Why the baby is coughing
When a child chokes with cough, convulsivelygasping for air, call an ambulance urgently! Photo: Getty Not always cough is a messenger of a cold or flu. It can be triggered by too dry indoor air or diseases of the digestive tract. Sometimes the child begins to choke with cough due to a strong allergic reaction. Here is just a small list of reasons due to which children begin bouts of severe coughing:
- whooping cough;
- ARI;
- ARVI;
- flu;
- pneumonia;
- bronchitis;
- irritation of the pleura;
- laryngitis;
- pathology of the gastrointestinal tract;
- reflux esophagitis;
- heart failure;
- asthma, etc.
Given the impressive list of diseases,a concomitant symptom of which is a cough, it is better to consult a doctor for an accurate diagnosis and treatment recommendations. After eliminating the root cause, the cough will disappear by itself.
What to do if the baby is coughing.
If the cough begins to literally "choke" the child, you need to urgently do three important things.
Make sure that before the arrival of the doctor babyHe stayed in a clean room with moist cool air, drank plenty of water or tea, and was dressed in comfortable clothes that did not squeeze the chest. Ventilate the rooms often to avoid the lack of oxygen. Usually, parents are afraid to take a coughing child to the street. However, if there is no temperature, walks in the fresh air will only benefit and you can not neglect them. To eliminate the cough for colds, it is recommended to soar legs. When the feet are immersed in hot water, blood rushes to the lower extremities, so the swelling of the mucous membrane of the larynx and nose decreases. If there is a sudden choking cough for no apparent reason, it is necessary to urgently call an ambulance - it is possible that the child has asthma or a foreign body has entered his airway. See also:
