How to Overcome Cough In Children

Cough is one symptom that is often found in children, cough is a reflex Actually the body to help cleanse his way of breath. However, in certain circumstances, need to be treated medically cough. Observe the characteristics and types of coughs will help you identify whether your child's cough in children, including the common cold or cough category that needs to be feared and dangerous. Some types of cough and its cause:

Cough Shortness

Symptoms of cough shortness namely: high-pitched cough, dry, usually often begin in mid-night, the cough does not sound like a cough is usually, but more like a barking seal. The voice that arises is a result of swelling around the vocal cords (larynx) and windpipe. Other symptoms, at first your child may

mild fever or cold symptoms such as shortness for several days, the voice becomes hoarse and heavy that occur throughout the day and will be worse at night when your baby child or crying.

Causes of Cough Shortness

The disease is often caused by parainfluenza virus. Occasionally by respiratory syncytial virus or other respiratory viruses. Usually the disease does not show symptoms of fever. Esophagus and throat would swell up so that the channel narrows. Banykan found in children aged 6 months to 3 years.

How to Overcome Cough Shortness

In most cases, self-care steps at home to speed recovery of your child, so that more intensive treatment is rarely needed. In the meantime, your child will stay comfortable with a few simple steps:

Dealing with the quiet and calm for your child. Get her to sit, read a book or play a game that is not tiring. Crying only makes it more difficult to breathe.

Humidify the air. Use a humidifier in your child's bedroom or take your child to breathe in the humid air in a warm steamy bathroom for 10 minutes.

Make fresh and cool atmosphere. Sometimes breathe fresh air and cool can help overcome the difficulty. Open windows or turn on a humidifier. If the outside air is cooler, wrap your child in a blanket and walk outside for a few minutes.

Keep your child in an upright position. Sitting upright can make breathing easier.

Offer drinks. For babies, you can give milk or formula used to drink. For children, a cold soup or fresh fruit can help.

Keep your child to rest. Sleep may help your child fight infection.

Go to sleep near your child or even in the same room, so you can take action quickly if your child's symptoms become severe.

Cough Due to GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)

Cough sounds like screeching and are crisp. Usually occurs after eating, and once your baby cough, baby or child you will be hard to stop. Cough even this will get worse if the child was lying. If your baby is suffering from GERD, then he will be fussy and occasionally vomiting.

Causes of Cough Due to GERD

GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) is actually caused by a weak band in the muscle between the esophagus and stomach. This in turn will create a liquid that should go into the stomach, instead flow back to the top. In fact, sometimes these fluids get into your child's lungs and cause chronic cough.

How to Overcome Cough Due to GERD

Sit your baby or your child for about 30 minutes after each meal.

Elevate his pillow when he slept.

For children, they should first stop eating foods such as soda, chocolate, candy, oranges and tomatoes.

If the disease continues to more than two weeks, immediately take it to the doctor.

Dry Cough (Pertussis)

Symptoms Dry Cough Cough Caused

Cough is dry and very long. When your child cough, in one breath he can cough for more than 20 times. And when he took a deep breath, usually you can hear high-pitched voice.

Before the cough is severe, your child will normally show flu symptoms, but without fever.

Causes of Dry Cough (Pertussis)

The disease is caused by a bacterium that is easily spread, which attacks the throat and lungs.

How to Cope with Dry Cough (Pertussis)

The disease is usually treated using antibiotics. Contact your doctor. Sometimes, your baby should also be treated to suck up the liquid that clog his throat. In many cases, the cough can last up to bermingu-weeks or even months.

How to prevent cough in children:

ASI is a very important source of immunity for the baby. Survey has shown that babies who get breast milk from their mothers will be more resistant to infection.

Do not be too often / easily give your child antibiotics. Often the infection that attacks the small (in this case the common cold) is a viral infection that will heal on their own without antibiotics.

Very understandable if a mother wants her son a speedy recovery so. But that does not mean "no trust" doctors A and B sent to the doctor the next day, and that night the doctor moved to C. It would disrupt the treatment. It would be better if the mother has a doctor you trust, so it knows very well the individualization of treatment for the child's mother.

Boost the immune system by giving the child nutritious foods and milk and vitamin supplements.

When to Call the Pediatrician?

Most coughs in children do not have to worry about. But talk to your doctor if your child:

Difficulty breathing

Breathing faster than usual

Lips, face or tongue bluish

High fever (especially in infants or runny nose condition, contact your pediatrician if your baby under the age of 3 months has a fever)

Infants (aged 3 months or less) a cough for more than a few hours

Loud noise when breathing after coughing

Coughing up blood

There was a loud sound when breathing

Sound when exhaling (unless you already know how to control your child's asthma doctor)

Looked lethargic and in pain