How to treat a child with a cough and phlegm How to treat a child with a cough and phlegm

Coughing and sputum in children are common symptoms. Therefore, it is important to fully understand how to take effective measures after children cough and have sputum. If not handled in time, it will harm the child's health. Let us now understand what to do if children cough and have sputum?
We can take the following measures to treat children's cough and phlegm:

First, spit-slapping care <br/>Parents can clasp their hands together and slap the child's back from bottom to top and from outside to inside. Spit-slapping treatment can promote the child's spit-slapping. The mother can let the child lie on your forearm and slap the child with the other hand.
Second, take cough suppressants and expectorants . When the baby coughs and has phlegm, take appropriate amounts of cough suppressants and expectorants orally, which can moisten the respiratory tract and dilute the phlegm. However, cough suppressants cannot be used, because cough suppressants and expectorants are two different things, and cough suppressants will affect the discharge of phlegm and make the condition worse.

Third, pay attention to room ventilation . Keep the air fresh, pay attention to the indoor ventilation temperature at 25℃-26℃, and the humidity between 50%-60%. Family members should try to avoid smoking at home. A little bit of smoke will make the baby's respiratory tract uncomfortable, and sputum will be more difficult to cough up smoothly, so for the health of the baby, the home should be a smoke-free place.
Fourth, the thickness of the clothes should be moderate <br/>The thickness of the clothes for the baby should be moderate, and the clothes should be added according to the specific situation of the baby. Don't think that the baby is sick and add clothes to him suddenly to avoid catching a cold. In fact, when the baby is sick, the clothes should not be too much or too little, and they should be loose.

Fifth, add enough water <br/>Parents should give their babies more warm boiled water, because drinking enough water can effectively help babies dilute phlegm and facilitate coughing up phlegm. The diet should also be as light as possible, and mothers should not eat foods that cause internal heat.
The above is an introduction to what to do if a child coughs and has phlegm. If a child coughs and has phlegm, the above measures can effectively alleviate the condition.