Three-year-old baby after eating ice cream has been coughing can be seen in physiological phenomena, pathological conditions (such as respiratory tract infections), specific need to analyze the baby’s situation, such as respiratory tract infections need to be appropriate anti-infective treatment.
1. physiological phenomenon: three-year-old baby in eating cold food, such as ice cream, can appear local throat irritation, such babies often rest, avoid contact with the above food after coughing can be gradually relieved, and there are no other abnormal symptoms, such babies do not need special intervention, after a period of time can be improved on their own.
2. respiratory infections: such as acute bronchitis, eating cold food can be the trigger, pathogen infection after the cough, progressive aggravation, can be accompanied by fever, treatment can be oral aminoglutethimide to alleviate the cough symptoms, bacterial infections need oral cefixime and other anti-infective treatment, and can be nebulized, phlegm inhalation, and other symptomatic supportive therapy.
3. Cough variant asthma: the above phenomenon can also occur after the cold stimulation, mostly dry cough, such babies can be nebulized inhalation hydrocortisone, budesonide, salbutamol and other drugs for treatment, but also oral montelukast sodium and other treatments.
These medications should be used under the supervision of a physician, and it is recommended to consult a specialist for evaluation and intervention.