Here’s the thing about a kids’ cough with phlegm or a wet or productive cough: It can happen suddenly in the midst of all the schoolwork, extracurricular activities, and family time. It can creep up without you or your kids noticing until you hear that wet, gurgling cough that makes them feel uncomfortable.
When your kids experience these initial signs of cough, help your little ones address them right away to prevent them from worsening and messing up daily routines. These tips will help you act on a cough with phlegm for smoother-sailing days and nights at home.
- Count on cough medicines for kids with carbocisteine.
Infection and inflammation within the lungs can increase mucus production, resulting in clear, yellow, or green phlegm that goes up the throat. Ideally, kids should spit out phlegm once they feel it in their throat. However, some of them don’t spit it out right away, causing them to swallow it and move it back down into the throat or the lungs.
Getting phlegm out of the body is important in relieving a wet cough in kids and preventing coughs from getting worse. If hard-to-expel phlegm threatens your kids’ road to recovery, Carbocisteine (Solmux) Kids can help ease those symptoms.
This strawberry-flavored syrup for kids has carbocisteine that helps make phlegm less sticky and easier to cough out and expel from the body. Ultimately, this Pedia-Prescribed medicine helps address a cough with phlegm in kids and assists in reducing coughs among kids with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Carbocisteine (Solmux) Kids is also formulated with TasteRite Technology, which improves the taste of the medicine, resulting in a flavor that is more appealing to kids and increases their willingness to take it. This can be a small win for parents with kids who love to say no to taking their medicines, now that they have a formula that comes in a fruity flavor kids know and like.
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Elevate your kids’ head.
This can be done by adding an extra pillow to the top of the bed, right under their head. This may help lessen nasal congestion in their noses and relieve coughs that may have been triggered by postnasal drip, which is the tendency of mucus to drip down the back of the throat. Just remember that this method is only advisable for kids 2 years old and above. -
Encourage kids to drink more water.
Hydration with water or clear fluids has long been recommended for a wet cough, especially one that’s been caused by an infection. Fluids can help thin out mucus in the throat, reduce the risk of irritation and inflammation in the throat, and prevent it from drying out.
Keep in mind that these strategies are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to addressing a cough with phlegm in kids. If you have additional questions or concerns, feel free to ask a pediatrician for guidance.
As early as now though, count on Carbocisteine (Solmux) Kids to help relieve signs of cough with phlegm in kids (and even babies) and provide peace of mind for parents.
Carbocisteine (Solmux) Kids is available online and in leading drugstores nationwide at a suggested retail price (SRP) of Php115.50 for 100 mg/60 mL Syrup, Php122 for 200 mg/60 mL, and Php185.25 for 200 mg/120 mL Syrup.
If symptoms persist, consult your doctor.
ASC Reference No. U0211P101525S
References:
https://www.seattlechildrens.org/conditions/a-z/cough/
https://www.childrens.com/health-wellness/home-remedies-for-cough-in-kids-infographic
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/phlegm-vs-mucus
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/17755-cough
https://www.healthline.com/health/home-remedies-for-wet-cough
