Children with thick sputum should go to the hospital in time to find out the cause of the disease, and under the guidance of the doctor to carry out symptomatic treatment. Such as anti-infection treatment, symptomatic supportive treatment.
1. Bronchitis: manifested as cough, dry cough in the early stage, and cough white or yellow pus sputum in the later stage, some children may have fever and other symptoms; treatment includes anti-infective treatment (such as bacterial infections can be used amoxicillin or cephalosporin antibiotics, such as viral infections, there is no specific drug), cough and phlegm (such as phlegm and thick can be used aminoglutethimide or acetylcysteine, etc.) and general treatment.
2. Pneumonia: it can be manifested as fever, cough, sputum, chest tightness, dyspnea and other symptoms; treatment includes anti-infection (use sensitive drugs for different pathogens, such as sensitive antibiotics for bacterial infections, such as mycoplasma or chlamydial infections can be used for macrolide antibiotics, etc.), symptomatic and supportive treatment (oxygen therapy, cough, sputum, fever, etc.).
When children cough, cough sputum and sputum thick and sticky should go to the hospital to identify the cause of the disease, and under the guidance of the doctor to standardize the use of medication, in order to avoid adverse consequences.