All children, unfortunately, get sick from time to time. And every mother should know how to treat the most common diseases in order to be able to provide the child with the necessary assistance as soon as possible.
About coughing
Before understanding what cough in children is treated for, it is worth defining the very concept of “cough”, and when exactly should it be treated. So, these are diseases of the respiratory tract of a different nature. However, before giving the baby a certain medicine or medicine, it is worth determining why the child is coughing. It is not uncommon for a baby to simply attract the attention of forever busy parents.
Reflex blocking
So, what is the cough for children treated for? A doctor may prescribe non-narcotic drugs that simply block a human reflex such as a cough. After all, this is just a symptom of a certain disease, a kind of beacon to the patient, that something is wrong with the airways. These are drugs such as Butamirat, Glaucin, and Oxeladine. These drugs are not addictive and release the crumbs from an exhausting dry cough that cannot be treated with other drugs. It should be remembered that while taking these therapeutic agents, it is strictly forbidden to take other antitussive drugs.
Narcotic drugs
What else is coughing for in children? If the baby has a dry cough, which is not treated with anything, the doctor can, in extreme cases, prescribe such drugs as Codeine, Dimemorphan. They are designed to block this reflex, while acting on the brain of a child. They can often be addictive, therefore they are prescribed extremely rarely, and in the most severe cases. Such drugs are used in the treatment of pertussis or pleurisy. In parallel, taking other antitussive drugs is strictly prohibited. It should also be noted that these drugs are prescribed only by a doctor and it is simply impossible to buy them without a prescription.
Mucolytics
We understand further than treating cough in children. It is good to take mucolytic agents with this reflex. They are divided into several subgroups. The first: mucolytics, designed to thin the sputum - “ACS”, “Ambroxol”, “Bromhexine”. These drugs do not block the cough reflex, but provide significant relief. They are mainly used for bronchitis, pneumonia. A wider group is expectorant drugs - Mukaltin, Solutan, Broncholitin, etc. These drugs are the answer to the question "How to treat a child’s wet cough?" Basically, these potions contain various herbs that help remove mucus from the bronchi. However, it should be noted that it is strictly forbidden to take antitussive and expectorant drugs together, since such actions are fraught with clogging of the bronchi with viscous sputum.
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If the child’s cough is a consequence of the common cold, it is recommended to use combined drugs that have an antitussive, expectorant and thinning effect. These are such mixtures as Doctor Mom and Codelac Fito.
Crumbs
How to treat a cough for a one-year-old baby? Here, first of all, it is best to try to deal with the problem by folk methods. The baby needs to be given a lot to drink - warm tea, water with honey and lemon. You can make special homemade medicines: three parts of boiled water (warm), mix with part of honey and olive oil (give medicine as often as possible); in a glass of milk boil Art. spoonful of sage, cook infusion for 10 minutes, give crumbs before bedtime. These homemade medicines fight cough very well, without unnecessarily loading the baby's body.