Due to cold, a lot of mucus starts forming in the nasal cavity of the child. To cure this, parents often give cough medicine. But let us tell you that some things should be taken special care of while giving cough syrup. Whenever you give cough syrup to a child, keep in mind that the word D should not be there before the syrup. According to the doctor, D in it means dextromethorphan. It is an expectorant. We cannot give this type of medicine to a child younger than 5 years.
Feed cough syrup to the child in such a way that the cough does not get stuck in the child's chest, otherwise the cough may increase and the child's risk of getting pneumonia increases.
Give a cough syrup containing terbutaline or levosalbutamol combination to a child under 5 years of age. This is a bronchodilator that clears the child's airways.
By drinking such medicine, the child gets relief and there is no problem in breathing. Such cough syrup contains ambroxol. Which is a mild mucolytic.
which is a mild mucolytic. Both these medicines expel the phlegm accumulated in the child's body through the stool. Then the child should be given cough medicine. When he does not have fever. If the cough does not subside even after 3-4 days of taking the medicine, consult a doctor.