Many parents say that 'if a child coughs badly, it's mostly just pretending'. Although this is just a joke, we still prevent children from coughing. For young children, whether it's a cold, fever, cough, or cough, it's a common occurrence. Next, let's learn about the classifications of cough?
Classification of cough in children
1. Dry cough: upper respiratory tract infection, bronchitis, pneumonia.
2. Wet cough: bronchial asthma, pneumonia, bronchiectasis, chronic cough.
3. Acute cough: upper respiratory tract infection, foreign bodies in the trachea and bronchi, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, etc.
4. Chronic cough: chronic bronchitis, cough variant asthma, pulmonary tuberculosis, etc.
Precautions for coughing in children
1. Many parents rush to take medication to stop their children coughing, but this approach is actually wrong! Children's physical development is not yet mature, and they have not yet learned how to cough up phlegm as adults, which can lead to the accumulation of more phlegm and bacteria in the trachea and lungs. If a child takes cough suppressants immediately after coughing, although the cough is stopped, the phlegm still remains in the respiratory tract, which can worsen the child's infection and even lead to pneumonia, resulting in persistent cough.
2. Some parents even self administer antibiotics to their children, which is also very wrong! Antibiotics target bacterial infections, and many acute coughs, such as those caused by colds, are often caused by viral infections. Blindly taking antibiotics not only fails to treat the disease, but also promotes bacterial resistance. When a bacterial infection actually occurs, the medication may lose its therapeutic effect.
3. Some parents have halved or reduced the dosage of adult medication for their children! There are significant differences in weight, physiology, pathology, and other factors between children and adults. The development of organs such as the liver and kidneys is not yet complete, and their ability to metabolize drugs is poor. Taking adult drugs can easily lead to adverse reactions.
