Allergic cough is high in spring and autumn Children with weak resistance and a developing immune system are easily disturbed by external factors and develop allergies. Children with allergies and genetic factors are more prone to develop, among which allergic cough (variant asthma) is common. Allergic cough is an allergic disease with a high prevalence in spring and autumn, which is related to factors such as high pollen or dry weather and dust mites all over the air during these two seasons. Because allergic cough can be manifested as runny nose and cough, which are very similar to cold symptoms, many parents think their children have a cold; and because these manifestations are related to exposure to allergens, after being treated as a cold and not kept away from allergens, allergic cough has been bad and recurring, so the feeling of these parents is: my child is weak and often has a cold. According to Qian Weizhen, although, when allergic cough is treated as a cold, taking cold medicine has a certain effect because many cold medicines have anti-allergic ingredients such as paracetamol, but when the amount used is not enough, the medicine is controlled, and the medicine stops and commits again. Mistaking a cough for a fire and drinking herbal tea gets worse The rate of misdiagnosis of allergic cough is extremely high. Qian Weizhen points out that the first attack is basically treated as a cold. But in reality, there is a difference between the two. The biggest difference is that once a patient is in a certain environment, he or she will cough and cough until he or she vomits, turns blue or turns red, and then changes the environment and doesn’t cough anymore. During Huanhuan’s “recurring cold”, his mother thought he had a “cold” and cough because he was on fire, so she let him drink herbal tea every few days, not realizing that his cough would not decrease or stop, but would become more and more severe. Because of the constant coughing, many elderly people think that the child is on fire, so they always let the child drink herbal tea. Herbal tea hurts the kidney yin and lung qi, causing the child to cough more and more the more he drinks herbal tea This practice is very common and a big misconception. If your child is diagnosed or suspected of having an allergic cough, it is best to take him or her to have the allergens checked, either through a blood test for children before the age of 4 or through a skin prick test for children over 4. However, because allergens are numerous, either environmental or food, and everyone is different, it may not be possible to check for allergens in everyone. In this case, parents can keep a “cough diary” for their child, which is a record of what the child touched or ate that made the cough flare up or worsen. Carpets, fabrics, air conditioners, peanuts, mushrooms, eggs, milk, tomatoes, can all be allergens. If the allergen can be identified, desensitization treatment can be attempted. However, only a very small number of allergens can be desensitized. The desensitization rates for dust mites and pollen are 90% and 75%, and it is more important to avoid contact with allergens. For children who are prone to allergic cough symptoms, prevention requires firstly, avoiding allergens and strengthening the body, and secondly, taking medication as prescribed by the doctor after the onset of the disease. Strengthening the body is to strengthen regular exercise such as running and swimming, but running and jumping are not included. Once you take the medication, you can’t stop taking it once your condition improves. Generally speaking, you should insist on taking the medication for a period of time so that you won’t be prone to relapse later. The seven characteristics of allergic cough 1. seasonal attacks, occurring at a certain time of the year; 2. coughing when exercising, after lying down at night and when waking up in the morning; 3. taking ordinary cough medicines and antibiotics is ineffective; 4. coughing is sometimes good and sometimes bad, and can change with the environment in which it is located, easy to cough in the environment of carpeting and fabric furnishings; 5. retroactive eczema in infancy and childhood, family allergic diseases (hives, allergic rhinitis, asthma, etc.). Allergic rhinitis, asthma, etc.) history; 6. often feel itchy eyes, itchy nose, skin allergies; 7. cough improves after using bronchodilators and anti-allergy drugs.