Children cough and runny nose can not take medicine, can be seen in respiratory tract infections, rhinitis – sinusitis, etc., take medicine can not pay attention to whether the diagnosis is correct, whether the medication is reasonable, if necessary, need to be intravenous infusion of fluids, nebulization, or local nasal spray and other treatments.
1. Respiratory tract infections: such as acute bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, often manifested as a cough, can be accompanied by symptoms such as runny nose.
It should be noted that for the more serious condition of the baby may appear oral medication is ineffective, need to be assessed by a specialist to be intravenous fluid therapy, such as suspected bacterial infections caused by the need to use cefuroxime anti-infective treatment, coughing symptoms can be used to use inhaled glucocorticosteroids (eg, budesonide) nebulization therapy.
Or by the Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection caused by the disease, oral cephalosporin antibacterial drugs are ineffective, there is the use of medication is unreasonable, need to be guided by a specialist to use the correct use of azithromycin anti-infective treatment.
2. Rhinitis – sinusitis: refers to the inflammatory disease of the nasal mucosa and sinus mucosa, cough and runny, often lasts for a long time, this kind of children have poor results of oral drugs, need to pay attention to whether the medication is reasonable and whether the course of treatment is sufficient.
For children in the acute phase, anti-infective treatment is needed, and it is recommended that treatment be continued for 1 week after clinical symptoms are controlled. In addition, children with this disease need to be treated with topical nasal sprays, such as nasal glucocorticoid mometasone furoate for local anti-inflammatory treatment.
All of the above drugs should be used under the guidance of a physician, and it is recommended to consult a specialist for a clear diagnosis and reasonable treatment.