cough and sputum do not need to take anti-inflammatory drugs, whether to take anti-inflammatory drugs need to clarify the cause of the disease, the right medicine. If the symptoms of cough and phlegm are not relieved for a long time, it is recommended that the patient go to the hospital in a timely manner, the above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor.