How long can child lung heat cough be good?
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Western medicine for the treatment of cough in children, the need for active treatment. Under normal circumstances, mild and infrequent cough, as long as the sputum or foreign body discharge, can be naturally relieved, without the use of antitussive drugs. However, for severe dry cough without phlegm or severe cough with phlegm, antitussive drugs should be used appropriately to relieve cough. Now I'd like to introduce to you how long can a child's lung heat cough be good?.
How long can child lung heat cough be good?
First, we should pay attention to cough with lung heat. When we find some cases, we should receive treatment in time to avoid further aggravation of the disease. Malnutrition: it is the main cause of recurrent respiratory tract infections. Infants and children who do not have enough breast milk and timely add necessary complementary food, or long-term only eat starch food, or because of protein allergy, intestinal malabsorption, due to lack of necessary protein, fat and malnutrition. At the same time, it may lead to rickets and deficiency of iron, zinc and other trace elements, and then reduce the immune function, disease resistance and susceptibility to infection.
Second, improper treatment: in repeated respiratory tract infections, especially bacterial infections, some parents give their children traditional Chinese medicine or antibiotics, but the course of treatment is not enough. After 2-3 days of full medication, they stop taking drugs as soon as the fever subsides. Although the pathogenic bacteria are temporarily suppressed, they are not completely eliminated. On the contrary, they form chronic lesions, such as chronic tonsillitis, Chronic pharyngitis and chronic sinusitis
Third: there are some immunodeficiency: in these diseases, there are many common manifestations are repeated respiratory tract infections. Such as the lack of some globulin in the blood, leading to repeated respiratory tract infections. In addition, recurrent respiratory tract infection is also associated with asthma. Children with asthma have low immune function and poor pulmonary ventilation function, and are prone to concurrent infection in the course of onset. The chance of recurrent respiratory tract infection in asthmatic children is 32 times higher than that in normal children.
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Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "cold in shape and cold in drink will hurt the lung", that is to say, once the body is cold, drinking cold products can hurt the body's lungs, and cough is mostly caused by lung disease caused by lung qi is not open, Lung Qi up. At this time, if the diet is still too cold, it is easy to cause lung qi occlusion, aggravation of symptoms, long time does not heal. Whether children or adults, cough is often accompanied by phlegm, and the amount of phlegm is related to the spleen. Spleen is the foundation of postnatal, in charge of digestion and absorption of human diet. If you eat too much cold food, it will hurt the spleen and stomach, resulting in the decline of spleen function, gathering dampness and producing phlegm.