There are no so-called remedies for pediatric coughs that have no scientific basis. Pediatric cough is usually caused by upper respiratory tract infection, bronchial inflammation and allergic cough, parents should follow the doctor’s instructions to the child through oral medication and nebulization for treatment.
1. Upper respiratory tract infection: Upper respiratory tract infection is usually characterized by an itchy throat without phlegm, accompanied by a runny nose, fever and other symptoms. If it is caused by viral infection, supportive treatment can be carried out under doctor’s guidance; if it is combined with bacterial infection, sensitive antibiotics, such as cefixime, can be used. You can choose dexamethasone injection and other drugs for nebulized inhalation treatment.
2. Bronchial inflammation: the child will have a cough, accompanied by coughing up sputum, chest tightness, wheezing, low-grade fever, malaise and other clinical manifestations. Parents can give the child oral Pentoxyverine tablets, Ambroxol hydrochloride dispersible tablets, etc., together with amoxicillin clavulanate potassium dry suspension and roxithromycin granules and other drugs for treatment.
3. Allergic cough: such as seasonal allergies, inhalation of pollen, fungi and other allergens induced cough. Parents can try to let the child avoid contact with allergens, and at the same time oral cetirizine hydrochloride drops and dicloretadine dry suspension and other anti-allergy drugs for treatment.
Parents are advised to take their children to the hospital in time, follow the doctor’s instructions for standardized treatment, do not self-medicate, and do not blindly use prescriptions to avoid delaying the condition and causing adverse consequences. All of the above drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor to avoid unnecessary harm caused by the wrong use.