What to do if your child coughs a lot

Children often cough, need to find the cause of treatment: respiratory diseases need to be based on the infection of the germs targeted treatment, allergies need to use anti-sensitizing drugs, bronchial foreign body need to be removed by bronchoscopy. 1. Upper respiratory tract infection: if it is a viral infection, generally can be self-healing, do not need special medication; if the combination of bacterial infection, need to eat amoxicillin and other antibiotics; if it is a mycoplasma infection, the need to use azithromycin, erythromycin and other antibiotics. 2. Allergy, need anti-allergy treatment, such as cetirizine, loratadine, etc., pay attention to isolation of allergens. You can also do nebulization treatment by ultrasonic wetting inhalation gas to protect the mucosa of the respiratory tract. 3. Tracheal foreign body: usually cause irritating cough, can use bronchoscopy to remove the foreign body. All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication. If your child is coughing a lot, try to go to the hospital to find out the cause of the cough and then treat it, and use medication to improve the symptoms at the same time.