Several principles of infants using antitussives

(1) A diagnosis should be made to determine the cause of the cough and take appropriate treatment measures. First of all, control infections, oral anti-infective drugs, eliminate inflammation; or against allergens, with symptomatic treatment, in order to make cough expectorant drugs have received good results.

(2) The treatment of general cough should be based on sputum, and cough medicine should not be used alone. Only frequent irritations caused by stimulation of the pleura, pericardium, etc., or irritating dry cough that occurs only frequently when there is not much sputum, affect the patient's rest and sleep, and prevent complications (such as lungs When a blood vessel ruptures, emphysema, bronchiectasis, or hemoptysis, an antitussive can be used for a short time. For those who have more cough with cough, should be combined with expectorants (such as ammonium chloride, bromhexine, acetylcysteine), in order to facilitate the discharge of sputum and enhance the antitussive effect.

(3) For wet cough especially sputum, such as lung abscess, it should be prudently administered to prevent the discharge of sputum from getting stuck in the respiratory tract or aggravate the infection.

(4) For cough that lasts for more than 1 week, accompanied by persistent cough with repeated or accompanied fever, rash, asthma and pulmonary abscess, it is necessary to go to the hospital for a timely diagnosis or consult a doctor.

(5) In addition to medication should also pay attention to rest, pay attention to keep warm, avoid smoking, do not eat spicy food. For people with poor sleep or emotional irritability, stabilizers or sedatives can be used.