If you experience coughing on the mucous membrane there are clusters of viruses, allergens, foreign bodies. It is this process that frees the respiratory tract, clears them.

The cough is dry and wet. Dry usually occurs when SARS, the initial stage of pneumonia, whooping cough, pleurisy, bronchial asthma. Wet appears in most wet bronchitis, pneumonia and some forms of tuberculosis.



Food and child care during illness



Faster will help to cope with cough regular ventilation of the room in which the patient is a child, no indoor tobacco smoke, moisture in the room air, placing infants on the stomach (in this case the stimulation of the process of expectoration of sputum), vibration massage thorax respiratory gymnastics. You can ask your child to inflate balloons, blow through a straw in a glass of water to the surface pop up bubbles.

Coughing kids eat oatmeal porridge, mashed potatoes with lots of milk. An effective remedy for this disease is the grape, as it heals the lungs, promotes expectoration. You can drink grape juice with one teaspoon of honey. You should never give your child sugary drinks, especially soda. Also, try to exclude from the diet of the baby candy and other sweet products.

Of drugs in the fight against children's cough will help to "Linkas", "Geelix", "Pour", "Bronchipret", "Bad" and other means. However, they have age restrictions and contraindications, so you can use them only after consulting your doctor.


Home remedies for cough



Infusion of marsh mallow is a very effective remedy for children's coughs. Spoon small leaf medicinal marshmallow need to insist in a thermos for one hour, the Gulf Cup of boiling water. Giving a sick child a teaspoon every 6 hours.

For inhalation, you can use the leaves or eucalyptus oil. Brew the infusion in a Cup, turn the funnel a sheet of paper. The wide edge of the crater wear on the mug, using the narrow edge of the child should inhale the steam.


A strong cough will calm and cure mineral water with milk. In the Cup you need to pour in half the hot milk and alkaline water. Hot milk with a spoonful of honey will help when the cough starts tickling in the throat. The kids to warm milk is better to add figs.

Children will love the other delicious medicine for cooking that you need to mix 100 g of honey and butter, add the sachet of vanilla, mix well. Let this remedy to children 1 teaspoon a day.