Children's cough is considered a normal physiological phenomenon, for which treatment is most often not required. The thing is that the child has a need to cough, so that his bronchi get rid of foreign particles that got there. This resembles a dry cough without a fever.
Causes
How to treat a dry cough in a child? First of all, it will be necessary to remember whether the child communicated with other sick children. It is possible that the baby was in a new room with polluted air or pungent odors. In this case, it is likely that the baby has developed an allergic cough. But if your child feels great, sleeps well, plays and eats, and coughing does not annoy, then there is absolutely no need to treat anything! Nevertheless, in addition to the physiological nature, this condition also has pathological signs.
Therefore, mom and her child must visit a doctor if present:
• barking dry cough;
• sudden cough with seizures;
• dry cough at night;
• vomiting after and during coughing;
• cough is accompanied by severe allergies;
• high fever, malaise;
• the cough is aggravated.
Cough for symptoms of other diseases
A child may have a cough with the following diseases:
- whooping cough;
- measles;
- laryngitis;
- allergic exacerbations;
- ordinary tracheitis and bronchitis;
- viral pharyngitis;
- pleurisy;
- PC infection.
Treatment
How to treat a dry cough in a child? Most often, during treatment it is required to calm the cough, if the attacks are long, and the child cannot fall asleep because of it. So that a suffocating cough does not tire the baby and does not interfere with his sleep, does not upset or irritate him, it is necessary to stop him. Constant tension with a dry, suffocating cough can lead to vomiting and muscle pain. Antitussive drugs with the ability to soothe the mucous membrane will ease the condition. There is no universal pill for coughing, so it needs to be treated for several days.
How to treat a dry cough in a child with medication?
Treatment of cough with acute respiratory viral infections and acute respiratory infections should begin with mucolytics, so that dry quickly turns into wet. These funds contribute to thinning and sputum discharge. Also for these purposes, a cough syrup is prescribed . It is also recommended to take dry cough syrups for children, such as Tussin, Terpingidrat, Solutan, Pectusin, Glyciram, Bronchicum elixir, Alteyn syrup, Doctor Mom.
Physiotherapy treatment
They help relieve a child from coughing and procedures:
• steam inhalation using a solution of drinking soda;
• easy, non-pressure massage of the feet and chest.
Alternative treatment methods
Alternative medicine can also answer the question of how to treat a dry cough in a child, and recommends the use of the following means:
- Buckwheat honey. The baby should suck 1 tsp. honey.
- Milk. Give the baby warmed milk with the addition of a fourth part of tsp. food soda.
- Raspberries. Dried raspberries or jam from it with warm tea helps to cure chronic bronchitis in a child.
- Decoctions. With this type of disease, decoctions from:
- oregano, coltsfoot and licorice;
- licorice, coltsfoot and plantain;
- pine buds, licorice, marshmallow, anise, sage and fennel.