What medicine should children take for respiratory tract infection and cough

When children have respiratory infections or infectious coughs, they need to be treated with antiviral drugs or antibiotics under the guidance of a doctor. If the infectious cough is caused by allergic factors, antihistamines and other drugs are needed for treatment.

1. Antiviral drugs

1. Interferon: It can be administered by aerosol inhalation. It has a broad-spectrum bactericidal effect and can inhibit the synthesis and replication of respiratory pathogens, thereby exerting an antibacterial effect.

2. Oseltamivir: It is a commonly used anti-influenza virus drug. It has certain efficacy against influenza A and B, but it is not suitable for cold symptoms caused by simple rhinovirus infection.

3. Acyclovir: It is a common antiviral drug that has a good effect on herpes virus infection and can be used to treat diseases such as chickenpox, shingles, and hand, foot and mouth disease.

4. Valacyclovir: It is mainly used to treat hand, foot and mouth disease caused by Coxsackievirus A16. During medication, you should drink plenty of water to promote the excretion of toxins in the body.

5. Ribavirin: It is a broad-spectrum antiviral drug, which is mainly used clinically to treat diseases such as bronchitis and pneumonia caused by respiratory syncytial virus.

2. Antibiotics

When bacterial infection is clearly present, you can take drugs such as cefixime granules and penicillin V potassium tablets as prescribed by your doctor to treat inflammation and control the progression of the disease.

3. Antihistamines

Such as loratadine syrup, cetirizine hydrochloride drops, etc., which mainly have a sedative effect by blocking histamine receptors in tissues, and can also relieve symptoms such as respiratory tract infections and infectious coughs in children caused by allergies.

IV. Others

If the child also has a high fever, he or she should take ibuprofen suspension, acetaminophen sustained-release tablets and other antipyretic drugs to help lower the body temperature. If the cough is severe, it can be taken with dextromethorphan hydrobromide granules if necessary to help relieve discomfort. In addition, physical therapy, such as massage, can also be used as an auxiliary treatment.

All the above-mentioned medicines must be taken strictly according to the doctor's instructions. Do not blindly increase or decrease the dosage or extend the treatment course on your own, so as not to affect the recovery of the disease.