What causes dry cough in children?

When children have upper respiratory tract infections, pharyngitis, bronchitis and other diseases, they will have dry cough symptoms; if they inhale pollen, smoke, or have a family history of asthma that causes allergic cough, they will also have dry cough symptoms; when foreign objects enter the trachea, choking and dry coughs will also occur.

Coughing is a common symptom. Children have low immunity and are more likely to have this symptom. There are two types of coughs. When there is no phlegm in the cough, it is a dry cough. Only by understanding the cause of the dry cough can we treat it symptomatically. So, what causes dry cough in children? How should children relieve dry cough?
1. Causes of dry cough in children
1. Upper respiratory tract infection <br/>When a child's upper respiratory tract is infected, it will irritate the trachea and cause coughing symptoms. At this time, it will also cause inflammation of the nasal mucosa. If dry air is inhaled, the nasal cavity will become more uncomfortable and the coughing symptoms will become more severe.
2. Pharyngitis <br/>If your baby has pharyngitis, the inflammation will irritate the respiratory tract and cause coughing, especially at night when the dry cough symptoms will be more severe.
3. Bronchitis <br/>When a baby suffers from bronchitis, it will also irritate the upper respiratory tract and cause the baby to have symptoms of dry cough. As the disease worsens, some secretions will gradually appear in the bronchi, and the symptoms of coughing will become more serious. If the child is allowed to eat too sweet or salty food at this time, it will also cause the cough to worsen at night.
4. Allergic cough <br/>If your baby keeps having a dry cough but you can't find any other cause, you should consider whether it is caused by allergies, such as inhaling smoke, pollen, dust, dust mites, etc. If your baby has a family history of asthma and has a persistent dry cough, you should also be alert to whether it is an allergic cough.
5. Foreign objects in the trachea <br/>If a baby accidentally inhales a foreign object into the trachea while playing, the baby will have symptoms such as repeated coughing and wheezing. At this time, the baby should be sent to the doctor in time and let a professional doctor remove the foreign object from the baby's trachea.
2. How to relieve children's dry cough
1. Symptomatic medication <br/>When children have dry coughs, find out the cause of the dry cough and then use symptomatic medication. If the cough is caused by inflammation, you can take anti-inflammatory drugs to relieve the condition. If the dry cough is caused by lung heat, you need to use drugs that clear heat and detoxify.
2. Diet therapy
Persimmon cake and Fritillaria cirrhosa powder <br/>Put some Fritillaria cirrhosa powder on the persimmon cake, steam it in a steamer, and eat it once in the morning and evening every day. It is very effective in relieving dry cough.
Radish and tangerine peel soup <br/>Cook white radish and tangerine peel together and drink the soup, which is also very effective in relieving dry cough.
Sesame and walnut porridge <br/>Fry sesame seeds and walnuts, grind them into powder, cook them with glutinous rice and eat them as porridge, which can also relieve dry cough symptoms.