Cough in children nursing methods

Family treatment--

1. If only occasionally coughs in children a few sound, no special processing is required. If the cough and other symptoms occur frequently, such as shortness of breath, fever, you may need to to hospital as soon as possible, doctor according to different disease targeted against infections and other symptomatic treatment.

2. If it is a sudden qiangke, is likely to be inhalation of foreign bodies in food or have a sore throat in children, but also respiratory, speech or cry. Parents need to encourage children\'s cough, be sure not to hand in its mouth to dig out to prevent foreign bodies more digging out deeper and deeper, which completely blocked airway. If you do not cough, recurrent cough or asthma in children, notes reaches the respiratory tract foreign body, rushed to the hospital in time to check out foreign bodies in children. If the child blue in the face, not able to breathe, parents not to panic, remember your child\'s life is in your hands, then whether it is sent to the hospital or doctor will only delay, lost valuable time to rescue. Immediately asked others to request medical emergency, immediately start self-help action.

Family care--

1. inflammation of the nasal mucosa of the upper respiratory tract infection in children, such as inhalation of dry air will make more nasal cavity does not apply, and will also increase the cough. Therefore, in order to keep the room air moist, you can use a humidifier, drag the hanging wet towels, water or in the room on the floor a basin of water and other methods to increase air humidity.

2. If the child is coughing due to smell the air and, not to smoke in the room, or other peculiar smell gases, such as the kitchen lampblack, which would increase the cough. Do health don\'t let dust flying up in the room, may use the wet cloth gently wipe furniture, so as to avoid skin irritation.

3. in order to avoid coughing children sleep in the evening, let its side, it would be the head or upper body with a towel, pillow cushion is slightly higher to prevent respiratory secretions to flow to the trachea and cause coughing, affect sleep, and thus we can make children feel comfortable to ease breathing difficulties.

4. when the cough so much so that when you can\'t breathe in gas, lifted gently a few back and lift the upper body or let the children to sit up, this will make your child feel comfortable, reduce cough symptoms.

5. When you had a bad cough should not be too tired to play, or will add to cough. Furthermore, attention to children with physical warmth, especially the underside of the foot and head not to harm the Ministry to avoid to bring down the respiratory resistance more reflective. But also don\'t let children with overheated body, clothes are sweat drenched more easily cause coughing.

6. If necessary, immediately go to the doctor

When cough continues to increase, can\'t always reduced, in particular, breathing difficulties, bad lip color, should be immediately taken to the doctor, so as not to delay treatment.