Whatever appeared in our airways - dust, water, food particles or mucus in the form of sputum - a reaction to it will always be a cough.
It indicates that the airways are clogged.In children, this reaction occurs more often with the appearance of inflammation in the bronchi, trachea and lungs.
But at the incorrect treatment of inflammatory processes may be the so-called psychogenic cough, when all the organs of respiration are normal, and the cough still remained, as the cough reflex was suppressed. Such a psychogenic factor may appear in the treatment of dry cough, causing sleep disturbance, vomiting, chest pain.
Therefore, in order to choose the right treatment, you need to begin to establish an accurate diagnosis.
Identify methods of disease control can be just as "sounds" a cough - it will help figure out where the "based" inflammatory focus.
If the cough is dry, ie without sputum discharge, always sounds the same pitch - an inflammation of the upper respiratory tract:
• with the defeat of the larynx is usually dry, rough bark, and may be accompanied by hoarseness;• inflammation of the trachea cough, rough, husky, it may be in the early stages of bronchitis;• painful dry cough occurs when inflammation of the pharynx.
If the cough is moist, has a high volume and at the same time accompanied by copious sputum, such a cough may appear:
• bronchitis;• in the final stages of pneumonia, chronic bronchitis and tracheitis.
In such cases, more liquid cough up phlegm easily, but thick and viscous require much effort. After coughing phlegm usually stops, and after its accumulation starts again.
Croupy cough and false croup - inflammation of the windpipe and throat caused by colds. He called on the false grounds that the "true" is developing in diphtheria.
In such cases, sounds like a barking cough, because the lumen of the larynx is narrowed because of swelling of the mucous membrane below the vocal cords.
Cough appears suddenly and is usually in the evening. With such a coughing child begins to choke. Therefore, in croup require immediate medical attention!
Cough in the morning may be due to nasal congestion, because mucus from the nose numb in parts of the respiratory tract below it.
In either case, the child must show a doctor, as nedolechenny cough can lead him to the adenoids, chronic bronchitis and even pneumonia.
After all, the reason for this phenomenon, such as cough, is not always possible to determine on their own. It can be caused by allergies, asthma, whooping cough.
And do not self-prescribe a medication.
Expectorants of vegetable origin are relatively cheap and accessible, but their effectiveness in the treatment of cough, in spite of the widest practical use so far has not proven by clinical studies. Vegetable antitussive drugs should be used cautiously, since many children they can cause allergies. Synthetic expectorants are much more effectiveWhat herbal expectorants, but their use should be monitored by your doctor.
As you can see, it's not so easy! Therefore, consult with the doctors, because their own self may not always provide the benefit.
