Baby cough and phlegm, usually due to respiratory infections, parents can be based on the actual situation of the child, through the cough, expectorant, anti-infection and other ways of treatment.
1. Cough suppressant: When a baby has a cough with phlegm, the cough is not serious and is usually not treated with cough suppressant. When the cough is serious, parents can follow the doctor’s instructions to give the child dextromethorphan, Pentoxyverine and other cough suppressants to relieve cough symptoms, to avoid the baby cough symptoms are more serious, affecting the normal respiratory function.
2. expectorant: when the baby has phlegm, the phlegm in the throat may block the baby’s respiratory tract, which leads to the baby’s respiratory difficulties, lack of oxygen and so on. Parents can give the baby cough treatment at the same time, but also under the guidance of the doctor to give the child aminoglutethimide, acetylcysteine and other expectorant drugs.
3. anti-infection: baby cough and phlegm, usually due to the baby’s own immunity is poor, by the outside world bacteria, viruses and other infections, parents can follow the doctor’s instructions according to the baby’s actual source of infection to give the appropriate drug treatment.
Such as bacterial infections can be given to the baby amoxicillin, benzoxicillin and other antibiotics, viral infections can be given to the baby ribavirin and other antiviral drugs, serious treatment. At the same time, if the baby is Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection caused by pediatric pneumonia, can give the baby azithromycin, norfloxacin and other antibiotic treatment.
The baby cough and phlegm, parents are advised to take the baby to the doctor in time to check, clear the specific cause of the disease in the doctor’s guidance treatment, do not unauthorized use of drugs. All of the above drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor.