What to Do When a Child Has a Dry Cough with Sound

Question

The child often has a dry cough that is quite ordinary, and it also produces a sound when coughing. Previous treatment and effectiveness: Not concerned. Help: What is going on?

Answer

A dry cough in children is a pathological phenomenon commonly seen in acute enteritis, gastritis, pyloric spasm, hypertrophy, stenosis, pneumonia, meningitis, and other diseases. Its main characteristics include nausea, increased abdominal pressure, frequent vomiting of milk, a large amount of dry cough with often milk clumps and stomach contents, and sometimes even mixed with green bile. Sometimes the dry cough is explosive in nature. Due to the presence of the primary disease, the child often shows a painful expression and cries excessively during vomiting. When parents notice the child has symptoms of dry cough, they must pay high attention and seek medical treatment promptly.