My baby coughs frequently in winter, is it necessary to take a CT scan of the lungs?
The Chinese New Year is coming soon! Influenza A, Influenza B, and the new crown seem to have no tendency to stop! At this moment, I can still hear coughing sounds all around me:
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Many netizens mentioned that after they got rid of the flu and the new crown, they didn't have phlegm in their throats, but they just kept coughing, and they would cough up to yue:
Do you also have this confusion in front of the screen at this time:
Is there anything wrong with coughing like this?
Why is it still bad after coughing for 2 weeks?
Will I cough up pneumonia? Do I want to take a CT scan?
......
There is another issue that has soared to the first place in the hot search, and it is also a matter of great concern to everyone:
Today we're going to talk about it!
After the initial recovery of Yangkang or other serious diseases, the cough will generally be about two weeks, and the symptoms will gradually reduce.
Some friends have a lower self-resistance, or the airway is more sensitive, and the recovery time may be longer, but as long as the symptoms do not continue to worsen and do not affect normal life, there is no need to panic, and there is no need to take a CT scan too actively.
However, if you have more than just a dry cough, you should be alert if you have one of the following conditions, which may be a viral lung infection and require further testing:
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Not only does the cough gradually worsen, but I also start to have a fever, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, and at the same time, oxygen saturation drops, and I may cough up blood!
Don't carry it hard at this time!
In particular, the elderly with underlying diseases (common hypothermia), cancer patients, cardiovascular disease patients, chronic kidney disease, and overweight people should pay more attention!
If there is phlegm in the cough, we can also judge from the state of the phlegm:
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When you cough up chest pain, it means that the cough is more severe (although it is relatively rare for the ribs to be coughed up like the one mentioned at the beginning), or when you do chest movements, laughing, sneezing, etc., it is also recommended to seek medical attention in time!
In fact, coughing is a protective defense response of the body, which can help people clear the secretions and harmful factors of the respiratory tract and expel germs from the body, that is, in "cleaning up the post-war scene".
So what we need to be wary of is not the cough itself, but the cough that indicates an aggravation of the disease.
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If you have a mild cough and cough up several times a day, and there is no such condition or a large amount of thick phlegm, then you can continue to be observed, or take some symptomatic drugs to reduce symptoms, and continue to observe.
How to use medicine? How to relieve discomfort without medicine? Next, the University of Science and Technology will talk about it!
Nowadays, there are many cough and phlegm medicines that can be bought at pharmacies, and as soon as you enter the door, the clerk will give you various recommendations. At this point, you have to think: Is this safe? Is it the right medicine?
The University of Science and Technology has repeatedly emphasized that cough medicine should not be bought indiscriminately! Once you choose the wrong one, there will be a lot of news about drinking accidents:
For example, cough medicines containing codeine/morphine and promethazine are all banned drugs!
However, in the names and ingredients of many medicines, these ingredients are not clearly marked, but are replaced by names such as poppy husks, opium powder, and camphor tinctures. Especially when giving medicine to children, you should be more careful!
For example: cold cough syrup, compound bellflower loquat syrup, and the following:
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There are many medicines containing these ingredients, not only limited to cough medicines, parents should read the ingredient list more when giving medicine to their babies, and it is best to use pediatric medicines!
If the child is over 6 years old, with persistent dry cough as the main manifestation, and the cough has affected normal life, you can choose to take cough suppressants such as dextromethorphan according to the doctor's instructions;
Some babies with allergic rhinitis have more nasal secretions when they are combined with respiratory tract infections, which are easy to reflux to the throat wall, thereby stimulating coughing and increasing mucosal sensitivity.
For adults, like some of the more common cough syrup, xx loquat cream, etc., it is not impossible to use, but it must be symptomatic:
(1) Traditional Chinese medicine should be treated symptomatically according to the syndrome differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine;
(2) Western medicine cough suppressants are more symptomatic for dry cough without sputum, and expectorant drugs are more symptomatic for the case of thick and viscous sputum.
It is really very serious, and nebulization treatment can also be carried out according to the doctor's recommendation.
If the cough does not affect normal life, don't rush to take medicine first, after all, "medicine is three parts poison". In fact, making some small changes in our daily lives can alleviate discomfort:
1. Get enough rest
Whether it is an adult or a child, you must rest well when you are sick in order to recover quickly!
2. Drink plenty of warm water and eat some sugar
The little baby chooses breast milk, and the slightly older baby can drink some flavored drinks such as orange juice and apple juice if they don't like to drink boiled water. Don't be too particular about it during your illness, and drink whatever your child wants.
If the cough is more severe over 1 year old, you can drink 2.5-5ml of honey water appropriately, and you can eat it directly or dilute it with warm water.
People over 6 years old can also eat some sugar, preferably hard candy, which can be held in the mouth. Be careful not to run and jump while eating candy to avoid accidentally entering the trachea!
3. The head is raised
When sleeping, keep your shoulders above the shoulder level to reduce the backflow of nasal secretions to the pharynx and prevent coughing at night.
You can also do this when you have a stuffy nose, and it's a bit useful to test it yourself!
4. Heating and humidification
It is recommended to keep the ambient humidity at about 50%, and you can also use bathroom steam, saline atomization, etc. to moisten the airway.
5. Reduce irritating odors
If you find that your baby is coughing, don't smoke, or take your baby away from the smoking area.
6. Keep warm
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There are still some people who don't cough anymore, but their voices haven't changed back, and they are still hoarse and "sexy" voices. Actually, you can try it like this:
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