What to do if a child’s cough reaches the gag reflex

Reasons for appearance

The main problem that causes severe coughing, leading to vomiting, is considered to be irritation of the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves. They are located in the mucous membranes of the larynx and nasopharynx. In addition, impulses at the reflex level can arise from the following zones:

• nasal passages;
• from a number of organs;
• cerebral cortex.

And this negative condition is provoked by swelling, which occurs due to the following factors:

• contact with an allergen;
• contact with chemicals;
• due to infection by parasites;
• focal inflammation caused by bacteria and viruses.

A terrible cough also occurs due to a foreign body entering the respiratory system. In addition, if the patient has an enlarged thyroid gland or a tumor forms in the bronchial area, the first sign may be a severe cough with nausea and vomiting.

Night cough

An adult must constantly monitor a sick baby; attacks at night are the most dangerous! During sleep, when the body is horizontal, phlegm accumulates in the bronchi. The passage of air in the respiratory tract is blocked, creating a risk of suffocation. A powerful cough reflex occurs leading to vomiting. In the event of an attack, the child must be woken up and asked to clear his throat. It is advisable for the patient to sleep on his side, turn over often, and try to raise his head with a high pillow. Raising the humidity in the room to the maximum level is the task of parents.

Possible diseases

Often, coughing to the point of vomiting without fever appears due to a cold. And if adequate and timely therapy is not applied, this condition will transform into a dangerous pathology.

As a rule, the main reason that causes coughing to vomiting is considered to be a convulsive attack that occurs when the diaphragm contracts. The second culprit is sputum, which accumulates in large quantities in the nasopharynx area. Flowing down the walls of the organ, the mucus causes a gag reflex.

In addition, a similar condition can provoke a number of other pathologies:

Pneumonia is one of the causes of terrible coughing attacks

• almost all colds and viral pathologies. As a rule, their appearance is accompanied by coughing with vomiting;
• bronchitis of acute or chronic origin. In the acute form, the main symptom is wet, productive, and when coughing up the sputum will be watery. But the chronic form is accompanied by a dry and barking cough;
• latent pneumonia. This type of pathology is characterized by a strong and deep main symptom - pain in the lungs and the absence of fever;
• tracheitis. This disease differs from others in its loud cough, which radiates pain to the chest area. An attack of the main provocateur appears spontaneously if a person inhales cold air or cigarette smoke;
• allergy. When an irritant enters the body, a convulsive contraction of the diaphragm occurs, which causes attacks of severe coughing, often leading to vomiting. In addition, allergies not only provoke paroxysmal symptoms, but also cause sneezing and runny nose;
• asthma. During an asthma attack, a person begins to choke, coughing, and even gagging;
• roundworm infection. As parasites move through the lung tissue, a terrible dry cough occurs, causing vomiting;
• Cough without fever is an invariable companion to heart failure. This pathology can provoke a condition in which a person begins to choke, and when trying to take a deep breath of air, a severe attack occurs;
• Another culprit of severe coughing attacks without fever is tuberculosis. With an aggravated form of this pathology, a person secretes mucus mixed with blood.

In addition to the diseases described above, the appearance of a cough may mean that dangerous pathological processes are developing in the liver. And also be a consequence of the use of certain medications.

Cough is not the root cause, but only a symptom signaling the development of a certain pathology, which is why self-medication is strictly prohibited. Often the problem in its appearance lies in a disease that is not completely cured and has transformed into a chronic stage.

Kinds

As you know, there are several types of cough. And each of them can be accompanied by vomiting.

• Physiological cough. It can occur in completely healthy children. This is due to the fact that the baby’s body has its own structural characteristics. For example, a baby's stomach is designed in such a way that its contents easily flow back into the esophagus, which can cause coughing.
• A dry cough causes strain in the throat muscles, which can trigger the gag reflex. Short bouts of vomiting are observed directly during coughing. The condition is complicated by pain in the throat and stomach and the fact that the child experiences fear of the next coughing attack.
• A wet cough is characterized by an abundance of phlegm in the upper respiratory tract. Mucus can come off, enter the stomach and cause vomiting - this is a protective reaction of the body. In this case, bouts of vomiting alternate with bouts of coughing.

Treatment options

Treatment of the cause that provoked the cough is carried out in the following ways:

Antibiotics may be prescribed for a severe cough

• use of antibiotics;
• inhalations using medicinal solutions and tinctures;
• taking antiviral drugs, provided that the provocateurs of a severe cough are viral bacteria;
• immunomodulatory agents;
• mucolytics and expectorants.

Therapy aimed at treating the identified disease must have an integrated approach. Therefore, the patient should strictly adhere to all recommendations and prescriptions of the attending physician.

What is prohibited

When a child vomits while coughing, parents try their best to make him feel better. But sometimes their actions only aggravate the situation and lead to complications.

Forbidden:

• rub the breasts with alcohol-containing solutions when treating infants;
• give antitussives for productive cough;
• use mustard plasters at elevated body temperatures;
• resort to steam inhalation during an attack;
• give spicy food and carbonated drinks for acute inflammation of the ENT organs.

Compliance with medical recommendations and care rules shortens the recovery period. To improve the psycho-emotional and physical well-being of a child, it is advisable to take him for walks in the fresh air for at least 20-30 minutes a day.

Medicines

It is not recommended to treat a cough on your own without knowing what disease caused this symptom. The best option would be to visit specialists (general practitioner, ENT doctor, allergist and others), who, based on the symptoms and tests performed, will recommend adequate treatment.

Typically, three categories of medications are used to combat the main symptom:

Ambroxol cough tablets

• antitussives to suppress the unpleasant reflex and reduce the sensitivity of the receptors. Codeine copes well with this condition;
• mucolytic to liquefy and remove mucus. Ambroxol helps well;
• expectorants, stimulating the process of removing mucus from the respiratory system. Mucaltin can be called an indispensable remedy.

In the fight against the cause that provoked coughing attacks, the simultaneous use of expectorant and antitussive drugs is prohibited. Otherwise, a person will experience stagnation of sputum in the bronchi.

Depending on the provocateurs and the complexity of the underlying pathology, the doctor additionally prescribes the following medications:

• antibiotics if the inflammation is of bacterial origin;
• for allergies, taking antihistamines is indicated;
• Vitamin supplements are useful for strengthening the body;
• warming ointments based on mint and eucalyptus;
• syrups that soften and soothe the mucous membrane.

  All medications must be prescribed by a doctor

Modern traditional medicine offers a wide range of medicines in convenient forms: tablets, syrups, gels, ointments and oils. However, the main condition is that any drug is used strictly as prescribed by the doctor.

Another effective way to get rid of a strong dry cough is inhalation. Similar therapy can be used at home using:

• a portable nebulizer for converting products into a therapeutic aerosol;
• steam procedures using a kettle or pan;
• cold inhalations, rubbing temples with eucalyptus and mint oils.

Of the three options above, inhalation with a nebulizer is the most effective. This device can be used by adults, pregnant women, children and young mothers during lactation. However, to obtain a positive result from inhalations, therapy should begin at the first signs. Then the disease will be stopped faster.

Reviews from parents

Lisa, Novosibirsk:

“The child was 1.4 years old, they called a doctor, they told her to rinse with Aqualor and Pertussin, she coughed at night and vomited. In the morning the same picture, choking on snot and vomiting along with mucus. The cough is strained, nothing comes out. On the advice of the doctor, she gave thinning medications, but the child began to have a fever. As a result, we ended up in an infectious disease ward with some form of pneumonia.”

Nadezhda, Novgorod region:

“We were vomiting when we coughed! We suffered from bronchitis and coughed so much that our daughter vomited! Mostly at night. But I thought it was good - it cleared the phlegm from the esophagus and stomach. They were sick for a long time—at least a month.”

Marina, Elektrostal:

“My child had the most natural whooping cough, despite the fact that my son was vaccinated. My niece got sick, then my son and our grandfather (he lives with us). The cough was monstrous, hysterical, the little one was shaking all over, he vomited often, especially when the attack was prolonged. Doctors denied whooping cough for a long time (since my son was vaccinated) and prescribed a bunch of expectorants. As a result, we went to see a paid doctor and was diagnosed with whooping cough. It lasted a long time, the disease was painful, but in the end it subsided. But now my son has strong immunity. A year and a half has already passed, there are no consequences. The main thing is not to start.”

Folk remedies

If a coughing attack occurs suddenly, and there is no way to urgently receive qualified help, you can resort to alternative therapy. Such remedies help to quickly relieve the onset of symptoms and allow the patient to sleep until the morning. However, it is worth remembering that such methods are good in tandem with traditional treatment. In addition, before using them, you should consult a doctor about the advisability of using these drugs.

Severe coughing attacks can be treated using the following remedies:

Chest cough pack

• If the symptom in question is tormenting you, you can purchase a chest pack at the pharmacy. A mixture of medicinal herbs can relieve cough and reduce discomfort in the throat;
• Decoctions of wild rosemary, chamomile and St. John's wort help well. They eliminate weakness, improve mucus removal, due to which the unpleasant symptom goes away faster;
• You can relieve pain and soften cough by rubbing your chest and back with badger or goose fat. This manipulation is done before bed, and in the morning everything is washed off with warm water;
• Another popular method, after which the cough goes away, is the use of mustard plasters or warm compresses. It is advisable to do such techniques at night.

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All these methods help eliminate the main sign of pathology for a long time. However, they do not eliminate the cause. Therefore, a visit to the doctor should be mandatory.

Should you see a doctor?

Since the described symptoms may be a sign of the presence of serious diseases, if coughing with vomiting occurs, you should immediately consult a doctor.
If your child is not feeling well, you can call a pediatrician at home. You should not delay going to the doctor when your child coughs at night and there is blood in his vomit. Even if the baby simply cannot sleep at night due to coughing, this already deserves the attention of doctors.

Prevention

A severe cough that causes a gag reflex is disturbing due to various factors. Moreover, more often this symptom occurs due to a respiratory tract disease that manifests itself in the cold season. Therefore, in order to prevent illness and unpleasant symptoms, you should adhere to simple preventive measures:

To avoid problems with the respiratory tract, you need to quit smoking

• strengthen the body’s protective functions by enriching the diet with healthy foods and taking vitamin complexes;
• quit smoking;
• avoid hypothermia and dress taking into account the temperature of the external environment;
• maintain personal hygiene;
• ventilate the sleeping area;
• promptly begin therapy to eliminate diseases;
• drink plenty of fluids;
• If possible, get vaccinated against influenza.

These simple actions will strengthen the body, which is important especially in the cold season, and will not give a chance for an unpleasant symptom to appear.

First aid for severe cough with vomiting

If the baby wakes up at night, coughs and vomits, the parents try to help him in any way, sometimes falling into panic. Both traditional methods and medicines are used. It is important to remember that coughing is a natural reaction to inflammation of the airways. It evacuates pathogenic bacteria and cleanses the trachea and bronchi.

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Correct first aid should be as follows:

• unbutton your pajamas so that they do not impede breathing;
• try to move the child to another room;
• if sputum does not come out well, massage your back with tapping movements;
• ventilate the room;
• give a mucolytic drug according to instructions;
• do inhalation when the attack has passed;
• give the baby warm water (ideally heated Borjomi without gas) or milk;
• go out onto the balcony and breathe some air (if the child does not have a temperature).

You should call emergency help for your child in the following cases:

• vomiting does not stop;
• the nasolabial triangle turns blue;
• foam appears at the mouth;
• signs of suffocation are expressed;
• the skin is pale, cold;
• loss of consciousness.

I have a severe cough, to the point of vomiting! Cold! How to treat?

Answers:

ann

coughing attacks can be relieved with burnt sugar candy (smear a large spoon with sunflower oil (this will prevent the sugar from sticking to the spoon too much), put a teaspoon of sugar there and drop a little water on it, hold it over a gas burner until the sugar turns dark brown, then cool) It's not tasty, but it helps. only resorting to this remedy more than once a day is harmful

x

this is pneumonia, however... (pneumonia, in Russian)

Galina Krivova

To the doctor. And do fluorography

tanishi

Many people have it now. rest at home for a week. helped me

Igor Belov

And stop taking care of your hair.

Irina

summed quickly and efficiently.

Irina Gubareva

IF THE COUGH IS DRY - THEN LIBEXIN, OR PLANTNESS SYRUP, ALTERNATING MUSTARD PLASTICS WITH IODINE GRID. IF THE SMUT HAS ALREADY STARTED TO DISCHARGE - LAZALVAN - IN SYRUP OR TABLETS. , AND IN COUGHING ATTACKS - CODELAC, JUST DO NOT SWALLOW BUT DISSOLVED! I WISH YOU HEALTH!

Kaletta

Cough can also be allergic, after drops in the nose, for example, then suprastin helps

Dragon Girl

You can take Ambroxol during the day, and Codelac at night.

Stepan Neizvestny

First of all, blow your nose thoroughly to avoid vomiting. Then suck on “HOLS”, blue or black. Feel better.

Natasha

It is necessary to be treated with Erespal or Bioparks, it would be better to breathe over potatoes with salt and soda at night. throat oblig. When it’s warm, don’t go outside in the cold, call a doctor and have him look at your throat just in case.

D.Ch.

THE BEST folk remedies for bronchitis Add 1 tablespoon of badger fat and 1 tablespoon of honey to 300 ml of boiled milk, take warm in the morning and evening. Coltsfoot 2 parts, oregano herb 1 part, chamomile inflorescences 2 parts. Preparation and use: pour 2 tablespoons of the collection into 0.5 liters of boiling water, pour it into a thermos along with the herbs, leave overnight. Take 1/3-1/4 cup 3-4 times a day. Course - 1 month. After a week break, the course can be repeated. Ledum herb 4 parts, birch buds 1 part, oregano herb 2 parts, nettle leaves 1 part. Preparation and use: pour 2 tablespoons of the collection into 0.5 liters of boiling water, pour it into a thermos along with the herbs, leave overnight. Take 1/3-1/4 cup 3-4 times a day. Course - 1 month. After a week break, the course can be repeated. 300 g of honey, half a glass of water and a leaf of finely chopped aloe, cook over low heat for 2 hours. Cool and stir. Store in a cool place. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day. marshmallow root, wild rosemary herb, birch buds, elecampane root, sweet clover herb - equally. Preparation and use: pour 2 tablespoons of the collection into 0.5 liters of boiling water, pour it into a thermos along with the herbs, leave overnight. Take 1/3-1/4 cup 3-4 times a day. Course - 1 month. After a week break, the course can be repeated. oak bark, oregano herb, angelica root, St. John's wort herb, calendula flowers, viburnum bark, fireweed leaf, clover flowers - equally. Preparation and use: pour 2 tablespoons of the collection into 0.5 liters of boiling water, pour it into a thermos along with the herbs, leave overnight. Take 1/3-1/4 cup 3-4 times a day. Course - 1 month. After a week break, the course can be repeated. cranberry fruits, mullein flowers, nettle grass, meadowsweet flowers, bay leaves, flax seeds, linden flowers, raspberry leaves - equally. Preparation and use: pour 2 tablespoons of the collection into 0.5 liters of boiling water, pour it into a thermos along with the herbs, leave overnight. Take 1/3-1/4 cup 3-4 times a day. Course - 1 month. After a week break, the course can be repeated. coffin 1/2 part, raspberry leaf 1 part, cuff leaf 1 part, coltsfoot leaf 2 parts, mint herb 2 parts, dandelion root 1 part, eyebright herb 1 part. Preparation and use: pour 2 tablespoons of the collection into 0.5 liters of boiling water, pour it into a thermos along with the herbs, leave overnight. Take 1/3-1/4 cup 3-4 times a day. Course - 1 month. After a week break, the course can be repeated. primrose root, tansy flowers, plantain leaf - 2 parts, motherwort herb 1 part, chamomile flowers 1 part, cyanosis root 1 part. Preparation and use: pour 2 tablespoons of the collection into 0.5 liters of boiling water, pour it into a thermos along with the herbs, leave overnight. Take 1/3-1/4 cup 3-4 times a day. Course - 1 month. After a week break, the course can be repeated. currant leaf 3 parts, licorice root 2 parts, pine buds 1 part, yarrow herb 1 part, dill fruits - 1 part. Preparation and use: pour 2 tablespoons of the collection into 0.5 liters of boiling water, pour it into a thermos along with the herbs, leave overnight. Take 1/3-1/4 cup 3-4 times a day. Course - 1 month. After a week break, the course can be repeated. tricolor violet herb 2 parts, horsetail herb 2 parts, thyme herb 2 parts, rose hips 3 parts, eucalyptus leaf 1 part. Preparation and use: pour 2 tablespoons of the collection into 0.5 liters of boiling water, pour it into a thermos along with the herbs, leave overnight. Take 1/3-1/4 cup 3-4 times a day. Course - 1 month. After a week break, the course can be repeated. marshmallow root, wild rosemary herb, birch buds, elecampane root, sweet clover herb, oregano herb, mint herb, celandine herb - equally. Preparation and use: pour 2 tablespoons of the collection into 0.5 liters of boiling water, pour it into a thermos along with the herbs, leave overnight. Take 1/3-1/4 cup 3-4 times a day. Course - 1 month. After a week break, the course can be repeated.

Tatyana Petrovna

Propolis tincture - 1 tea. After finishing your meals in the morning and evening, dilute it a little with water and drink it with milk. 5-7 days. Boil the tangerine peels and drink the hot infusion with sugar (drink 1-1.5 liters a day little by little.) “BOBS” lollipops with menthol and eucalyptus, dissolve 5-7 candies a day. (until recovery.)

Nikolay Zuev

Broncholitin helps me personally

Ja

There is a virus going on like this right now. If there is no pneumonia on the x-ray, then you can take the drug ERESPAL, 1 tablet 3 times. There is a mixture for children over three years old, and tablets for adults. In addition, inhalations and antihistamines, for example CLARITIN, one tablet each. 2 times, plus any multivitamins.

Pavel Semestyaga

If you have a severe cough, you need to take ACC, a thinner, and then the expectorant “CUKA”.

Lyudmila

Regular bromhexine + antibiotics. Or better yet, a heating pad for the whole body!

Marishka-pyshka

Gargle every two hours with some herbal infusion (sage, chamomile, etc..). It's local! In general, strengthen your body! Lemon, milk with butter, tea with honey and everything will be The Best!

Evseeva liya (moleva)

very good medicine ASKORIL tested or SINEKOD only this helps my daughter with an influx of cough

wais

Cough is a manifestation of many diseases. A cough can appear with a cold, bronchitis, tracheitis, pleurisy, pneumonia and other pulmonary diseases. First of all, you need to treat the underlying disease, but at the same time, you can alleviate its course by using cough suppressants. Traditional methods for treating cough: 1) Grind 500g. peeled onions, add 2 tablespoons of honey, 400g. granulated sugar and cook over low heat in 1 liter. water 3 hours. Then cool and strain. Store in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator. Take 1 tablespoon warm mixture 4-5 times a day for severe cough. 2) For coughs, it is useful to eat onions fried in butter and mixed with honey. 3) Mix peeled hazelnuts and honey in equal parts. Take 1 teaspoon 5-6 times a day with warm milk. 4) Mix honey and horseradish juice in a ratio of 1:3. Take in small portions throughout the day with tea. Drink 2-3 glasses of this infusion throughout the day. 5) Rub ripe bananas through a sieve and place them in a pan with hot water at the rate of 2 bananas per 1 glass of water with sugar. Warm and drink this mixture when coughing. 6) When coughing, cut the black radish into small cubes and put it in a saucepan, sprinkling it with sugar. Bake in the oven for 2 hours. Strain and pour the liquid into a bottle. Drink 2 teaspoons 3-4 times a day and at night before bed. 7) When treating a cough, healer Vanga advised boiling 1 potato, 1 onion, 1 apple in 1 liter. water. Cook until the water is reduced by half. Drink this decoction 1 teaspoon 3 times a day. 8) Fresh cabbage juice with sugar is useful as an expectorant for coughs. A decoction of cabbage with honey also works well. 9) For prolonged cough, mix 300g. honey and 1 kg. crushed aloe leaves, pour 0.5 l of the mixture. water and bring to a boil. Keep on low heat for 2 hours, stirring. Cool. Store in the refrigerator for no more than a month. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day before meals. 10) Mix the juice from aloe leaves in equal proportions with warm honey and butter. Take 1 teaspoon 4 times a day before meals for severe cough. 11) Mix 3 tablespoons of crushed birch buds with 100g. unsalted butter, put on fire, bring to a boil and simmer over very low heat for 1 hour. Strain, squeeze, discard the kidneys. Add 200g. honey and mix well. Take for cough 4 times a day before meals. 12)Finely chop fresh nettle roots and boil in sugar syrup. Take 1 tablespoon per day for severe cough. 13) Pour 1 teaspoon of nettle herb into 0.5 liters. boiling water, leave, covered, for 30 minutes and strain. Drink as a tea for expectoration and thinning mucus. 14) 1 tablespoon of crushed plantain leaf, pour 1 cup of boiling water, leave in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes, cool and strain. Take 1 tablespoon 5-6 times a day for severe cough. 15) Thyme decoction or liquid extract is used as an expectorant for coughs. 16) When coughing, it is recommended to drink hot milk with butter: ¾ glass of milk per 50g. oils

Useful tips

Diet after vomiting in a child:

On the first day, it is better not to feed the baby anything. He himself will not want to eat. It’s better to give the baby something to drink:

• Rosehip decoction;
• Herbal and black tea;

• Salted or mineral water;
• Dried fruit compote.

On the second day you can start giving him food.

After 2 days, the baby can be given a children's menu:

• Boiled lean meat;
• Cottage cheese (no more than 20 g).

It is better that meals are frequent and in small portions. The child will independently return to a normal diet after 5 days.

How to quickly relieve the condition

If you have a painful cough, especially at night, it is very important to provide first aid before being examined by a doctor. The following methods will help alleviate the patient’s condition:

• systematic ventilation, humidification of indoor air;
• drinking plenty of warm (but not hot) drinks to help remove mucus;
• steam inhalations with extracts of medicinal plants: calendula, linden, fir, chamomile, thyme, eucalyptus;
• attacks of dry cough can be relieved by tinctures of mallow and plantain leaves, inhalations with ventolin;
• with a wet cough, it is recommended to take drugs to thin the sputum to facilitate its separation and elimination.

Inhalation and rubbing should not be done at high body temperature.

What to do to avoid coughing? For prevention purposes, it is enough to follow simple recommendations:

• do not smoke or stay in smoky areas;
• do not inhale harmful chemical fumes;
• avoid hypothermia and sudden temperature changes;
• Avoid being in crowded places during an epidemic.
• regularly ventilate the apartment and humidify the air, especially when the heating is on;
• If a cough has already appeared, then it is necessary to stop its very first manifestations.

There are always specific reasons for a cough. To determine them, you need to undergo a serious examination, after which the doctor will be able to prescribe adequate treatment. Because medications prescribed for one disease may be absolutely contraindicated for another. Proper treatment will help get rid of the disease, and along with it all the unpleasant symptoms, including coughing and vomiting, will go away.