The season of colds is almost alwaysbegins with a cough. This is a symptom of various kinds of diseases of the upper respiratory tract. Also, its occurrence can provoke unnecessary strain on the larynx and trachea or a transferred cold.
In such cases,cough treatment with antibiotics in children. It is with the help of these "magic" means that parents hope to defeat the disease. But it is worth noting that antibiotics are not a "golden pill" for coughing in children and adolescents. If a child has a viral illness (acute respiratory viral infection, pharyngitis, tonsillitis), mechanical damage to the larynx or trachea, taking antibiotics will not produce any results.
Proceeding from this, it can be concluded thatthe use of such medicines is justified and effective only with the correct form of microflora that affects children's respiratory tract. Therefore, to determine whether it is necessary to take antibiotics for cough, you must always consult a doctor.
Many parents are inclined to think thatan antibiotic when coughing in children will only harm their body. But without antibacterial drugs can not cure pneumonia, tuberculosis and other complex diseases. Only a doctor can correctly prescribe antibiotics, from which reception will be more useful than harm. In addition, with proper treatment, the occurrence of adverse effects from the administration of these medications is virtually non-existent.
Antibiotic for children coughing is used forfight against bacterial infections. But they have absolutely no effect on viruses. If there are signs of coughing such as runny nose, weakness, weakness, headache and sore throat, it characterizes the presence of the virus. It is he who contributes to the development of the disease. Cough causes such viral diseases as influenza, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial infection and measles.
The intake of antibiotics in ARI contributes to the emergence and intensive development of various kinds of allergies, dysbiosis. But the child's recovery is not reduced.
Prescribe antibiotics when coughing in children should be when the onset of the disease provoked:
On the bacterial nature of the disease, I testify to the following symptoms:
To get rid of a prolonged cough, it is necessarycompetent approach. To detect microflora and determine the sensitivity of bacteria to various kinds of antibacterial agents, one must make sputum culture. As a result of this analysis, it will be possible to determine exactly which drugs will benefit in this case, and which will not have any effect on the disease, and the cough after antibiotics in the child will not pass.
But to conduct this analysis and process itresults take time. At the same time, the child's poor state of health worsens and requires taking appropriate measures. In this case, the antibiotic for a child with a strong cough is selected empirically, while taking into account the probable pathogen.
The best way out in any case -monotherapy (use one antibacterial drug). It is desirable that it is a tablet, suspension or powder. Only in cases of severe disease, injections are prescribed.
If there is no time to see a doctor,and the child's well-being worsens (breathing increases, intoxication is accompanied by high fever), it is necessary to take an antibiotic from a dry cough that has a wide spectrum of action. The starting antibacterial agent in this case can be "Amoxiclav" or "Augmentin". Also positive results will result from the use of amoxicillin in combination with sulbactam (Trifamox).
First of all, do not forget that the receptionantibiotics should be of a regular nature. Only in this case the necessary concentration of the active substance will accumulate in the body and will retain it, which will lead to the death of bacteria. At irregular reception there is a decrease in the concentration of antibiotic. Such treatment will not lead to a positive result. Moreover, it can provoke the development of drug resistance to this drug.
Also the child should feel relief infor a short period of time. With the correct choice of antibiotic, there will be a positive dynamics (dry or wet cough will disappear, chest pain will decrease, breathing becomes easier).
If after 48 hours the improvement did not occur,this drug is not suitable for your child. It must be replaced with another antibiotic or a combination of drugs. But do not increase the dose, this will not bring absolutely no results.
Taking an antibiotic when coughing in children should befor a long time. In most cases, the duration of the course is 5-7 days. Even if the child feels well after a few days, do not stop treatment, because there is a threat of return of the disease.
For this purpose, drugs are used, the main active substance of which are:
The class of macrolides includes "Azitrotsin", "Sumamed". These are effective drugs in the presence of inflammatory processes in the airway of the child.
Quite limited is the use of fluoroquinolones. This is due to the fact that this antibiotic when coughing in children significantly affects the development of cartilaginous tissue and accumulates in the bones.
In no case do you need to treat yourselfchild. Since, apart from the obvious symptoms, the age of the child, the conditions of infection, affect the choice of antibiotics. In some cases, cough can provoke an atypical microflora (chlamydia or mycoplasma). In this case, absolutely other antibiotics should be attributed to children when coughing. What, only a doctor can say.
A proper treatment program can be prescribedonly a doctor. In addition to antibiotics, he will prescribe an antihistamine course. After the end of treatment, it is necessary to prevent dysbacteriosis. If a deterioration in the child's condition occurs during therapy, you should immediately seek help from specialists.
