Colds - frequent guests in the autumn-winter period. Temperature, runny nose, cough, headache, lethargy - all these are symptoms that everyone with a cold or ARVI faces. It so happens that it is far from immediately that little toddlers can learn to blow their nose out. Of course, now there are many means for flushing the sinuses and various drugs to combat the common cold, but the problem still remains, which entails the entry of mucus into the bronchi. The question of how to treat a cough from snot in a child can be heard very often at a pediatrician. And almost always the same answer comes: try to get rid of a cold, because without this, taking any cough medicine will be useless.
Pets spread disease. According to the head of the Department of Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases at the Siauliai Public Health Center, Edos Samulite, children playing in the yard are at greatest risk because of the square sand. In summer and autumn, the greatest number of mature eggs accumulates, and children's contact with the soil is much more frequent, which increases the likelihood of infection with parasitic worms. The main diseases that can be spread by dogs and cats are toxocariasis, echinococcosis, toxoplasmosis.
What to do if a child has a snot cough?
So, as mentioned above, parents need to ensure the maximum outflow of mucus from the nasal sinuses into the external environment, and not into the body. In addition, a cough from snot in a child is recommended to be treated with medications according to the following scheme:
- if the cough is dry, then medication is prescribed to thin the phlegm;
- if sputum has begun to flow or the cough is wet, then it is worth starting the use of expectorant drugs.
Mucolytics are the first category of drugs, designed specifically to make a child's dry cough from snot turn into a wet one. As a rule, treatment with these agents is recommended for 2-3 days before sputum discharge. The most common medications include:
They are caused by different parasites, but their distributors and modes of infection are similar. The most commonly infected toxocariasis is found in contaminated sand. Toxocorosis is caused by the roundworm toxocara larva. After entering the eggs in the gastrointestinal tract, the larvae spread through the intestinal lining into the intestines. They can enter the bloodstream through the liver, heart, lungs, kidneys, eyes, or other organs. The severity of the disease depends on the number of migrating larvae, the location and immunity of the human immune system.
Often, especially when infested with small numbers of larvae, the disease goes away without clinical symptoms. The disease is affected by recurrent fever, the temperature is usually low, bronchitis develops, dry cough develops, shortness of breath and frequent cough nausea. Lygia is characterized by an enlarged liver, in severely ill patients, with swollen lymph nodes and spleen. Migratory larvae can enter the eyes and cause visual disturbances. Toxocariasis is characterized by recurring illness over several months or even years.
- syrup. This medication can be taken from birth. It is prescribed according to the scheme: for children under two years of age - 2 mg 3 times a day; from two to six - 4 mg 3 times throughout the day; from six to fourteen years - 8 mg 3 times a day.
- Herbion for dry cough, syrup.It is a herbal medicine, the main component of which is Plantain. The drug is prescribed from the age of two and is taken according to the following scheme: from two to seven years - 1 measuring spoon 3 times a day; from seven to fourteen years old - 2 scoops 3 times throughout the day.
- syrup.Ivy leaves are the main ingredient in this medicine. Gedelix helps to overcome a severe cough from snot in a child, both infants and adolescents. The scheme of its use is as follows: children under one year old - 2.5 ml twice a day; from a year to four - 2.5 ml three times throughout the day; from four to ten - 2.5 ml four times a day.
- Alteyka, syrup.This is also a herbal medicine, which contains Althea root extract. Wet cough it is recommended to treat snot in a child according to the following scheme: for babies up to one year old - 2.5 ml once or twice a day; from a year to two - 2.5 ml three times throughout the day; from two to six - 5 ml four times a day; from six to fourteen - 10 ml four times during the day.
What inhalations treat a child's snot cough?
One of the simplest and most affordable inhalations that can be done at home is the Eucalyptus tincture procedure. To do this, you will need:
Another serious and highly malignant disease is echinococcosis, which has no symptoms, and the course of the disease depends on the pathogen, stage, size of the cyst and location of the site. Echinococcosis is usually determined at random when a patient is studied or acted on for other reasons, or complications such as cracks, coughing, and the like occur. As the cysts grow slowly, symptoms of the disease may not appear for years. Over time, the infected person begins to suffer from weakness, loss of appetite, weight loss, nausea, and sweating.
All ingredients must be placed in a heating pad and covered with boiling water. After that, the child is recommended to inhale the vapors of the solution by mouth, exhaling through the nose. The procedure lasts on average about 5-10 minutes, while hot steam comes out of the heating pad. It is worth paying attention to the fact that such inhalation can cause coughing, so it should not be carried out immediately after eating.
Often, an ascending cyst causes a feeling of heaviness or pressure behind the right rib, sometimes pain from the attack type, and the ascending cyst can suppress the bile ducts, leading to jaundice. If cysts grow in the lungs, patients suffer from chest pain, fever, and cough. Echinococcosis is distributed not only by dogs, but also by wolves and foxes. In these intestines, the intestines develop, grow, and parasitize the tapeworm. It releases eggs, which are very small, in the faecal environment and remains resistant to the ground for a long time.
Summing up, I would like to note that it is possible to help a child with a cough from snot by using the above medications for his treatment, as well as by inhaling and soldering him with breast preparations from herbs. However, it is worth remembering that if no relief occurs within 5-7 days, then you will need to consult a doctor.
Echinococcus is a case of ingestion of an egg, the shell melts and releases the larva, which passes through the wall of the hose into the systemic circulation and is transferred to the liver, as a rule, less often - in the lungs, spleen, kidneys or other organs. Another common parasitic disease is toxoplasmosis, which is similar to flu-like symptoms. About 90 percent The patient's illness goes away without symptoms or symptoms of low expression - shortness of breath, lymph nodes, malaise, headaches. This disease is very dangerous for pregnant women, because the infection can be transmitted through the placenta to the fetus.
It happens that a child has a convulsive cough that is not supported by such traditional cold or flu symptoms as fever and a general deterioration in well-being. Most often, such manifestations occur after the transferred snot or already at the stage of recovery after a prolonged runny nose.
Parents in most cases continue to give the baby traditional cold medications, but after a while they begin to understand that such remedies will not help here. So how to treat such a specific phenomenon in order to alleviate the condition of the little patient as quickly as possible and not lead to the development of complications?
Then congenital toxoplasmosis develops, which manifests itself in very severe disorders of the central nervous system. The main victims of toxoplasmosis infection are cats and their families, with feces releasing toxoplasmosis oocysts into the environment. They mature in the soil and are viable throughout the year. Infected through environmentally contaminated oocysts: soil, grass, vegetables, or eating raw or undercooked meat. In fewer cases, the disease is transmitted by blood transfusion or organ transplantation if the donor has acute toxoplasmosis.
Causes of the problem
A cough is a reflex response of the body to the ingress of irritants of a mechanical, infectious or chemical nature on the mucous membrane of the upper respiratory tract... Due to the anatomical features of the structure of the nasopharynx, the mucus that forms during a runny nose flows down the walls of the department and irritates nerve endingsprovoking a cough. Even the timely disposal of snot as a result of regular blowing out of the nose does not always help.
Hygiene habits help to avoid diseases. According to the specialist, it is important to remember that anxiety diseases significantly weaken the health of children, causing various ailments: weakness, diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, headache, dizziness, skin rash, cough, vision, appetite and sleep disorders. Parasites not only live in the child's body, but also constantly poison it with their secretions, and most importantly, they mechanically damage the tissues and organs in which they parasitize.
Weakened immune systems make children more likely to suffer from others infectious diseases... Untreated, they become long-term carriers of infection and spread of pathogens. Strict personal hygiene is essential to prevent infection: wash your hands before eating, preparing food, using the toilet, after working in the garden or garden, returning from the field, harming your pet, not eating fatty vegetables, fruits, berries, keeping food out of dust , flies, do not drink cockroaches and do not use water from the open air for food, return from the field, do not walk around the house with dirty boots.
Tip: Before you start giving your baby antitussives, you should consult your doctor. In some cases, this therapy will not help. And if in this way a cough is treated against the background of cystic fibrosis or asthma, then the body will not be able to get rid of phlegm, and the child's condition will deteriorate sharply.
According to the specialist, it should be remembered that dogs should not be allowed to smell their faces, dishes, because the dog on the leg and tongue can have parasite eggs, preventing them from eating the same dishes and preventing children from playing with strange animals. Dogs and cats need to handle worms regularly. It is also necessary to transplant the unvaccinated and unprocessed slaughter of the veterinary service of the animal animal. The slaughter of a food animal must be tousled or burnt securely.
Dogs need to hunt in playgrounds. Efforts should be made to protect the environment as effectively as possible from faecal contamination. When you go for a walk with your puppy, you should take care not to bring a feces collection bag.
If it became clear that the cause of the cough is precisely the effect of snot on the nasopharyngeal mucosa, then the use of drugs that block the reflex movements of the muscles will not give any result. In this case, it is necessary to treat a runny nose, as a provocateur of a condition. It will be a big mistake to ignore the phenomenon in the hope that it will go away by itself, and with it the cough will go away.
Public health centers no longer test sand. In order to meet hygiene requirements in preschool institutions, the bags of children's play boxes must be changed or renewed annually. It should be updated also for epidemiological needs - after the determination of Ascadia, syringes and oocyte eggs. Now, Public Health Centers no longer conduct sandbox research, but educational institutions are encouraged to do it themselves. Sandbox apartment buildings are clean and neatly handled by home administrators.
If the use of mild but effective therapeutic agents is not connected in time, then the child may begin to develop sinusitis, rhinitis, and cystic formations. The same consequences are often observed with incorrect treatment of the underlying pathology. In order to prevent a negative development of events, before starting activities aimed at eliminating snot, it is necessary to consult a pediatrician and an ENT doctor.
Quite often, a cough against the background of snot is one of the signs that a child develops the following conditions:
- Laryngitis. Characterized by dryness in oral cavity, burning and sore throat, swelling and inflammation of the tissues of the nasopharynx, periodic bouts of dry cough.
- Tracheitis. Seizures severe coughthat appear in the morning and are not accompanied by a feeling of coughing up.
In both cases, the problems are not provoked by the direct activity of microorganisms, namely by a runny nose, therefore, it is forbidden to treat them with suppressive drugs.
Parents' actions when a cough occurs against the background of a runny nose
Given the fact that a child's nasal discharge can be triggered by a variety of factors (allergen, foreign body, ARVI) examination and consultation with a specialist must be included in the list of therapeutic measures. Most likely, the doctor will recommend the following manipulations:
- You need to get rid of snot by any means. This may include blowing your nose regularly (if the child's age allows), applying topical medications (preferably in drip form), rinsing the nose with sterile seawater if the discharge is very heavy.
- We use suction only as a last resort, if the mucus is very thick and lingers in the nasal passages, greatly complicating breathing. It is better to increase the fluidity of the liquid using the most common saline... You need to climb into the child's nose as little as possible (with pipettes, pears, tampons), otherwise inflammation will also have to be treated.
- If the baby is already able to cough up on his own, then he needs to be taught to spit out phlegm. Ingestion of the composition will prolong the time of illness.
- All products that come into contact with the baby's skin around the nose must be sterile. If, against the background of such an unpleasant condition, a secondary infection occurs, then the cough and other symptoms will persist for a long time.
- Keep your baby's feet warm at all times. It must not be allowed to overcool or overheat, or a sharp change in temperature.
- The room in which the sick child is located must be regularly cleaned with a damp method and ventilated. The optimum air temperature is 20 ° C.
- If the child does not have a fever, there is no need to give up walking. They will only contribute to strengthening the immune system and the rapid recovery of a weakened body. This wish does not work if the cough against the background of snot is provoked by pollen or dust, which are abundant on the street.
- Aromatherapy gives a good effect in several directions at once. You just need to add a few drops of eucalyptus or peppermint essential oil to your baby's bath. This approach is the best substitute for inhalation, which may be too aggressive for young children.
- A runny nose and cough will go away faster if you give your child plenty of warm drinks. Linden tea and warm low-fat milk with honey have proven themselves best in this regard. The first drink is best consumed during the day, the second at night. In this case, the milk should not be hot, otherwise honey will lose all its healing properties.
- Vitamins will accelerate recovery and recovery. It is better to give them not in the form of fruits and vegetables, but ready-made complexes that are dissolved in water.
- It is recommended to massage the bridge of the nose three times a day, moving from top to bottom. This will make it easier for the mucus to drain and relieve the baby from unpleasant tickling in the nose.
In some cases, a runny nose that provokes coughing fits must be treated with medication. Here it is better not to risk the state of the child's body and act strictly according to the doctor's instructions. With an increase in the severity of symptoms or a negative response of the baby to the therapy, you need to immediately see a specialist.