What to do if your child coughs in summer

The peak seasons for coughing are spring and winter. Parents should pay special attention to their children's condition in these two seasons. Many children do not cough in spring and autumn, but develop coughing symptoms in summer. They do not have a cold or get angry, which makes many parents confused and do not know what caused the cough. Below I will tell parents how to cure children's cough in summer. Parents can come and learn about it~

1. What to do if your baby coughs in summer

"Cough cough cough——" The baby is coughing again, and as a parent you don't know what to do. A baby's persistent and severe cough will not only affect his sleep and consume physical strength, but may even cause damage to the elastic tissue of the alveolar wall, induce emphysema and other diseases, with serious consequences. Therefore, parents, once you find that your baby has coughing symptoms, you must take preventive treatment as soon as possible. So what should you do if your baby coughs in summer?

For different types of coughs, you can feed your baby different foods, all of which have a certain relieving effect. For example, for a phlegm-heat type cough, mothers can make soup with white radish or stir-fry white radish shreds, which has the effect of clearing heat, resolving phlegm and relieving constipation; for a yin deficiency and heat type cough, mothers can make rock sugar and snow pear, white fungus soup, lily porridge, etc. for their children to eat, which can moisten the lungs and relieve cough; for a cough with internal heat and external cold, at this time, ginger and rice can be cooked together into a thin porridge to feed the baby, which can warm the spleen and stomach and dispel wind and cold.

In addition to dietary therapy, in summer you can also use Yiqi stickers and Sanfu stickers on your child. Stick them on the baby's chest or acupoints to achieve the effect of treating winter diseases in summer. It is effective in treating your baby's cough quickly.

However, if the baby has symptoms such as hoarseness, excessive sputum, coughing up blood, wheezing, difficulty breathing, and persistent high fever in addition to cough, runny nose and nasal congestion, the baby should be taken to the hospital immediately.

2. What should you pay attention to when your baby coughs in summer?

Attention all units, attention all units, it is the peak season for babies' summer coughing again. Are you ready for a tough battle with it? If you want to KO Mr. Cough, parents have to pay more attention! What should we pay attention to when our baby coughs in summer?

1. Pay attention to a balanced diet for your baby. Eat vegetables, soy products, eggs, fish, meat, milk, fruits, etc. every day;

2. The diet should be light, and try not to let the baby eat raw, cold, difficult to digest, or irritating food;

3. Drink more boiled water. Do not use various beverages to replace boiled water.

4. Use air conditioning scientifically and do not set the indoor temperature too low. Generally, the difference between indoor and outdoor temperatures should not exceed 7°C.

5. When staying in places with air-conditioning facilities for a long time, be sure to dress your children in thin long-sleeved clothes.