The best treatment for whooping cough

There are many treatments for whooping cough. If you have whooping cough, you should follow the regular treatment methods. First, you need to strengthen care, and then use symptomatic treatment. If the child suffocates, you should perform artificial respiration in time and use some anti-inflammatory drugs for treatment. The most common ones are antibiotics, which can be used under the guidance of a doctor, such as chloramphenicol, co-trimoxazole, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment also has obvious inhibitory effects, and can also be used under the guidance of a doctor.

Treatment for whooping cough

1. General and symptomatic treatment. Isolate according to respiratory tract. Keep the air fresh, pay attention to nutrition and good care. Avoid stimulation and crying that may induce coughing spasms. When infants and young children have spasmodic coughs, you can lower their heads and pat their backs gently. Those with severe cough can take hibernation spirit or phenergan before going to bed, which will help sleep and reduce coughing. You can also use procaine hydrochloride 3-5 mg/kg/time, add it to 30-50 ml of glucose and drip it intravenously, 1-2 times/day, for 3-5 consecutive days, which has an antispasmodic effect. Vitamin K1 can also relieve spasmodic coughs.

If the child suffocates, artificial respiration, suction and oxygen should be given in time. In severe cases, sedatives such as phenobarbital or diazepam may be used appropriately. Those with thick sputum can be given expectorants or nebulized inhalation. Severely ill infants may be given corticosteroids to reduce inflammation.

2. Antibiotic treatment. The use of antibiotics within 4 days of the catarrhal stage can shorten the duration of coughing or block the occurrence of spasmodic cough. Application after 4 days or during the spasmodic cough period can shorten the bacteria excretion period and prevent secondary infection, but it cannot shorten the course of the disease. The first choice is erythromycin 30-50 mg/kg/day for 7-10 days. Chloramphenicol (same dosage as above), or co-trimoxazole, ampicillin, etc. can also be used.

3. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine. Bile preparations have a significant inhibitory effect on Bordetella pertussis. It also has a certain sedative effect. You can use chicken bile and white sugar and steam it. For children under six months old, take 1/3 of an envelope per day; for children between six months and one year old, take 1/2 of an envelope per day; for children between one and three years old, take 1 envelope per day until recovery. It can also be replaced by pig bile.

Home remedies for whooping cough

1. Maltose radish juice (Compendium of Materia Medica):

Wash and chop the white radish, and squeeze the juice with a clean gauze. Take 30ml of white radish juice each time, add 20ml of maltose, and then add appropriate amount of boiling water, stir well, and take it all at once, 3 times a day.

2. Rock sugar duck egg custard (folk recipe):

Add 50g rock sugar and appropriate amount of hot water, stir to dissolve the rock sugar, after cooling, beat in two duck eggs, mix well, and steam in a steamer. Take in one meal or in divided doses, 1 dose per day.

3. Peanut candy dip (Xinglin Medicine):

Put 500g of rock sugar in a pot, add a little water, and simmer over low heat until it becomes filamentous when picked up with a spatula. Turn off the heat when it is no longer sticky. While hot, add 250g of fried peanuts with the tips removed, mix well, and pour into a large enamel plate coated with cooking oil. Then flatten the sugar, wait until it cools down a little, cut it into small pieces with a knife, and after it cools down, break it apart. This product has the effect of clearing the lungs and moisturizing dryness.

4. Chicken bile plus sugar (folk recipe):

Add appropriate amount of white sugar to chicken bile and take it with boiled water. For children under 1 year old, take 1 chicken gall bladder every 3 days; for children under 2 years old, take 1 every 2 days; for children over 2 years old, take 1 every day.

5. Garlic therapy (folk prescription):

Use purple garlic to make 50% syrup. For children under 5 years old, take 5-10 ml each time; for children over 5 years old, take 15-20 ml each time, 3 times a day for 7 consecutive days.