If a child has a cough and a runny nose, it is necessary to carry out procedures that will eliminate the development of the disease. It is necessary to fight the disease with folk methods and give the baby medications.
Folk ways
Warming procedures have an effective effect on a weakened child's body. Steam your baby's feet, put mustard plasters, make compresses. Only all this can be done if the child does not have a temperature. Thanks to such measures, the blood circulation will improve in the crumbs, as a result of which the inflammatory process in the nasopharynx and bronchi will be removed.
Use warm water to compress. Moisten a gauze bandage in it, squeeze a little, put a five-month-old baby on top of the chest, cover with plastic and wrap it with a scarf. Do this five days before bed, and shoot in the morning.
Give your child warm milk tea regularly. Add honey or herbs there. So that as much phlegm as possible comes out of the bronchi, let the baby drink mineral water with milk. Licorice root, raspberry and currant leaves also effectively help fight cough.
In order to cure a runny nose, the toddler needs to warm the paranasal sinuses several times a day. Heat coarse salt in a frying pan, put it in a bag and attach the crumbs to your nose. If you don't want to use salt, you can use a chicken egg. Thanks to such measures, inflammation in the baby's nose will be relieved, nasal breathing will improve and mucus will become less secreted.
If a child does not have a fever, he is not capricious and feels relatively normal, walk with him at least half an hour a day. Fresh air is good for your health. Of course, a lot depends on the weather outside the window. If it's cold, ventilate the room at least once a day instead of walking.
Medications
To cure a cough and a runny nose in a five-month-old child, one cannot do with traditional medicine. Effective drugs will come to the rescue here. If mucus does not come out of the nose, products based on sodium chloride (Otrivin baby, Salin), as well as Aquamaris, Humer will help perfectly.
If the nose of a five-month-old baby is very stuffy, then vasoconstrictor drops will come to the rescue: "Nazivin", "Vibrocil", "Tizin". Attention: you cannot use these funds for longer than 5-7 days!
Do not forget about the aspirator, thanks to which you can quickly and painlessly get rid of mucus in the nose. Some moms don't know how to use it and refuse to use it. To do this, pinch one nostril of the baby, insert the tip of the aspirator into the second. Gradually squeeze the first one and pump out the mucus from the other.
Advice
Remember that treatment must be comprehensive. Use both folk and traditional medicine at the same time, because they are both effective. And be sure to consult with your doctor: only a pediatrician can make the correct diagnosis and prescribe treatment.
