My baby coughing; The coughing is also valuable because it signals irritation in the airways. Pollen, dust, or tobacco smoke can make the muscles in the lungs' small breathing tubes constrict. This may lead to a dry, hacking cough or a wet, wheezing cough - either of which may be a warning sign of asthma or of a condition known as reactive airways disease.
Cause coughing : -Microbes: the bacteria trigger pneumonia, which often results in bad coughs and high fevers. Other microbes, cause whooping cough and tuberculosis, can also give rise to severe coughing. -Asthma: Children with this condition cough more often, and their coughs last longer. They tend to get hay fever and eczema (itchy patches of skin and red) and frequently have strong family histories of allergy and Asthma : -Irritants such as tobacco smoke, dust, wood smoke, and chemical fumes. Some children who have acid indigestion (heartburn), which irritates the throat, cough as well. -Certain genetic diseases. Some of these illnesses may cause coughing by distorting the breathing passages; the thick mucous that accompanies cystic fibrosis also causes persistent coughing. -Foreign matter in the lungs. Cough Treatment in child : use the medicine to suppress a cough can be dangerous if your child has asthma or whooping cough or is less than one year old. The a wet, productive cough that brings up mucus should never be suppressed. Prescription cough medicines often include codeine and hydrocodone powerful opiate drugs that need to be used with caution and only under your pediatrician's direction. Both drugs can make it more difficult for very young children to breathe.Despite the widespread use of cough medications for children, researchers haven't studied their usefulness or the dosages at which they should be administered. If a dry cough is keeping your child from getting enough sleep, though, you may want to consider using a cough medicine, and choose the one that contains the fewest active ingredients; for a child under six, it's best to avoid products that contain decongestants and antihistamines. The dextromethorphan: the active ingredient in most over the counter cough medicines, will suppress an irritating cough. Even if it's a temptation, avoid giving cough medicine to children with asthma; use their asthma medicine instead.