Coughing is one of the most common diseases that children are prone to. Some parents have noticed that their children have symptoms of hot cough, with thick and yellow phlegm that is difficult to cough out. They also experience symptoms such as sore throat, thirst, fever, headache, and dizziness. So, what should we do if a child has a hot cough?
If you want to solve hot cough in children as soon as possible, you can consider taking some drugs that clear lung heat and phlegm, which have a significant effect on the symptoms of hot cough. But it needs to be judged based on the specific symptoms of the child's body and the degree of coughing. To take appropriate medication, it is best to have the child examined by a professional doctor instead of parents taking medication indiscriminately.
After a child develops symptoms of hot cough, parents need to pay attention to their daily diet and try to choose light and spicy foods. Do not give children fried or spicy foods for now. At the same time, it is important to encourage children to drink more water, at least 2 liters of water per day, which can significantly alleviate symptoms such as sore throat and yellow phlegm caused by hot cough.
When a child has a hot cough, parents can also adopt some dietary remedies to help the child, such as carrot honey drink, steamed orange, lily honey, water chestnut lily soup, tofu candy, radish and pig lung soup, etc., all of which have the effects of relieving cough and resolving phlegm. Moreover, most of them are ordinary ingredients and will not cause side effects to the body. Parents can rest assured to feed their babies.
