How can new parents best help their baby to spit out phlegm?

I heard that spitting out phlegm can greatly reduce the number of times a baby needs to see a doctor and speed up recovery. Why do doctors always ask us to spit out phlegm for babies? How can it help children? What should we pay attention to during the spitting out process?

Why do you give your baby sputum?

Poor expectoration function: The cilia in the trachea of ​​infants and young children are not active, resulting in poor expectoration function. The accumulation of sputum after illness causes inflammation of the trachea. Repeated infections result in complications such as bronchitis and pneumonia. The serious damage cannot be ignored.

The danger of frequent infections: Parents do not like to let their children take antibiotics frequently, but they do not know that if they do not pay attention to the baby's phlegm, the result of repeated infections is that the bacteria become stronger and the doctor can only use stronger antibiotics to remedy the situation; the impact on the child can be imagined.

Benefits of spitting out phlegm for babies

Speed ​​up the recovery process: Frequent visits to the doctor always make parents panic, and if they don’t return for a visit, they are afraid that the disease will not be completely cured; the key to the baby’s repeated infections is related to the removal of sputum. The accumulation of sputum is a breeding ground for the regeneration of bacteria. Effectively performing sputum removal will help the disease recover faster.

Promote tissue repair: Clearing sputum secretions in the trachea can remove the inflammatory factors in it, effectively reduce the inflammation of the tracheal mucosal tissue, and control the inflammation, which can further stabilize the condition and promote the baby's body repair.

Accurately understand the condition: The color of sputum represents different stages of the disease and the degree of infection. Some pediatricians will use sputum extraction to understand the condition. Sputum extraction can help discharge sputum deep in the lungs, helping doctors to more accurately understand the condition when extracting sputum.

Precautions for baby to cough up phlegm

Drainage with posture: The most efficient way to clear phlegm is to use the head-lower-buttocks-high posture to drain the dispersed phlegm. Remember to do it on an empty stomach. After clearing the phlegm stuck in the bronchioles, use posture to drain the phlegm into the large bronchi for discharge.

Pay attention to the time of clearing phlegm: Remember to clear the phlegm for your baby on an empty stomach, otherwise it is easy for your baby to vomit due to the posture during the process; not only will the phlegm that is supposed to be discharged not be discharged, but there is a risk of vomitus blocking the respiratory tract.

Correct spitting posture: When helping your baby to spit out phlegm, you must pay attention to the gesture and strength. Put your five fingers together to form an empty cup shape, and spit with your wrist relaxed; wrong gestures and strength will not only fail to effectively help spit out phlegm, but also more likely to hurt the child. You can use a spitting device to assist and gradually reduce mistakes.