Parents who notice their children catching a cold and coughing may first react that the child is suffering from wind cold, and then use some anti wind cold drugs for treatment. However, it may often have the opposite effect, or it may be wind heat cough. Blind treatment can worsen the condition. So, how to distinguish between wind and cold when coughing in children?
Wind cold cough and wind heat cough are different, with different pathogenic factors. Wind cold cough is induced by wind cold, while wind heat cough is caused by heat; Furthermore, the frequency of coughing is also different between the two, with wind cold coughing being more frequent and wind heat coughing being unpleasant; The color and texture of the phlegm coughed up are also different. When coughing with wind cold, the phlegm is white, clear, and thin, while when coughing with wind hot, the phlegm is yellow, viscous, and not easy to cough up.
In addition to the different symptoms mentioned above, there are two types of cough: wind cold cough with nasal congestion and runny nose, and wind heat cough with cloudy nose; Wind cold cough and fever are relatively mild, whereas wind cold cough and fever are more severe; Furthermore, parents can also observe their children's tongue coating, which is usually thin and white when coughing due to wind cold.
If a child suffers from wind cold cough, parents do not need to worry. In fact, coughing is only a clinical manifestation, not a disease, but a normal response made by the body. Parents can give their children more water, pay attention to using humidifiers indoors, and adjust the temperature and humidity indoors, which is beneficial for coughing to recover as soon as possible. If a child has a severe cough, they should be taken to the hospital for help from a doctor.
