A child’s cough with yellow sputum may be related to respiratory tract infections, rhinitis, etc. Usually it is recommended to use antiviral, antibiotic, nasal spray hormone and other medications according to the cause of the disease.
1. Respiratory tract infections: yellow sputum in children’s coughs is commonly associated with respiratory tract infections such as colds and pneumonia, which are usually caused by bacterial infections or viral infections combined with bacterial infections. If the bacterial infection, should follow the medical use of cefixime, amoxicillin and other antibacterial drugs; if the influenza virus caused by the application of oseltamivir and other antiviral drugs treatment.
2. Rhinitis: some children with rhinitis may also have a cough with yellow sputum, it is usually recommended to use physiological sea saline or special nasal cleansing agent to clean the nasal cavity, or the use of nasal spray hormone drugs for treatment, commonly used drugs such as trimethoprim nasal spray.
All of the above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor, if the child’s cough, cough yellow sputum symptoms are serious, or the symptoms continue and have not improved, should be timely to the hospital for treatment.