Cough in a child, how to treat and what?

"Coughing a child, how to treat it?" - with this question young mothers turn to the pediatrician. Cough can be dry or wet with sputum separation. What to do when the baby coughs?

It is necessary to carry out activities that contribute to sputum discharge. Children with dry cough are given a warm drink: milk with soda (a glass of warm milk to add baking soda at the tip of the knife). You can also make inhalations from the mouth of St. John's wort: 1 tablespoon of herbs to insist 30 minutes in one glass of boiling water, then strain and inhale with a hand-held inhaler. With a dry cough, the syrup from the root of the althaea works well .

If there is a wet cough in the child, how to treat then? For better expectoration, infusions of mother-and-stepmother's, thermopsis, and also apply "Pertussin", as cough-softening drug, are used. You can use mukaltin, ammonia-anise drops, bromhexine, ambroxol.

To reduce the inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, it is advisable to apply a distraction - mustard.

To activate the defenses of the body, it is useful to take daily tinctures of echinacea, ginseng or eleutherococcus - 1 drop per year of life of the child (that is, a 3-year-old child has 3 drops - a single dose). A good remedy for coughing are the infusions of herb plantain, the collection of herbs, which includes the root of licorice.
Frequent causes of bronchopulmonary diseases are diseases of the nasopharynx (rhinitis, sinusitis, adenoids, tonsillitis). Therefore, the pediatrician recommends an annual professional examination with an otolaryngologist.

Often, children can develop a cough of a neuro-psychological nature. In this case, you need to understand the causes of such a cough (experiences, fear of something or family troubles) and, if possible, eliminate them. Perhaps, the child should be given sedatives (for example, valerian extract).
There is also an allergic cough in the child. Pollen of flowering plants, house dust, inhalation of vapors of chemicals and other - all this can cause a cough in the child. How to treat in this case? It will not do without the use of desensitizing drugs: diazolin, tavegil, calcium chloride.

Due to the use of modern heating systems in living areas, the air is constantly over-dried, which can be a frequent cause of an allergic cough. For the prevention of frequent wet cleaning in the room, airing the room. During the heating season, you can put wet towels on the batteries as a means of humidifying the air.
How to stop a cough in a child, if it does not have temperature? You can make hot mustard trays, and if cough is not productive, you can prescribe tablets containing codeine: coterpine, kiesan. At high temperature, baths and compresses are forbidden, since in this case the cough is of an infectious nature. Most likely, you need to apply antibiotics and always consult a doctor.
It is advisable to start the tempering of the child from the summer, that is, pouring, wiping, walking barefoot on the sand for the prevention of diseases, daily intake of vitamin C, because it helps to produce interferon in the body that kills viruses and mobilizes lymphocytes to fight colds. It is also useful to use B vitamins to protect and strengthen the child's body.
If you strengthen immunity throughout the year, then questions about coughing the child, how to treat it, you can not ask.

Never forget that any treatment should appoint a pediatrician. Most often, people who treat their children themselves, put their health at risk. Do not risk your children!