What causes coughing and vomiting in children? How to treat coughing and vomiting in children?

There are many reasons why children cough and vomit. It may be caused by overeating, which can usually be relieved by controlling diet. It may also be caused by bronchial asthma, wind cough or whooping cough. If the baby's respiratory system is not fully developed, the cough reflex will be poor, so symptoms of coughing and vomiting will also occur.

When children first develop some symptoms, parents will be particularly worried. For example, when children have coughing and vomiting, parents may think that it is caused by gastrointestinal diseases. When such symptoms appear, first of all, don't worry. You should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible to avoid delaying the disease and causing more serious consequences. So what causes children to cough and vomit?

1. Overeating

Some babies are young and don’t know when they are full, so they eat a lot of food during meals. However, the intestinal absorption capacity of babies is limited. If they eat too much food, they will cough and vomit. This is mainly because the baby is already very full, and the cough will irritate the esophagus, so vomiting will occur.

2. Caused by bronchial asthma

When a baby coughs, you need to pay special attention to the length of the cough. If the cough lasts for a long time, you need to go to the hospital for examination in time to see if you have bronchial asthma. Bronchial asthma is a respiratory inflammation. Because the bronchial tubes are inflamed, it will make the baby breathe rapidly, especially when exercising, resulting in coughing and even vomiting.

3. Caused by wind cough

When the weather is cold in winter and spring, babies are prone to coughing and vomiting, which is called wind cough in traditional Chinese medicine. When this happens, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination to find out the cause and then receive targeted treatment.

4. Caused by whooping cough

Vomiting when coughing is mainly caused by the throat reflex caused by the baby's violent coughing. This is a protective reflex, but for some babies who have not yet received the DTP vaccine, coughing and vomiting may be whooping cough. According to research, the incidence of whooping cough has increased significantly, so when this symptom occurs, you need to go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

5. Caused by incomplete development of the respiratory system

When coughing and vomiting symptoms occur, parents first need to understand whether the baby's respiratory system is mature. If the respiratory system is not fully developed, the cough reflex will be poor, the airway lumen will be narrow, the ciliary movement will be poor, and sputum will not be easy to discharge. If you take cough suppressants at this time, although it can temporarily relieve the symptoms, it still cannot make the sputum cough up, which will affect the respiratory function and cause vomiting symptoms.