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Suspicion of bronchitis if wet cough persists
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If your child continues to have a wet cough, you may suspect bronchitis. [사진=게티이미지뱅크]When the hot summer comes, it seems that you will get away from coughing, but in fact it is not. Children often live with a runny nose and cough, perhaps because of long-term exposure to air conditioners or group living in daycare centers or schools. As the era of wearing masks to prevent the spread of Corona 19 ended, the sound of children coughing became more frequent. If your child continues to have a wet cough with phlegm, you can suspect bronchitis.
Causes and symptoms of bronchitis
Bronchitis is literally an inflammation of the bronchi. It is usually caused by various causes, such as viral or bacterial infections, allergens, smoking, and air pollutants.
It is usually acute bronchitis, and infection caused by a virus is the most common, and it is generally known to be caused by the same virus as a cold virus. Between 50% and 75% of acute bronchitis in children is caused by a viral infection. Everyday Health, an American health information media, quoted pediatricians as saying that common bronchitis symptoms in children are wet cough and phlegm, mild headache, low-grade fever, sore throat, chest pain or tightness, fatigue, body aches, wheezing, shortness of breath, etc. picked
How to relieve symptoms
Acute bronchitis is usually a viral disease and usually gets better on its own over time. Therefore, there is no need to use antibiotics at all. Short-term antibiotics are prescribed only when purulent sputum and large amounts of sputum suggest bacterial infection.
First of all, it is good to rest well so that the body can recover on its own. If your child is 1 year old or older, give them a teaspoon of thick honey. If you have a stuffy nose, blowing your nose and rinsing your nose with saline solution, taking care of your nose can also help reduce coughing. There is also an argument that it is not good to feed cough medicine unconditionally just because a child coughs. There are not many cold and cough medicines that are perfectly safe for children, and taking medicines can cause adverse side effects by weakening the body’s ability to protect itself.
Properly maintaining indoor temperature and humidity can also help alleviate symptoms and treat them. In dry autumn or winter, humidifiers are usually used, but if a humidifier is contaminated, germs can spread in the air, so thorough cleaning and management are essential. In summer, mold and mildew caused by this along with high humidity can be a problem. There is also a study by a Swedish research team that found that dampness in the house and mold caused by it increase the risk of breathing difficulties by 90%. People living in damp homes were 77% and 67% more likely to develop chronic sinusitis and chronic bronchitis, respectively.
In addition to this, ▲adequate fluid intake ▲management of hand and oral hygiene ▲sufficient sleep ▲balanced eating habits ▲vaccination ▲reducing contact with respiratory patients are also helpful in preventing and treating bronchitis.
In this case, always see a doctor
If symptoms persist for more than 4 weeks, such as coughing, fever, nasal congestion, shortness of breath, or wheezing, it is essential to see a doctor. Especially if there is blood in the phlegm, go to the hospital unconditionally. Loss of appetite and lack of fluid intake should also be carefully checked to ensure that dehydration does not occur. Chronic bronchitis is commonly referred to as chronic bronchitis when associated symptoms persist for more than 4 weeks. Children under the age of 14 diagnosed with chronic bronchitis are treated with antibiotics for 2 to 4 weeks.
Even if it is not bronchitis, children who attend daycare centers, kindergartens, or schools may catch a cold with frequent coughing symptoms. Even if the symptoms last for a long time, if there is a period without symptoms in the middle, it can be judged as a cold, not chronic bronchitis.
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