Does a child need to take anti-inflammatory drugs when coughing and sputum? What is the reason why a child's cough and sputum are not getting better?

It is common for children to cough. Children usually have a weak constitution, so they are very easy to get sick. When children are sick and cough, parents need to intervene immediately. So, do children need to take anti-inflammatory drugs when they cough and have phlegm? What is the reason why children cough and have phlegm and never get better?

Whether a child needs to take medicine for coughing and sputum should be determined according to the child's condition. If it is a mild cough, only with sputum, no fever and good mental state, and the onset is only 1-2 days, it is not necessary to use anti-inflammatory drugs, and symptomatic treatment can be given. If the baby's cough and sputum symptoms are more serious and there is a fever, you need to go to a regular hospital for treatment in time and take medicine for symptomatic treatment under the guidance of a doctor. Anti-inflammatory drugs should not be taken blindly. If the cough lasts for 4-5 days or even 1 week, the cough is very severe and there is a lot of sputum, and the snoring is accompanied by a fever, it means that there may be an infection in the trachea or lungs. At this time, anti-inflammatory drugs must be used. The choice should be determined according to the cause of the disease. It is recommended that during the treatment, it is necessary to ensure that the baby's indoor environment is ventilated and breathable, and to ensure appropriate air temperature and humidity. At the same time, it is necessary to pay attention to letting the baby eat liquid food and avoid eating spicy, raw, cold and hard food.

If a child coughs and has phlegm, it is considered that there is inflammation in the airway. You should first go to the hospital to check the chest X-ray, procalcitonin test, C-reactive protein test, blood routine, mycoplasma, and chlamydia. Usually, when you suffer from tracheal infection, laryngitis, pneumonia, bronchiolitis, etc., you will cause coughing and sputum. Especially after being infected with mycoplasma or chlamydia, coughing and sputum will recur, and may not get better in even one or two months. Therefore, symptomatic treatment is required after examination. On the basis of anti-inflammatory and antiviral treatment, cough and expectorant drugs can be given. If the symptoms do not improve after taking some medicines, it is very likely that the corresponding medicine has not been found. It is recommended to go to the hospital immediately for treatment. Through blood routine and sputum culture methods, the pathogenic bacteria can be identified, and then symptomatic medication is used, which generally will get better quickly.

1. Compound loquat paste has the effects of clearing the lungs, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for symptoms such as wind-heat cough and dry throat.

2. Whooping cough syrup has a warm nature and is more suitable for coughs caused by colds. It should not be taken if the cough is caused by wind-heat colds.

3. Cold and cough syrup, also called phenergan syrup, is mainly used to relieve cough, while also taking into account expectoration and having a sedative effect. It is suitable for night cough with phlegm, sleep disturbance, and bronchitis caused by allergies, but the dosage must be controlled.

Minor coughs do not require medication. Once some parents find their children coughing, they immediately use medicine to stop the cough. In fact, this is wrong. It is not only bad for children, but sometimes harmful. Because coughing itself is a self-protective reflex action of the body, viral secretions in the respiratory tract and foreign bodies entering the respiratory tract from the outside can be discharged from the body through the cough reflex. If a child coughs a few times a day, or has a little cough, there is no need to give the child cough medicine immediately. He should drink water in small amounts and multiple times. The water temperature should not be too high to avoid irritating the pharynx. At the same time, garlic can be used to boil water. If there are symptoms of fear of cold, you can add some ginger slices. If the baby does not eat, you can also add a little brown sugar. This method has a good cough effect, but if the child coughs frequently and violently, and even affects the child's eating and sleeping, cough medicine should be used in time.