How to relieve your baby’s cough
To relieve your baby’s cough, you can hold it in your arms to keep your head higher by helping your baby breathe better. When the cough is better controlled, you can offer some water, at room temperature, to hydrate the vocal cords.and soften the secretions by calming the cough. The baby should drink plenty of water during the day, about 100 ml per kg of weight.
Other options to help relieve your baby’s cough may include
Medications such as antiallergic syrups, cough suppressants, decongestants or expectorants should only be used when prescribed by a pediatrician, as not all medications can be used in children and any cough that lasts longer than 5 days should be examined by your doctor.under 2 years of age, the pediatrician does not recommend medication if there is no fever or shortness of breath.
Home remedies can be indicated in case of coughs caused by a cold, and good options are carrot syrup and onion bark tea.Prepare:
Another good strategy is to put a few drops of saline on the baby’s nose before feeding or meals and wipe his nose with a thick-tipped cotton swab (suitable for babies).There are also, for sale in pharmacies and drugstores, nasal vacuum cleaners, which are very effective at eliminating mucus, clean the nose, which also fights coughing.Learn how to fight coughing with mucus.
A good way to avoid night coughing is to place a pillow or folded towels under the baby’s mattress, as shown in the image below, to lift the head of the crib a little as the airways are freer and the reflux decreases, reduce the baby cough, ensure a quieter sleep.
A baby’s cough is often caused by simpler breathing problems such as the flu or a cold.The main suspicion that coughing is caused by breathing problems is the presence of snot, nasal congestion and shortness of breath.
Other less common causes of coughing in infants include laryngitis, reflux, asthma, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, whotric cough or aspiration of an object and if even after starting treatment with the advice of the pediatrician or at home, the cough persists for more than 5 days or if it is very strong, frequent and uncomfortable, it is advisable to take the baby to the pediatrician to tell him what is going on and what is the best treatment.Here’s how to identify symptoms of pneumonia in babies.
Parents should worry and take the baby to the pediatrician each time he coughs and:
In consultation with the pediatrician, the guardian should indicate all symptoms of the baby, when they started, and everything that was done to try to relieve the baby’s cough.