Patient's question:
I came down with a cold and fever on Friday, but now I'm not running a high fever anymore. However, I still have a cough with phlegm, coughing three or four times in the morning. Currently, I'm taking Taierxin. Initially, I took Feilike, and now I've also taken three doses of Chuanbei Xueli Gao, but I'm still coughing and can't bring up any phlegm. Sometimes I...Doctor's answer:
Due to the variant virus causing high fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat, headache and dizziness, nasal congestion, runny nose, tearing, body aches and fatigue, and in some cases, loss of appetite, as a primary illness, it can be accompanied by complications based on bacterial infections. Based on the scope of interference, it can be divided into ordinary fever and epidemic fever. In treatment, antiviral drugs are used as the foundation, such as ribavirin and ganciclovir, along with many antibiotics, antipyretics, and anti-inflammatory drugs like penicillin, cephalosporins, ibuprofen, and paracetamol, based on symptoms. For patients with excessive histamine excretion, many H1 receptor blockers like chlorpheniramine are also needed, and pseudoephedrine can relieve nasal congestion.Medical Advice: Cough caused by fever is primarily due to viral and bacterial infections leading to inflammation of the pharynx, trachea, and bronchi, which is also the last symptom to disappear from fever. In some patients, cough can last for up to a month. On the basis of routine antiviral and antibacterial medication, the cough symptom should gradually subside.
Your child is still coughing, but if it is not severe, it is recommended not to use lung-cleansing medications. Instead, you can use drugs with cooling blood effects, such as Chuanbei Xueli Gao, to promote phlegm discharge, which will help reduce the cough symptom. You can also use drugs with cooling blood effects like licorice tablets, which you are already using, to promote phlegm discharge. Please pay attention to dosage adjustments for children when taking medication.
The above advice is for the question "What should I do if my baby has phlegm in their cough?" I hope it helps you. Wishing you good health!