Patient's question:
Doctor, my child has been coughing since last week. At first, it was just a light cough, but in the past two days, it has started to produce phlegm. Could you please advise on how to treat a child's cough with phlegm? I gave my child two bottles of lung clearing syrup, but it seems to have made the phlegm worse.Doctor's answer:
The child has phlegm, which indicates a cold. He needs to expel the accumulated fluid in his lungs through coughing. If you use lung-cleaning preparations blindly, it may be harmful to the child. In this case, I recommend giving the child some cold medicine and combining it with many lung-cleaning syrups, such as trachea-piercing pear syrup, to alleviate the symptoms. If the symptoms do not improve significantly, it is recommended to seek further medical consultation at the hospital.