Children with shortness of breath when there is a cold can be treated with medication. You also need to be alert to congenital heart disease, bronchial stenosis and other diseases, you can improve the heart ultrasound, bronchoscopy and other clear diagnosis. And according to the situation, choose targeted treatment. 1. Colds: when a child with a cold develops symptoms of shortness of breath, it is necessary to be alert to the occurrence of pneumonia. Generally speaking, simple upper respiratory tract infections do not appear shortness of breath, wheezing, if the above symptoms occur, it is necessary to be alert to the possibility of pneumonia, and it is possible to improve the chest X-ray to assist in the diagnosis. The doctor’s instructions for targeted treatment. 2. Congenital heart disease: a child with a cold with shortness of breath symptoms may also be caused by congenital heart disease, you can improve the cardiac ultrasound diagnosis, such as clinical symptoms are atypical, can temporarily be furosemide diuretic, dynamic observation and follow-up, such as the symptoms are obvious, can be limited to surgical treatment. 3. Bronchial stenosis: for bronchial stenosis caused by a child with a cold with asthma, parents can follow the doctor’s instructions to the child to be salbutamol nebulizer inhalation, dilate the bronchial tubes. Generally with the baby’s age, the bronchial tube gradually develops more can be improved. If the baby has shortness of breath, wheezing symptoms, parents should take the child to the doctor in a timely manner, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions for treatment, should not be self-medication.