Children's cough is considered a normal physiological phenomenon, which most often does not require treatment. The thing is that the child has a need to cough so that his bronchi get rid of foreign particles that have got there. This is similar to a dry cough without fever.
Reasons
How to treat a dry cough in a child? First of all, you need to remember if the child has communicated with other sick children. It is possible that the baby was in a new room with polluted air or strong odors. In this case, it is likely that the baby has developed an allergic cough. But if your child feels great, sleeps well, plays and eats, and coughing does not annoy, then nothing needs to be treated at all! However, in addition to the physiological nature, this condition also has pathological signs.
Therefore, mother and child should definitely visit a doctor, if present:
• barking dry cough;
• sudden cough with fits;
• dry cough at night;
• vomiting after and during cough;
• cough goes away with severe allergies;
•fever, malaise;
• cough gets worse.
Cough with symptoms of other diseases
A child may have a cough with the following diseases:
- whooping cough;
- measles;
- laryngitis;
- allergic exacerbations;
- common tracheitis and bronchitis;
- viral pharyngitis;
- pleurisy;
- MS infection.
Treatment
How to treat a dry cough in a child? Most often, during treatment, it is required to calm the cough if the attacks are prolonged and the child cannot sleep because of it. So that a choking cough does not tire the baby and does not interfere with his sleep, does not upset or irritate him, it is necessary to stop him. Constant tension with a dry, choking cough can lead to vomiting and muscle pain. Antitussive drugs that have the ability to soothe the mucous membrane will alleviate the condition. There is no universal pill for cough, so it needs to be treated for several days.
How to treat a dry cough in a child with medicines?
Cough treatment for SARS and acute respiratory infections should begin with mucolytics so that dry quickly turns into wet. These agents help thin and loosen mucus. Also for these purposes, cough medicine is prescribed. It is also recommended to take dry cough syrups for children such as Tussin, Terpinhydrate, Solutan, Pectusin, Glycyram, Bronchicum Elixir, Altein Syrup, Doctor Mom.
Treatment withphysiotherapy
Help relieve the child from coughing and procedures:
• steam inhalation using a solution of drinking soda;
• Gentle, non-pressure foot and chest massage.
Folk treatments
Traditional medicine can also answer the question of how to treat a dry cough in a child, and recommends using the following remedies:
- Buckwheat honey. The child should suck 1 tsp. honey.
- Milk. Give the baby warm milk with the addition of a fourth part of tsp. baking soda.
- Raspberry. Dried raspberries or jam from them with warm tea is good for curing chronic bronchitis in a child.
- Decoctions. With this type of disease, decoctions from:
- oregano, coltsfoot and licorice;
- licorice, coltsfoot and plantain;
- pine buds, licorice, marshmallow, anise, sage and fennel.
