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Barking cough in children: causes, first aid
Cough itself is not a disease. However, although unpleasant, but useful in the informative sense of the disease. Nature has not just created a cough reflex, but to protect our entire respiratory system. There are several types of cough: barking, wet, dry, spastic. One of the most dangerous is barking cough in children. When it occurs, sometimes you can not do without hospitalization or call a doctor. Let's see what he is dangerous.
Causes
It can be caused by completely different causes: infectious and
- Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the larynx and pharynx - laryngitis, pharyngitis.
- With edema of the larynx and vocal cords - stenosing laryngotracheitis (false groats).
- Adenoviruses, parainfluenza, various infections in children prone to allergies.
- The true croup.
- Whooping cough.
However, due to vaccinations barking cough in children with diphtheria and whooping cough is very rare.
Why does barking cough appear?
What should parents do if there is a barking cough in the child? Treatment should appoint a doctor. However, before he comes, you can help the baby. To do this, you need to calm yourself and the child. When agitated, he can begin to cough even more, because the muscles of the larynx contract more strongly, and it becomes harder for him to breathe. Therefore, it will be optimal to distract him: sing a song or read a book.
Steam inhalations
They help to remove the laryngeal edema and cause barking coughing in children to gradually start to recede. To do this, you need to take a pot of boiling water, add chamomile or sage, as well as soda and sunflower seeds. As soon as it boils, it is necessary to remove from the fire and sit next to the pot of the baby. If the baby is small, then you can do this procedure in another way: go to the bathroom, close the door tightly and collect a bath of boiling water. There to add soda and sit, breathing moist air, next to the baby for 10-15 minutes.
Inhalations with saline solution
If the house is a nebulizer, then barking cough in children can be defeated and with the help of it. Before the procedure, the solution should be heated. If the child is not prone to allergic reactions, then you can add eucalyptus.
Antihistamines
Help to cope with swelling and medicine for allergies, now they are sold a large number. Dosage by age can be found in the instructions. If the baby is not yet three years old, it is better to use syrups or crush a tablet in a tablespoonful of water. And, of course, it is necessary to organize fresh air for the child.
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