Children's cough is a fairly common phenomenon, and it can appear in a child of any age. It occurs as a reflex to irritation of the trachea, bronchial tree or pharynx.
When a cough occurs, accumulations of viruses, allergens, and foreign bodies act on the mucous membrane. It is this process that frees the airways, clears them.
The cough is dry and wet. Dry usually occurs with ARVI, the initial stage of pneumonia, whooping cough, pleurisy, bronchial asthma. Wet appears with most wet bronchitis, pneumonia and some forms of tuberculosis.
Nutrition and care of the child during illness
Regular airing of the room in which the sick child is located, the absence of tobacco smoke in the room, humidification of the air in the room, laying babies on their stomachs (this stimulates the process of expectoration), vibration massage of the chest, breathing exercises will help to cope with coughing faster. You can ask your child to inflate balloons, blow through a straw into a glass of water so that bubbles float to the surface.
It is useful for coughing children to eat thin oatmeal, mashed potatoes with a lot of milk. An effective remedy for such a disease is grapes, as it heals the lungs, promotes expectoration of phlegm. You can use grape juice with one teaspoon of honey. Don't give your child sugary drinks, especially carbonated ones. Also, try to eliminate candy and other sugary foods from your baby's diet.
From drugs in the fight against children's cough will help "Linkas", "Gedelix", "Sinekod", "Bronchipret", "Erespal" and other means. However, they have age restrictions and contraindications, so they can be used only after consulting your doctor.
Home remedies for cough
Infusion of marshmallow is a fairly effective remedy for a child's cough. A spoonful of a small leaf of medicinal marshmallow should be infused in a thermos for one hour, pouring a glass of boiling water. Give a sick child a teaspoon every 6 hours.
For inhalation, you can use eucalyptus leaves or oil. Brew infusion in a mug, roll a sheet of paper with a funnel. Put the wide edge of the funnel on the mug, the child should inhale steam through the narrow edge.
A strong cough will be soothed and cured by mineral water with milk. Pour hot milk and alkaline water in half into a glass. Hot milk with a spoonful of honey will help when a cough starts to sore throat. For babies, it is better to add figs to warm milk.
Children will be pleased with another tasty medicine, for the preparation of which you need to mix 100 g of honey and butter, add a bag of vanillin there, mix well. Give this remedy to children 1 teaspoon per day.
