Children who cough with phlegm can use expectorants to help liquid sputum easily drain from the bronchi out. To avoid adverse side effects, the following precautions should be taken::

‐ Do not use in pediatric patients with peptic ulcers because the side effect of the drug is damage to the gastric mucosal barrier.

‐ Do not use or use caution in asthmatics because the drug may cause bronchospasm in people with hypersensitivity. If there is bronchospasm, the drug and salbutamol or ipratropium nebulizer must be discontinued.

‐ Do not use the drug for children who are weak, too weak or do not know how to spit sputum because it will increase sputum stasis in the respiratory tract, making the disease worse.

‐ If there is a lot of dilute sputum in the bronchi for which the pediatric patient reduces the likelihood of coughing, aspiration must be carried out.

‐ Do not take the drug simultaneously with antitussive drugs or drugs that reduce the ability to excrete bronchial fluid.

‐ The duration of drug therapy should not be extended beyond 8-10 days without a doctor's prescription.

‐ It is best for patients to only use expectorants in inpatient treatment at medical facilities with supportive conditions such as sputum suction, flapping (when necessary) so that sputum escapes easily.

In addition, the cold situation in the rainy season easily causes children to have a cough, especially cough with phlegm, so keep children warm, ensure scientific nutrition, give them plenty of water, especially orange juice and lemon juice to increase resistance, help them recover from the disease after 1-2 weeks without medication. At the same time, keep your baby away from secondhand smoke to avoid the risk of coughing phlegm due to passive smoking.

Để phòng tránh trẻ bị ho đờm, cha mẹ nên bổ sung thêm một số thực phẩm hỗ trợ có chứa thành phần lysine, các vi khoáng chất và vitamin thiết yếu như kẽm, crom, selen, vitamin nhóm B….giúp đáp ứng đầy đủ nhu cầu về dưỡng chất đồng thời hỗ trợ hệ miễn dịch, tăng cường sức đề kháng, giảm nguy cơ mắc các bệnh viêm đường hô hấp trên, viêm phế quản, cảm cúm.

To prevent children from coughing phlegm, parents should add some supporting foods containing lysine, essential microminerals and vitamins such as zinc, chromium, selenium, vitamins of group B ... to help fully meet the needs of nutrients while supporting the immune system, strengthens resistance, reduces the risk of inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract, bronchitis, flu. Lysine is essential for child development, Lysine promotes the production of digestive enzymes to stimulate children to eat better and digest easily, effectively, increase food metabolism, maximum absorption of nutrients from food. Strengthening Lysine for babies also helps the body create antibodies, develop resistance to help relieve cough, dilute phlegm.

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