Cough is a concomitant symptom of most diseases in childhood. Especially pay attention to cough, if it appears in a newborn child without increasing body temperature.
Why does the baby have a persistent cough without fever?
More than half of the cases of coughing in a child is due to the presence of an acute respiratory disease. The inflammatory process can be localized both in the lower respiratory tract (bronchi, trachea, larynx), and in the upper (nasopharynx, oropharynx).
If a newborn's parents notice a cough without temperature, then there may be the following reasons:
- increased adenoids;
- inflammatory processes of the ENT organs (pharynx, paranasal sinuses);
- the child has bronchial asthma;
- the kid breathed a foreign body into the trachea;
- in the air there is an increased concentration of harmful substances that provoke a cough in the baby (for example, smoke from cigarettes);
- excessively dry air in the room.
If a child has a heart disease or a pathology of the gastrointestinal tract, he may also have a cough periodically in the absence of fever.
What if the child has a prolonged cough without fever?
If a young child's parents notice a cough, but the body temperature is normal, then immediately consult a doctor who will choose the appropriate treatment. Since the presence of a cough at such an early age complicates the child's life: it becomes restless, appetite and sleep worsen, the voice becomes husky. In some cases, there may even be vomiting.
Especially dangerous is a sudden cough, if there is an admixture of blood, sputum green or rattling even at a very large distance from the child.
A newborn baby should be taken as much as possible on the handles. The closeness of her mother and her warmth will help him to cope with the disease more quickly.
If the baby is on breastfeeding, it is necessary to offer breast as often as possible, as the flow of liquid into the body will promote faster dissolution of sputum. An artificial baby is often given a milk formula.
To sputum better departed it is important to maintain the humidity at a sufficient level. To do this, you can purchase a humidifier for the children's room. This is especially important in the cold season, when the air is the driest.
At home, you can do a baby chest massage with a balm based on herbal components (for example, Dr. Mom, bronchicum, Vitaon).
An effective cough remedy in infancy is wrapping. First you need to spread the baby's breast thin
There are many means for coughing in children . Most often pediatricians prescribe drugs in the form of syrup. Good help to cope with a cough in a baby syrup is a canola on the basis of ivy leaves. It increases the reduction of bronchi and promotes better sputum discharge.
Parents should especially carefully monitor the health of the newborn child, because it only adapts to the surrounding world. At the first signs of a possible disease, you should seek medical help.