Phlegm in baby’s lungs can usually be helped to be expelled by more back pats, suction care, and nebulized inhalation of expectorant medications. In addition to actively treating the primary disease to reduce the production of phlegm.
1. Pat the back more: you can use the hollow palm to pat the baby’s back, the force should be appropriate, not too light, can not achieve the effect, not too heavy, to prevent harm to the baby, pat the back can help phlegm off, conducive to the discharge of phlegm.
2. Suction care: If the baby has more phlegm, it is not easy to discharge, you can take the baby to the hospital to do suction treatment, the use of professional negative pressure suction device, the phlegm will be sucked out.
3. Nebulized inhalation of expectorant drugs: If the baby has respiratory tract infections, you can also nebulized inhalation of expectorant drugs, such as aminobromine, can help sputum dilution, reduce the viscosity, and promote phlegm discharge.
It is recommended that babies with phlegm should be taken to the hospital for examination, identify the cause and then use medication under the guidance of the doctor.