Children’s cough is a very common disease in life, which will cause many adverse effects on health. It needs to be treated and recovered through some methods to avoid causing greater harm to health. So what should children’s cough diet pay attention to? What foods should children not eat during coughing? There are many dietary supplements for children with cough. Let’s learn more about them below.

1. Diet taboos for children with cough

1. Avoid eating too salty food.

Eating too much salt can easily induce or worsen a cough.

2. Avoid peanuts, melon seeds, chocolate, etc.

The above-mentioned foods contain a lot of fat, which can easily breed phlegm after eating and aggravate coughs.

3. Avoid taking supplements.

Many parents take some supplements to their weak children, but they should stop taking supplements when the child's cough is not cured, so as not to make the cough difficult to cure.

4. Avoid eating oranges.

Many people believe that oranges can relieve coughs and reduce phlegm, so children with coughs are encouraged to eat more oranges. In fact, orange peel does have the effect of relieving cough and reducing phlegm, but orange flesh actually produces heat and phlegm. It is impossible for ordinary children to eat only orange peels without eating orange meat.

5. Avoid fatty, sweet and flavourful foods.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that coughs are mostly caused by lung heat, especially in children. In the daily diet, eating more fatty, sweet and thick foods can produce internal heat, aggravate coughing, and make the phlegm thick and sticky, making it difficult to cough up. For children with asthma, eating too much fat and sweet food can cause phlegm and heat to accumulate, block the respiratory tract, aggravate asthma, and make it difficult to recover from the disease. So you should eat some light food during cough.

6. Avoid fishy shrimps and crabs.

Most people know that coughing should avoid "eating things" and fishy food should not be eaten. Fishy food has the greatest impact on "wind-heat cough". The cough of children with cough worsens after eating fishy foods. This is related to the fishy smell irritating the respiratory tract and the protein allergy to fish and shrimp foods. Children who are allergic to certain fish and eggs should pay more attention. Among them, silver carp and hairtail are the most affected.

7. Avoid sweet and sour foods.

Sour food often agglomerates phlegm, making it difficult to cough up the phlegm, aggravating the condition and making it difficult to heal the cough. When the cough is severe, it is not advisable to eat even some sweet and sour fruits, such as apples, bananas, oranges, grapes, etc. Eating more sweets will also increase the heat and make the inflammation difficult to cure. There is a folk custom of "stewing raw pears with rock sugar" to treat coughs. This way of eating is not appropriate for the first onset of cough (new cough).

8. Avoid cold and cold foods.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "drinking cold food will damage the lungs", which means that once the body catches a cold, drinking cold or cold products can damage the human lungs, and coughs are mostly caused by lung diseases. The lung qi is not clear and the lung qi goes up and down. At this time, if the food is still too cold, it is easy to cause lung qi obstruction, the symptoms will be aggravated and will not heal over time. Whether children or adults, coughs are often accompanied by phlegm, and the amount of phlegm is related to the spleen. The spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow, and is in charge of the digestion and absorption of food in the human body. If you eat too much cold food, it will damage the spleen and stomach, cause the function of the spleen to decline, accumulate dampness and produce phlegm.

Warm reminder: The above has introduced in detail the dietary taboos for children during coughing. I hope parents and friends will keep it in mind. Once a child has a cold and cough, the child must first treat the cold and cough, and then let the child have a cold and cough. When your child eats the above food, it is best to give him some light, easy-to-digest food during the cough period.

2. What are the symptoms that cause cough?

1. Upper respiratory tract infection

Cold, also known as cold, is caused by the virus entering the human body through the nose and throat, causing Inflammation of the upper respiratory tract mucosa. When children catch a cold, they usually have symptoms of coughing.

2. Bronchitis

Mostly caused by the spread of upper respiratory tract infection, the onset is relatively acute. In the early stage, it is mostly dry cough, followed by cough, sputum and other discomforts. In severe cases, Hypoxia occurs due to difficulty breathing, and the lips turn blue-purple.

3. Pneumonia

Most children under 2 years old have bronchopneumonia, which is mostly caused by upper respiratory tract infection or bronchitis. There is usually a dry cough, shortness of breath, cyanosis of the lips, and flaring of the nose. Except for newborns, fever usually reaches 39°C.

4. Acute laryngitis

When viruses or bacteria pass through the throat, they can also cause throat infection. In addition to dry cough and throat pain, the most typical symptom of acute laryngitis is hoarseness or even the inability to make a sound. A dog-like coughing sound is made when inhaling air, and laryngeal stridor occurs in severe cases.