What should I do if my baby has a hoarse voice? How to take care of my baby's throat?

Babies can hurt their throats and become hoarse because of crying. When mothers see their babies have abnormal throats, they are easily worried. So, how should we deal with these problems when babies have hoarse throats? Here is the correct way to deal with babies having hoarse throats.

What should I do if my baby has a hoarse voice?

Feed more warm water

When the baby has a hoarse throat, parents need to feed him some warm boiled water, which has a good moisturizing and physical therapeutic effect on the throat, can speed up the excretion of viruses, lubricate the vocal cords, and relieve the symptoms of dry throat.

Heat relief

If your baby has a cough or hoarseness due to coldness, you can use hot compresses to promote the dilation of blood vessels in the upper respiratory tract, trachea, lungs and other parts, accelerate blood circulation, and enhance metabolism and the phagocytic ability of white blood cells.

The specific method is: wrap a hot water bottle with a towel and apply hot compress to the neck. It can be done during the day and night, and it will be relieved after 2-3 days. Do not use it if you have a fever.

Rest your throat

If your baby's voice is hoarse, you must let it rest. Parents should be more careful not to make the baby cry loudly for no reason. Reducing the baby's loud shouting can protect the baby's voice and promote the recovery of the vocal cords.

Soaking sterculia lychnophora in water to soothe the throat

Plantago ovata has excellent effects of clearing heat, detoxifying and moistening the lungs. Drinking water soaked with Plantago ovata can quickly and effectively relieve sore throat, hoarseness and other discomforts.

Method: Take a piece of Sterculia lychnophora, soak it in water for 30 minutes, and give it to your baby to drink. Take one piece a day and drink at least six cups of water a day. The effect will be seen quickly.

Rock sugar pear water for throat protection

Rock sugar pear water has a good effect of moistening the throat, clearing the lungs, eliminating phlegm and reducing fire. It can help a hoarse throat recover quickly, and drinking it more often can also help protect the throat.

Method: Wash the pears, cut them into pieces, add appropriate amount of rock sugar and water and cook until soft.

Use a humidifier

Dry weather can cause the mucus between the vocal cords to dry up and stick to each other, leading to laryngitis and hoarseness. Therefore, parents should pay attention to maintaining indoor air humidity, frequently mop the floor, or use a humidifier to help relieve hoarseness.

Seek medical attention promptly

If the above measures are taken but there is no improvement after 3 days, you should seek medical attention immediately. Your baby's sore throat may be caused by wind-heat cold, getting angry, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, etc., and you are often unable to distinguish the specific cause yourself, so it is recommended that you ask a doctor for diagnosis.

Baby hoarseness precautions

1. Children should not drink too much Banlangen and Pangdahai

At present, many parents soak Banlangen and Pangdahai in water and give it to their children to drink. Experts emphasize that these two traditional Chinese medicines not only fail to prevent and relieve children's sore throat and hoarseness, but also have certain side effects.

Banlangen is very cold, and drinking it frequently will make the weak constitution of young children even colder, and in severe cases, it may even cause gastric ulcers. For wind-heat colds with yellow urine, red tongue coating, and yellow nasal discharge, you can drink a little bit for 3-5 days. Pangdahai inhibits the secretion of body fluids, which is undoubtedly worse for inflamed throats.

2. Boiled water is the best throat soothing medicine

To relieve the hoarseness, the most important thing is to avoid letting the child speak loudly or shout. Boiled water is the best throat medicine, so you must drink more. You can also feed some vegetable juice and fruit juice that can clear away heat and reduce internal heat, such as snow pear juice, chrysanthemum tea, etc.

Foods for hoarseness

1. Boiled water. Boiled water is the best "throat soothing medicine", so parents must let their children drink more boiled water; they can also let them drink some vegetable and fruit juices that have the effect of clearing heat and removing internal heat, such as pear juice, chrysanthemum tea, etc.

2. Drugs that clear the throat and relieve the sore throat. For example, Qinghou Liyan granules are particularly effective in treating hoarseness in children. Generally, after taking it continuously for 10 to 15 days, the child's throat can be completely restored.

In addition, some dietary therapy recipes are also effective in treating hoarseness in children.

Sichuan Fritillary Bulbs Stewed with Pear

Ingredients: 10 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa, 1 pear, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Method: Wash the snow pear, cut it into small pieces, add Sichuan Fritillaria, appropriate amount of water and rock sugar, and stew together for 1 hour.

Efficacy: This stew has the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, moistening the lungs and relieving sore throat.

Apple honey water

Ingredients: 5 apples, appropriate amounts of lemon juice and honey.

Method: Wash and peel the apples, cut into small pieces, add 1000 ml of water, boil over high heat, and turn off the heat; when the apple water cools naturally to 40℃, add lemon juice and honey and stir well.

This drink has the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, moistening the lungs and relieving throat.

It should be noted that some parents give their children drugs such as Isatis Root and Sterculia Sea when their children have hoarse throats, which is inappropriate. Because these drugs are cold in nature, frequent use of them will weaken the child's constitution, and in severe cases, it may even cause gastric ulcers.