A child’s stuffy nose and cough can be caused by wind-cold or wind-heat.
Only nasal congestion and cough can not be judged, mainly based on its systemic symptoms and tongue and pulse to diagnose.
Nasal congestion and cough due to wind-cold is mainly nasal congestion, nasal itching, runny nose, heavy cough, and cough white thin sputum, easy to cluck out, but also accompanied by systemic symptoms such as chills (fear of cold), fear of cold, cold headache, thirst or thirst for hot drinks, or neck, limb soreness, and so on.
Wind-heat can also be caused by nasal congestion and cough, but there is no nasal itching, nasal discharge and other manifestations, but the nose flow of cloudy or yellow snot, cough yellow mucus sputum, easy to cough up, the body has a fever, sweating, headache, dry mouth, want to drink cold water, dry pharynx sore throat and so on.
Because the child is a childish yin and yang of the body, the condition of the change faster, so when the child has nasal congestion and cough, it is best to recommend timely medical treatment, do not blindly take medication, in order to miss the wrong treatment and aggravate the condition.