What to do if your child has a bad cold and is wheezing

Pediatric colds, usually refers to acute upper respiratory tract infections, the pathogens are mainly viruses, followed by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, bacteria are less common, and most of them are treated with medications, including cough suppressants and asthma medications, nebulizing medications and anti-infective drugs. 1. Cough and asthma medication: commonly used medications include pediatric cough and asthma particles, pediatric lung heat cough and asthma oral solution and other proprietary Chinese medicines, and aminobromoterol oral solution, aminobromine hydrochloride and other Western medicines, have a cough, asthma effect. 2. Nebulizer drugs: baby cold gasping can be nebulized treatment, commonly used drugs, including ipratropium bromide, etc., can relieve the baby gasping. 3. Anti-infective drugs: there is no specific drug for viral infections, but for influenza virus infections can use oseltamivir phosphate. The presence of mycoplasma infection can use azithromycin, roxithromycin and other macrolides. For bacterial infections, penicillin, cephalosporins, meropenem and other drugs can be used according to the pathogen. At the same time need to identify other diseases caused by “wheezing”, such as bronchopneumonia, children may appear cough, wheezing and other symptoms, or bronchial asthma, may also appear the above symptoms, manifested as dyspnea, usually normal temperature, the examination of both lungs can be heard wheezing sound, need active treatment. All of the above drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication. It is recommended to consult a doctor and have the treatment directed by a specialist.