Question
Does a 7-month-old baby need nebulizer treatment for cough with phlegm?
Answer
Coughing is a protective respiratory reflex action of the body to clear secretions or foreign objects from the respiratory tract. Upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, pneumonia, and acute laryngitis can all cause coughing. It is recommended that parents take their child to the hospital for a detailed examination to determine the cause of the cough. It is very important to correctly differentiate between general cough and cough variant asthma to avoid misdiagnosis. Treatment of cough should be differentiated according to the type of cough, and both Western and traditional Chinese medicine can be used, but dietary therapy is considered the most ideal approach, such as trying white fungus chicken rice porridge, sand root lily duck soup, almond pork lung porridge, etc. When using traditional Chinese medicine lung sugar syrup, since the properties of the medicine vary, there are differences in cold, hot, warm, and cool, and medication should be prescribed according to the symptoms.