What should I do if my child has a lot of phlegm and coughs? What should I pay attention to if my child has a lot of phlegm and coughs?

To prevent other diseases from occurring in children with excessive phlegm and cough, parents should not only take their children to the hospital promptly to find out the cause and actively treat the disease, but also alleviate their symptoms by increasing their water intake appropriately, using medication or suction to help them expectorate, controlling their diet, and avoiding eating snacks that produce phlegm or aggravate cough symptoms.

Cough is the most common respiratory disease, and children who are active and lively by nature are prone to colds, coughs and other symptoms due to seasonal changes or improper clothing. Due to their poor immunity, other diseases may occur if not treated in time. So, what should we do if children have a lot of phlegm and cough?

In order to prevent other complications caused by untimely cough treatment, when children have symptoms such as phlegm and cough, parents can take them to the hospital to find out the cause of the cough and insist on feeding the children with medicine for treatment under the guidance of the doctor. In addition, they can also relieve the symptoms in the following ways:

1. Increase water intake appropriately

When children have symptoms of coughing and phlegm, they will feel dry and itchy throats, so they can increase their daily water intake to moisten the throat and dilute the phlegm. However, considering that their kidneys are not yet fully developed, they should drink small amounts of water frequently to increase their water intake to avoid drinking too much water, which will increase the burden on the kidneys and cause water poisoning.

2. Help the patient to expectorate by medication or suction

Most children are too young to cough up phlegm, which causes a large amount of phlegm to accumulate in the body and aggravates the symptoms. In this case, taking cough syrup or expectorant and lung-clearing drugs, nebulization and other methods can help dilute the phlegm. For children who have difficulty breathing due to excessive phlegm and have a severe cough, a phlegm suction machine can help them quickly eliminate phlegm.

3. Control your diet and avoid eating snacks that may aggravate your condition

When a child is sick, many parents will buy snacks to comfort him. However, sweet foods such as chocolate and candy will cause the phlegm to increase and become thicker, while puffed foods such as potato chips and shrimp strips will aggravate the cough. Therefore, when a child has a cough and a lot of phlegm, he should not eat snacks, and should eat more soft noodles, white porridge and other foods to supplement nutrition.

Through the above introduction, I believe that parents have a certain understanding and knowledge of how to deal with children with phlegm and cough. I hope that parents will refer to the above content and take more careful care of their children to ensure their early recovery.