What to do if a patient with cerebral infarction has phlegm

Cerebral infarction patients with sputum may have the following two reasons: First, because of low immunity after being bedridden, inadvertently infected with external viral bacteria, causing upper respiratory tract infection, resulting in acute cough, cough and fever, at this time, you can choose antibacterial agents according to sputum culture, together with amiloride and other phlegm and antispasmodic drugs for treatment. Second, brain infarction patients because of swallowing difficulties, swallowing with choking cough, food accidentally into the trachea caused by aspiration pneumonia, this situation is divided into cerebral infarction is within six months, or more than six months, if the patient within six months, with swallowing function rehabilitation, such as acupuncture, can be cured. If the patient is more than six months old, severe swallowing difficulties can be treated with nasal feeding, and at the same time, according to the results of sputum culture with antibiotics to reduce sputum, which can alleviate the symptoms, because when the patient feeds food through the nasal feeding tube, the food does not pass through the mouth, which will not cause ingestion choking, thus avoiding aspiration pneumonia.