Patient's question:
I don't know what's going on, but my child has been misbehaving lately and crying non-stop. Even the hospital check-up didn't help. What should I do if my two-month-old baby has a cough?Doctor's answer:
Your condition may be a wind-cold cough, which is caused by exposure to wind-cold. This syndrome is characterized by frequent coughing, thin white sputum, clear nasal discharge, pale pink tongue with thin white coating, heavy coughing sound, headache, fever, and even shortness of breath in severe cases. It can be treated with Saniao Decoction plus medications that reduce qi and resolve phlegm. Since the pathological basis of asthma is chronic non-specific inflammation, controlling chronic airway inflammation is the basic treatment for asthma and plays an important role in long-term ideal control. Commonly used medications include inhaled corticosteroids and leukotriene receptor antagonists. Some new medications, such as leukotriene modifiers, long-acting β2 agonists, and controlled-release theophylline, also have certain anti-inflammatory effects.