Coughing in children
Coughing in children is a major concern of parents is one of the most frequent reasons for pediatric emergency consultation, no less that 85% of visits.
It is normal that when our son has a cough go to a doctor, but it is important to recognize the type of cough, whether irritant or phlegm, how and when coughing, if it does so only at night or all day. The information you give the pediatrician is vital for any matching diagnosis.
According to the Spanish Society of Pediatric Pulmonology (SENP), between 6 and 10% of children have chronic cough throughout his childhood. The cough may be due to various causes. In general, it is often a symptom of little significance to which special attention is being paid only in certain cases.
Specialists advise seeing your doctor or pulmonologist when coughing exceeds the average of 10 fits of coughing per day if the cough usually occurs at night, accompanied by the practice of exercise, emotional changes or special sounds, what we know as “whistles”.
It must be the doctor now to show the right drug to the type and cause of the cough, because sometimes we tend to medicate the child with syrups are of little use. Besides drugs, there are natural solutions to which we can appeal in case of cough.
Another thing to bear in mind regarding cough in children is that often appears in all respiratory processes, but when continued for more than three weeks is considered permanent or chronic cough cough.
We have to keep an eye on our children’s cough because if it becomes chronic cough may be due to serious illnesses such as respiratory infections, pulmonary malformations, asthma, aspiration of a foreign body, immunodeficiency and passive smoking.
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