What medicine is good for treating a child's cough caused by measles?

Measles generally refers to the measles virus. When a child has measles and coughs, it can usually be treated with antihistamines, antibiotics, and cough and expectorant drugs as prescribed by the doctor.

1. Antihistamines: Measles is a common acute respiratory infectious disease caused by measles virus infection. During the illness, you may experience symptoms such as fever and rash, and may also be accompanied by coughing. If the condition is more serious, you can take anti-allergic drugs such as loratadine tablets and levocetirizine hydrochloride capsules under the guidance of a doctor, which can play an anti-allergic role and relieve coughing symptoms to a certain extent.

2. Antibiotics: If the patient has a bacterial infection and is accompanied by severe coughing, coughing up yellow purulent sputum and other symptoms, he or she needs to go to the hospital for treatment in time to avoid delaying the condition. Patients can take antibiotics such as amoxicillin granules and cefixime granules under the guidance of a doctor to achieve the purpose of anti-inflammatory and sterilization.

3. Cough and phlegm-relieving drugs: If the patient's symptoms are relatively mild, with only a simple cough, and no other discomfort symptoms, such as chest tightness, shortness of breath, and difficulty breathing, then you can follow the doctor's advice to take dextromethorphan hydrobromide granules, compound licorice mixture and other drugs for treatment, which can have a calming and cough-relieving effect. At the same time, it can also be used in conjunction with atomization inhalation for auxiliary treatment, and the drugs used mainly include normal sea saline, budesonide suspension, etc.

Parents are advised to pay attention to their children's dietary health, try to keep their meals light, avoid spicy and irritating foods, and not eat raw, cold or cool foods, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms of coughing.