What to do if your baby has phlegm in his bronchial tubes

Babies often cough and have phlegm due to colds, bronchitis, pneumonia and other reasons. In addition to drug treatment, certain methods should be used to make the baby cough up the phlegm. The most common method is drinking water. Drinking more water can dilute the phlegm and expel it smoothly. In addition, when the baby coughs continuously, you should gently pat the baby's back, which will also help promote the coughing of phlegm.

1. Pat the back

When patting the back, parents can let the baby lie on your thighs with the baby in an arched back position, and use your hollow palms to pat from bottom to top and from outside to inside. The force of patting the back should not be too strong. Pat for at least 3-5 minutes each time, and pat 2-3 times a day. The back-patting method can not only loosen the phlegm in the child's lungs and bronchi, drain it into the trachea and discharge it, but also promote blood circulation in the heart and lungs, which is beneficial to the absorption of bronchial inflammation and enables early recovery from the disease.

2. Keep warm

Because infants and young children have weaker immunity, they are more likely to catch colds and chills than adults, which can induce respiratory diseases such as tracheitis and bronchitis. Therefore, parents should take good warming measures and not let the baby catch cold.

3. Drinking water method

For children who cough, the insensible water loss through the respiratory tract will be very high, and the airway will be relatively dehydrated, which can aggravate respiratory inflammation and the viscosity of secretions, making them difficult to cough out. Let the child drink more water, especially cold boiled water at about 23°C, which has a good moisturizing and physical therapeutic effect on the throat. Drinking more cold boiled water can dilute the viscous secretions, making them easier to cough out, which is beneficial for relieving cough and expectoration, and eliminating local inflammation. At the same time, cold boiled water can improve blood circulation, so that waste or toxins produced by the body's metabolism can be quickly excreted from the urine, thereby reducing its irritation to the respiratory tract.

4. Indoor ventilation

To keep the air in the room fresh, open the windows regularly for ventilation. It is best to keep the indoor temperature at 18-22 degrees, but be careful not to let the cold wind blow directly on the children. The relative humidity should be maintained at 60%-65%. You can use a wet cloth to mop the floor to increase the humidity in the room. This is beneficial to keeping the respiratory mucosa moist and the cilia on the mucosal surface moving, which helps with the discharge of sputum.

5. Steam method

Hold your baby in a steam-filled bathroom for 5 minutes. The humid air can thin the sputum and facilitate coughing. It can also reduce congestion and edema of the trachea and bronchial mucosa and reduce coughing.

6. Drug Law

Children should be very cautious when taking medication. They should not take cough suppressants casually to avoid suppressing the cough center and making it difficult to expectorate. Children can take medication under the guidance of a doctor. Parents can also make Sichuan Fritillary Bulbs stewed with pears at home and let their children eat the pears and drink the juice, which is also helpful for reducing phlegm and relieving cough.