What to do if your baby keeps coughing

Babies often have repeated coughing. In this case, do not blindly give them medicine. Finding out the specific cause and treating the symptoms is the best way to improve this situation. Let's analyze the specific methods for babies to cough repeatedly.

If your baby keeps coughing, you need to do a series of tests. <br/>If your baby often has the problem of repeated coughing, don't blindly give your child medicine at this time. You must find out the cause of the cough. According to the symptoms of the patient, conduct corresponding tests. For example, check the blood routine, white blood cell test, etc. If there is chest pain or murmurs, you also need to do a chest X-ray examination, etc. Make a comprehensive diagnosis of the disease caused by the cough based on the patient's age, medical history, etc.

Reasons for babies to keep coughing and treatment <br/>The first situation is repeated respiratory tract infection. Many babies have weak resistance and are prone to repeated respiratory tract infections, which is also a common cause of baby coughing. If the inflammation is not completely cured, it is easy to cause repeated coughing. Therefore, anti-infection treatment must be carried out. You can take drugs such as Bairui Granules for shelling and expectoration treatment. You can also give your child some drugs to improve immunity to improve the child's immunity. For babies with severe cough and sputum, nebulization inhalation treatment can be used. The specific treatment plan should be formulated according to the examination results. If it is a hot cough, you can also eat some rock sugar pears in moderation to relieve cough symptoms through diet therapy. Usually, you should also pay attention to giving your baby more water to replenish water.

The second type is allergic cough. If the baby is repeatedly exposed to allergens, it will also cause repeated coughing. For example, some children are allergic to house dust, milk, eggs, etc. If they are repeatedly exposed to or eat allergic foods, they may cause repeated coughing. In this case, allergen testing can be done for diagnosis. Usually, do not let the baby contact allergens. Staying away from allergens is the best way. For treatment, montelukast, procaterol, etc. are needed.
The third case is whooping cough. Children with whooping cough usually cough less during the day and more at night. It can be diagnosed through blood routine and whooping cough tests. If it is whooping cough, then after whooping cough treatment, the recurrent coughing phenomenon will be alleviated.
The fourth situation is abnormal airway development or bronchial foreign bodies. Chest X-ray, chest X-ray, lung CT, etc. can be done. If there is a foreign body, it needs to be removed. If there is an infection, anti-infection treatment is required.
The fifth situation is to pay attention to tuberculosis. The cough caused by tuberculosis generally also has symptoms such as fever, night sweats, weight loss, poor spirits, etc. If there is a history of contact with patients with tuberculosis, PPT skin tests for tuberculosis can be done to help with the diagnosis. If diagnosed with tuberculosis, timely treatment is required.