What to do if you have a cough and phlegm

Coughing is a very common problem. Coughing is very harmful to human health. After the cough problem occurs, it must be treated in time, otherwise it will cause lung problems. Lung disease has serious effects on all aspects of the human body, so when you have a cough, you must treat it in time. What should I do if I cough with phlegm? Many people are not very clear about this issue.

What should we do if we have cough and phlegm? There are some solutions, but when choosing the method, we should also focus on the one that suits us, so that it will be of great help to the treatment of our own diseases.

What to do if you have a cough with phlegm:

1. Drink water reasonably, drink small amounts frequently. No matter what kind of cough it is, you should actively let your baby drink water, and don't wait until he is thirsty to think about drinking water. If babies drink enough water, the sticky secretions can be diluted and coughed out more easily. At the same time, drinking water can improve blood circulation and quickly excrete waste or toxins produced by the body's metabolism, thereby reducing irritation to the respiratory tract.

2. Eat a light diet and avoid raw, cold and greasy food. The diet for babies with cough should be mainly light, with more fresh vegetables and a small amount of lean meat or poultry eggs. Avoid greasy and fishy foods. Fruits are indispensable, but not too much. Do not eat oranges if you have a wind-heat cough. Avoid sour foods as they have the effect of astringing phlegm and are not conducive to eliminating phlegm.

3. Keep the indoor air fresh. Open windows regularly to ventilate the home and keep the indoor temperature moderate, which helps keep the respiratory mucosa moist and the cilia on the mucosa surface moving, which helps expel phlegm.

4. Cold resistance training to enhance physical fitness. Starting from early autumn, wash your face with cold water, take a sponge bath, or let your skin come into close contact with fresh air regularly. There are different training methods, the key is perseverance. But you must be careful to strike a balance. When a cold wave comes, you should not blindly "freeze" yourself, otherwise you will catch a cold instead of exercising.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of what to do when coughing with phlegm. When such a situation occurs, you can solve it according to the above methods. However, when choosing these methods, you also need to pay attention to long-term use. This will be very helpful in avoiding coughing and prevent these conditions from occurring in the body.