Children coughing a lot of phlegm is very difficult to sleep breath holding wheezing may be related to cough variant asthma, can be treated by medication, such as the use of inhaled glucocorticosteroids, phlegm medication and so on for treatment.
If you consider cough variant asthma, you can nebulize inhalation of salbutamol, budesonide under the guidance of a doctor, if necessary, can be given intravenously with doxophylline, which can effectively improve the symptoms, reduce the inflammation of the airway, so as to alleviate the symptoms.
If cough a lot of phlegm can be used to resolve phlegm of the drug, such as ambroxol hydrochloride oral solution treatment, need to pay attention to the side effects of the drug, such as heartburn, skin rash, indigestion and other adverse reactions.
There are other reasons for children to cough up phlegm and wheeze, for example, severe pneumonia can also appear similar symptoms, it is recommended to take the child to the hospital for examination, to clarify the cause, under the guidance of the doctor to comply with the doctor’s instructions to use medication.