Have you ever wondered why cough reflexes in children are poorly developed?
The answer is unequivocal: because of the underdeveloped muscles, the child can’t cough up efficiently, and all because he has rather narrow bronchi that make it difficult to remove a certain amount of sputum. In addition, due to the dryness of the bronchial mucosa, children have a more viscous sputum.
Does the baby have a cough? Do not hope - by itself it will not pass. And you don’t need to stuff the child with a huge amount of milk with honey, fried onions - it is better to contact a specialist, pediatrician, who, after determining the exact diagnosis, will begin treatment.
Therefore, it is much more difficult for children to fight cough than for us adults.
That is why it is so important to give your baby such a medicine that correctly responds to all these features of the child’s body.
Today, the most common and most successful cough suppressant is a mucolytic expectorant, an ACC for children, which is not only safe, but also very effective, which is one of the most important criteria when choosing a medicine for babies.
ACC for children is able to quickly cope with cough, acting on any sputum, to exclude all complications. After all, viscous sputum can turn into an ideal nutrient medium where bacteria will multiply, contributing to the development of secondary infections.
That is why doctors recommend starting from the first day of the development of influenza or coughing to start giving ACC for children (as a mucolytic drug that does not allow complications).
Features of the drug ACC for children are:
- speed of exposure - the drug directly affects sputum, making it much less viscous, which helps the baby easier to cough;
- the ability to liquefy sputum of any origin - mucous, purulent;
- a high safety indicator determined by a large number of clinical studies in which more than 1,100 children over two months of age participated.
The drug ACC for children is prescribed for:
- respiratory diseases accompanied by sputum;
- acute and chronic bronchitis, as well as obstructive bronchitis ;
- laryngotracheitis;
- pneumonia;
- bronchial asthma;
- cystic fibrosis;
- acute and chronic sinusitis;
- inflammation of the middle ear - otitis media, etc.
If the child has a short-term cold, then the medicine should be taken no more than one week, and in the case of a long illness, the terms will be determined by the attending physician. In this case, you need to know that with cystic fibrosis and bronchitis, treatment will be longer.
Mommies should know that with all drugs of mucolytic action you need to consume a lot of fluids, this enhances the effect of the treatment.
For convenience, the children’s cough center is available in three different forms:
- In the granules from which you want to make syrup - convenient for the youngest children (not containing sugar, alcohol), you can drink from two months of age. These granules taste like orange.
- Blackberry-flavored pop tablets that will amuse your child when dissolved in half a glass of water, which will greatly facilitate the process of taking the medicine.
- Granules from which the solution is prepared.
Each mother herself can decide which form to choose for her baby, but syrup is suitable for babies.
Sometimes, in very rare cases, this medicine may cause certain side effects - headache, tinnitus, urticaria, rash, diarrhea, or nausea.
Mom should immediately stop treatment and consult the doctor who prescribed the drug.
And in conclusion, I would like to remind some “compassionate” mothers that in no case should they depart from the instructions for the drug and stuff their child with additional doses (or, on the contrary, independently reduce the dosage and / or intake).
Believe me, there will be no benefit from this, but much harm can be done.