How to cough when the weather is cold?

When the weather is cold, many children and women will cough, especially now it is almost winter, and the phenomenon of cough is more obvious. Frequent coughing may have some chronic diseases. Cough in cold weather is related to self-resistance. How is coughing in cold weather? Why is it easy to cough in cold weather? Let's find the answer together!

1, cold wind irritates the throat

Cough in cold weather may be caused by cold stimulation of respiratory tract when cold air passes through throat. In addition, as soon as the cold wind passes, foreign bodies such as dust and germs will also be brought in. Cough can remove foreign bodies in respiratory tract, which is a protective reflex action. Symptoms are dry cough or clear phlegm.

2. Suffering from chronic bronchitis

Chronic bronchitis is a common chronic disease. When it is cold in autumn and winter, it is vulnerable to cold stimulation. People who are old and weak and have poor resistance are prone to get sick when they encounter cold, infection, smoke stimulation, smog and other factors. The symptom is cough with pus and phlegm.

Step 3 catch a cold and cough

When the weather is cold, the human body's resistance drops, causing respiratory infection and increasing secretions. Itchy throat with secretions, causing cough.

4. What should I do if I cough in cold weather?

(1) Wear a mask when going out.

Cold wind can irritate your throat, so you can wear a mask to reduce irritation when you go out in strong wind.

(2) Drink warm water

When the throat itches and coughs, you can drink a few mouthfuls of warm water to moisten your throat, which can quickly relieve the cough. Moreover, drinking water can also promote the metabolism of the new city and help the body quickly excrete the virus in the body.

(3) Drink white radish honey water

Formula: 200 grams of white radish, several slices of ginger, 3 jujubes and 30 grams of honey.

Usage: Slice white radish, cook it with ginger and jujube, then simmer for 20 minutes, remove residue, let it cool for 5 minutes, then add honey and take it when it is warm. 1 ~ twice a day.

Efficacy: White radish is sweet and cool, and has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Ginger can dispel cold, jujube and stomach nourish blood. Honey moistens dryness and relieves cough, and drinking white radish honey can treat cold and cough.

5. Tips

When there is phlegm in the throat, cough it up in time to prevent it from constantly stimulating the throat and aggravating inflammation. If children, the elderly or the throat is too sore to cough, you can use a sputum aspirator to help clean up the secretions.

How to prevent cough in winter 3

1, cough and flu prevention comes first.

It is very important to prevent cough and cold, so children should pay attention to exercise, improve their ability to resist "evil", avoid exogenous diseases and prevent their illness from getting worse. Children should strengthen their living conditioning, live in a quiet environment, often open windows and ventilate, and keep the indoor air fresh, so as to avoid the indoor being full of lampblack and smoke, causing or aggravating cough. Try not to take children to public places and avoid contact with cough patients.

2, benefit the lungs and drink plenty of water

The dry climate in autumn makes people lose a lot of water. To make up for these losses in time, drink at least 500 ml more water every day than in other seasons to maintain the normal humidity of the lungs and respiratory tract. You can also pour hot water into the cup, inhale it through your nose at the mouth of the cup, and directly "shoot" the water into the respiratory tract, every time 10 minute, 2 ~ 3 times a day.

Step 3 eat lung-moistening food

Autumn pears are on the market. Eating 1-2 pears a day can moisten the lungs, moisten the intestines, relieve constipation and prevent cough. In addition, kumquat has a good antitussive effect, and taking 5-6 capsules three times a day can also play a preventive role. Tremella, candied dates, lilies, loquat, etc. All have the function of moistening the lungs, and using these ingredients to make soup is a good diet remedy for moistening the lungs.

Step 4 drink hot drinks

Warm drinking can dilute sticky phlegm, relieve the tension of respiratory mucosa and promote expectoration. Warm boiled water, warm milk and rice soup are all good choices. You can also drink some fresh fruit juice, such as apple juice and pear juice, which is less irritating. It is not advisable to drink orange juice, grapefruit juice and other citrus juices.

5, steam cough

Children with persistent cough will be relieved at room temperature of about 20 degrees and humidity of about 60%-65%. If the child has a bad cough, you can sit in the steam-filled bathroom with the child in your arms for 5 minutes. Moist air can help children clear mucus from their lungs and relieve cough.

6. Increase or decrease clothes and quilts

Mothers should add or subtract clothes for their children according to the temperature of the day; When children play with a lot of sweat, they should wipe the sweat and change their clothes in time; When the temperature is low at night, cover the child with a quilt to prevent the child from catching a cold and coughing.