Can children with cough eat shrimp?

Children in cities are generally brought up in a spoiled environment. Many of them will refuse to eat if they feel a little uncomfortable. In order to make their children eat and enhance their immunity, parents will prepare some of their children's favorite foods and coax them to eat some. Some diseases prohibit the consumption of certain foods, and if eaten incorrectly, they may make the disease more serious. Let’s discuss the question of whether children can eat shrimps when they have a cough.

1. Can children eat shrimp when they have a cough ?

It is best not to eat shrimp if children have a cough. There are many reasons for coughing. For children, there are coughs caused by colds, allergic coughs, pneumonia coughs, etc. Although shrimp is rich in nutrients, it is also one of the foods that are prone to allergies. If you have an allergic cough, eating shrimp can easily aggravate the cough symptoms. Traditional Chinese medicine has a saying that "fish generates fire and meat generates phlegm". When you have a cough or bronchitis, you should eat less fish, shrimp, crab, fatty meat, etc., so as not to add fire to the generation of phlegm. In addition, greasy food can easily aggravate cough, which is not conducive to the recovery of colds and bronchitis. Most people know that when having a cough, they should avoid "irritating foods" and should not eat fish, as fish has the greatest impact on "wind-heat cough". Children with cough will have their cough aggravated after eating fishy foods, which is related to the fishy smell irritating the respiratory tract and the allergy to the protein in fish and shrimp foods. Children who are allergic to certain fish and eggs should be more careful, among which silver carp and hairtail are the most affected. Therefore, it is best not to eat shrimps when children have a cough, and to eat light and nutritious food instead.

2. Precautions for eating shrimp

1. The shrimp thread on the back of the shrimp is the waste that the shrimp has not excreted. If you taste a muddy smell in your mouth, it will affect your appetite, so it should be removed.

2. Shrimps that are red, soft, or have their heads fallen off are not fresh, so try not to buy them. Do not eat rotten or spoiled shrimp.

3. When eating shrimps with some fruits at the same time, you should pay attention. Shrimp are rich in nutrients such as protein and calcium. If they are eaten with fruits containing tannic acid, such as persimmon, hawthorn, pomegranate, grape, etc., not only will the nutritional value of the protein be reduced, but the tannic acid and calcium will combine to form calcium tannate, which will stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and cause discomfort, and symptoms such as vomiting, dizziness, diarrhea and abdominal pain.

4. It is best not to drink a lot of beer when eating seafood, because it will produce too much uric acid and cause gout. Seafood should be accompanied by dry white wine, because the fruit acid in it has bactericidal and fishy removal effects.

5. The blue-black color on the back of the shrimp is a sign of freshness. Generally, shrimps with hard shells, intact heads, tough and curved bodies, and large sizes taste better.

6. People who are allergic to shrimp or suffer from allergic diseases, such as allergic rhinitis, allergic dermatitis, and asthma should eat shrimp with caution.

3. Dietary considerations for children with cough

1. Avoid eating cold food

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "a cold body and cold drinks can damage the lungs", which means that once the body is exposed to cold, drinking cold foods can damage the lungs. Coughing is mostly caused by lung diseases that lead to lung qi stagnation and upward flow. If the food is still too cold at this time, it will easily cause blockage of lung qi, aggravating the symptoms and not healing over time. Whether it is a child or an adult, coughing is often accompanied by phlegm, and the amount of phlegm is related to the spleen. The spleen is the foundation of acquired constitution and is responsible for the digestion and absorption of food in the human body. If you eat too much cold food, it will damage your spleen and stomach, causing the spleen's function to decline and moisture to accumulate and produce phlegm.

2. Avoid eating fatty and sweet foods

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cough is mostly caused by lung heat, especially in children.

In daily diet, eating too much fatty and sweet food can cause internal heat, aggravate cough, and make the phlegm thick and difficult to cough up. For children with asthma, eating too much fatty and sweet food can cause phlegm and heat to combine, blocking the respiratory tract, aggravating asthma, and making the disease difficult to cure. So you should eat some light food during coughing.

3. Avoid eating oranges

Many people believe that oranges can relieve coughs and reduce phlegm, so they let children with coughs eat more oranges. In fact, orange peel does have the effect of relieving cough and reducing phlegm, but orange flesh can generate heat and phlegm. It is impossible for ordinary children to eat only the peel without eating the orange flesh.