If the child has dry cough, then it is advisable to show the baby to a specialist. Although first you can figure it out independently in the causes of this phenomenon. It is likely that such a cough is not a symptom of any disease.
Let’s first figure out what a cough is. After all, he can have any child. And this is due to the fact that the cough is a protective reaction of the body aimed at the release of the respiratory tract from something. And note, not always a cough is to be treated. It is believed that a healthy child can cough up to twenty times a day (!). It is coughing, the baby “expels” various particles from his respiratory tract, which fall into them during breathing. Therefore, having heard that a child had a dry cough, do not immediately call a doctor or, even worse, run to a pharmacy for medicines.
How dry cough in a child manifests itself
Dry cough, also called unproductive. That is, with him there is no discharge of sputum. And this is due either to its absence, or with the fact that it is very thick. Sometimes dry cough appears in a child during food or games. If this happened, you should make sure that a foreign body did not get into the respiratory tract.
Dry cough, which indicates the disease, will be paroxysmal and painful. He often occurs at night, preventing the baby and his parents. It happens that due to dry cough in the child begins vomiting. If an unproductive cough is manifested in this way, besides, the child began to feel bad, he has weakness and malaise, you need to consult a doctor.
As evidenced by dry cough in a child
After interviewing parents and examining the baby, the specialist must establish the cause of dry cough. Since it can be caused by a foreign object and an allergic reaction (for example, bronchial asthma), it is first of all that they will be excluded so that the situation does not aggravate.
Dry cough in children can be a symptom of some diseases of the infectious nature. We are talking about influenza, paragraph, rhinovirus infection, tracheitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis and others. Such childhood disease as measles very often begins with dry cough. Therefore, it is important to exclude it in order to isolate the child in time. It is impossible not to mention a whooping cough during which the cough center is annoyed, which leads to strong attacks of dry cough.
Barking cough!
Doctors distinguish this type of dry cough in children as a barking. It is difficult to skip it, since the child makes certain sounds reminiscent of the dogs during coughing. If such a cough appeared, then the baby may have complaints about sore throat and even, behind the sternum.
Barking cough in children accompanies such a disease as laryngitis. It is dangerous in that false cereals can develop. During laryngitis, the larynx edema occurs, and sometimes its spasm, in which it remains a very small lumen, which greatly complicates the penetration of air into the lungs.
If parents suspected a false cereal from their baby, it is worth calling an ambulance immediately. While she is going, you need to try to calm the baby, who, due to a lack of air, may begin to panic.
When a child has dry cough, treatment (if necessary) must prescribe a doctor. A prolonged unproductive cough requires additional examinations, consultations of Laura, TBC and pulmonologist.
