When a baby coughs and has a runny nose, it means they have a cold. When a baby catches a cold, it is even more important to pay attention to daily care, ensure the baby's rest time, ensure air circulation, and replenish sufficient water. For babies with severe coughing, nebulization or steam should be used to reduce phlegm and cough. Next, the encyclopedia will take you to learn about how to deal with a baby's cough and runny nose?
1. Pay attention to resting and keeping the sick baby warm
Sick babies should reduce their activities, increase their rest time, and slightly raise their head and chest when lying in bed to ensure smooth breathing. Indoor air should be fresh, maintain appropriate temperature and humidity, and avoid convective winds.
2. Ensure sufficient water and nutrient supply
Encourage sick babies to drink more water and supplement it intravenously if necessary. Provide easily digestible and nutritious diet, and it is advisable to consume liquid or semi liquid during fever.
3. Maintain oral hygiene
Due to the child's fever, cough, and thick phlegm, severe coughing can cause vomiting. Therefore, oral hygiene should be maintained to increase comfort, enhance appetite, and promote toxin excretion. Infants and young children can be fed an appropriate amount of hot water after eating to clean their mouth. Older children should rinse their mouth in the morning, after meals, and before bedtime.
4. Proper care for fever symptoms
If the baby has a fever and the fever is not high, no special treatment is needed. When the fever is high, physical cooling or medication cooling measures should be taken to prevent seizures.
5. Effectively resolving phlegm
To effectively cough up phlegm in babies, guide and encourage them to cough effectively; If the sputum is thick, the humidity in the ward can be appropriately increased, and the indoor temperature should be maintained at around 60% to humidify the air and dilute secretions. Ultrasonic atomization inhalation or vapor inhalation can also be used; For babies with weak cough, it is advisable to frequently change positions and pat their backs to facilitate the discharge of respiratory secretions and promote the dissipation of inflammation; If there is excessive secretion that affects breathing, a suction device should be used to remove phlegm in a timely manner and keep the respiratory tract unobstructed. Those with cough and wheezing symptoms can be given oxygen inhalation.
