What examination does cough need to do?

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It's not easy to take a child. Some time ago, my son always had a fever and a cold. After two days, he began to cough again and again. Later, we took him to the hospital for examination. The doctor said that he suspected that his son had bronchitis in children. We need to do further examination to make a diagnosis. What kind of examination should we do for cough? Now let me tell you something.

What examination does cough need to do?

If it is suspected that the baby is suffering from infantile bronchitis, then the first thing to do is to have a blood test. Generally, this kind of blood test is to check whether the white blood cells in the child's body are normal. If it is mycoplasma infection, the total number of white blood cells in the peripheral blood is mostly normal or high, and the general classification is mainly neutrophils, But in severe Staphylococcus aureus or Gram-negative bacilli pneumonia, white blood cells can be increased or decreased, this should be noted.

If you suspect that your baby has bronchitis in children, it's best to take him to do a pleural effusion examination. Generally, as long as you do the pleural effusion examination, you can see whether you have bronchitis in children. If you have pleural effusion, you can do thoracentesis, and take the pleural effusion for the next step of culture and smear examination.

In general, the baby will be prone to dyspnea, especially cough will be very frequent, and sputum is also more difficult to cough out, so at this time it is best to take him to the hospital for sputum suction, the process may be a little painful, but if the child does not suck out the sputum, it will easily lead to hard breathing.

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Children with bronchitis, then in peacetime can give the baby to eat more phlegm Runfei food, such as lily stewed pork water for the baby to drink, can effectively help him phlegm cough, the disease is also helpful.