What to do if your child has phlegm in his throat

When a child has phlegm in his throat, he can be treated by aerosol inhalation of antibiotics, and can be fed with drugs such as ambroxol tablets and carbocisteine ​​tablets, or can be fed with Chinese medicine such as Qingfei Huatan Granules for Children. In addition, parents need to pay attention to strengthening the diet of the child, allowing them to eat more food such as Sichuan Fritillary Stewed Pear, and keep the indoor temperature and humidity appropriate.

When children have upper respiratory tract infections, they often have symptoms of phlegm in the throat. If there is a lot of phlegm in the throat, it may be accompanied by obvious phlegm sounds, and it will also make the child feel seriously uncomfortable, so it is necessary to carry out expectorant treatment in time. So what should I do if my child has phlegm in his throat?
1. How to treat phlegm in children's throat
1. Nebulizer inhalation <br/>If the child has thick and large amount of sputum in the throat, nebulizer inhalation can be used for treatment. Generally, drugs such as gentamicin and N-acetylcysteine ​​can be used as inhalers, which can dilute the sputum by acting on the airway, thereby facilitating coughing.
2. Western medicine treatment <br/>Parents can feed their children acetylcysteine ​​tablets, ambroxol tablets, carbocysteine ​​tablets and other drugs under the guidance of a pediatrician. These drugs can have a certain effect in resolving phlegm and expectorating, and can also effectively relieve the symptoms of cough and asthma.
3. Treatment with Chinese medicine <br/>Children can take Chinese patent medicines such as Compound Licorice Oral Liquid, Children's Qingfei Huatan Granules and Tongxuan Lifei Oral Liquid for treatment, or they can take a prescription of Chinese herbal medicines such as Pinellia, Aster, Licorice, Fritillaria and Arisaema, which can play a very significant role in resolving and clearing phlegm.
2. How to take care of a child with phlegm in his throat
1. Improve diet <br/>Dietary adjustment can improve the symptoms of phlegm in the throat. It is recommended that children eat more foods that can moisten and clear the lungs, such as snow pear, sugar cane and persimmon. Parents can prepare some dietary therapy and medicinal food for their children. Among them, the better ones are stewed pig lung with monk fruit, stewed snow pear with Sichuan Fritillary Bulbs and white radish soup, which can relieve cough and reduce phlegm.
2. Maintain appropriate indoor temperature and humidity <br/>The appropriate indoor temperature and humidity can moisten the respiratory mucosa, thereby preventing dry throat and promoting the discharge of sputum. Therefore, parents should open windows regularly for ventilation and use air humidifiers or wet mop the floor to increase the humidity in the house.