What to do if your baby coughs viral cold
Baby cough and viral flu are mostly caused by low immunity and viral infection, which can cause symptoms such as runny nose, sneezing, fever, and cough. When this happens, symptomatic and causal treatment can be performed. It is recommended that parents take their babies to seek medical attention in time and carry out relevant treatment under the guidance of doctors.
1. Symptomatic treatment:
1. Fever: If the baby's body temperature is below 38.5 °C, it is recommended to use physical cooling methods, such as warm water scrub baths, or use antipyretic patches to reduce fever;
2. Cough: If the baby's cough is more serious, affecting rest and sleep, you can take drugs with cough suppressant effect, commonly used drugs are pediatric pulmonary fever cough and asthma granules, pediatric cough syrup, etc.;
3. Relieve nasal congestion: If the baby has symptoms of nasal congestion when he has a cold, it is recommended to use antihistamines for treatment in time, such as cetirizine hydrochloride, loratadine, etc.
2. Treatment of causes:
1. Antiviral: If it is a cough or viral cold caused by a viral infection, it can be treated with antiviral drugs such as acyclovir, ribavirin, oseltamivir phosphate, etc.
2. Antibacterial: If it is a cough or viral cold caused by bacterial infection, it can be treated with antibiotics such as amoxicillin and cefixime;
3. Anti-mycoplasma: If it is cough and viral influenza caused by mycoplasma infection, it can be treated with macrolide azithromycin, erythromycin and other drugs;
4. Anti-allergic: If the baby has a cough or viral cold caused by allergies, you can use anti-allergic drugs for treatment, such as cetirizine hydrochloride, loratadine, etc.
During the baby's cough and viral flu, you should pay attention to keeping warm to avoid aggravating the condition after catching a cold. Parents should pay attention to the baby's daily diet, try to give the baby light and easily digestible food, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, in order to supplement vitamin C, which is conducive to the improvement of the disease.