Patient's question:
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Can hear phlegm but the child cannot cough it out. Chest pain after coughing. Past treatment and effectiveness:
Started coughing last night. What kind of assistance is desired:
Want to give the child medicine. The child does not take medicine well. Piercing
(Note: The translation assumes "" refers to a traditional Chinese medical treatment method like acupuncture or moxibustion. If it refers to something else, please provide additional context for a more accurate translation.)"
Doctor's answer:
I don't know if the baby has a cough or chest pain. Has there been a high fever? Be mindful of the possibility of pneumonia. Some cases of pneumonia can be atypical. For such young children with a cough and phlegm, it's usually difficult to cough it up. Therefore, cough medicine shouldn't be immediately given, as most cough medicines have a suppressant effect, and some can even have an anesthetic effect on the central nervous system. If cough medicine is given the moment the child starts coughing, the child may stop coughing, but the phlegm that hasn't been coughed up will accumulate, blocking the airway and further interfering with the child's breathing and the complete elimination of inflammatory substances in the respiratory tract.