Misconception 1: cough on a cough Encounter cough, we often desperately with cough medicine, one is not enough to use two, and even a lot of proprietary Chinese medicines together, this is problematic – because if you desperately cough, it is not conducive to the discharge of viruses, bacteria, secretions, necrotic tissues, coughing is to stop, but the dirty things are left in the body. Coughing is due to the violation of external viruses, bacteria, etc., which need to be expelled in this way, which is a manifestation of the disease process, and is also favorable for recovery. Of course, coughing needs to be stopped when it becomes excessive. Hands-on intervention tends to lead to busyness and stress, as well as side effects such as misuse of antibiotics and medications. Myth 2: If you have a bad cold, you need saline drip 90% of colds are viral rather than bacterial infections, and antibiotics have no effect on viral infections. In the process of actual medical treatment, some patients will take the initiative to ask the doctor to use intravenous antibiotics (i.e. hanging water). In fact, both intravenous and oral antibiotics can enter the body, except that intravenous antibiotics have a higher peak blood concentration and enter the body very quickly, while oral antibiotics are a bit more subdued, but they are effective. Except for special and serious cases, of course. Myth 3: As soon as you have a fever, you must bring it down Fever and fever reduction are a contradiction in terms; fever is a normal response to a foreign infection and is beneficial to the organism in certain situations. Many times we over-process, when in fact only appropriate fever reduction is needed. The child’s temperature drops after a few days in the hospital, but the fever returns in a couple of days because many children contract new pathogens in the process of seeking medical attention. Parents will think how the child’s immune function is so low and then start using antibiotics again, which is actually a misunderstanding. Fever can, to a certain extent, strengthen the resistance and inhibit the propagation of pathogens. It is wrong to keep changing antibiotics to bring down the body temperature as soon as you have a fever. Myth 4: Children must go to the hospital when they have a cold If the following conditions are present, it is generally not necessary to go to the hospital: the temperature is not too high (below 39 ℃); the fever is not good, but the fever goes down, the spirit will be better; the fever is not too long (less than 5 days). No matter what kind of disease you have, if you are in good spirits, there is usually no big problem, but if you are in bad spirits, you need to pay attention. If you have the following conditions, you need to go to the hospital: cough too deep (continuous cough), body temperature is too high, the fever is too long, and you are not in good spirits.