A baby cough can be associated with various diseases, and only the doctor should make a diagnosis. Cough in an infant 6 months can be caused by the following reasons:
- inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract;
- allergic reactions from the upper respiratory tract;
- foreign bodies in the upper respiratory tract;
- pulmonary edema.
There are coughs dry (without sputum) and moist (with phlegm). Children of the first year of life are given a cough with temperature and without it. This is an important factor, since cough in a baby 6 months without a temperature can be treated at home, and cough with fever in children under one year is treated only permanently.
Treatment for cough in a baby 6 months
Treatment of a cough is, first of all, treatment of the underlying disease that causes it. If the cough is caused by inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract, antibacterial drugs are prescribed only by the doctor and only when the bacterial infection is attached.
Drugs that suppress cough, babies usually do not prescribe, but always recommend desensitizing drugs to eliminate the allergic component of inflammation and prevent bronchospasm .
Dry cough is transferred to the moist, for this, when the body temperature is normalized, compresses (from boiled potatoes or camphor oil), mustard wraps, rubbing and draining chest massage (eg with honey), inhalations with herbal medicines, paraffin baths, warm salt .
Mandatory with coughing are the regular airing of the room and wet cleaning. In the absence of fever, the doctor can also recommend physiotherapy for cough.