Understanding the Differences between Benign Cough and One that needs Attention
Cough in children is not only a serious health hazard for the children affected, it often generates a lot of anxiety among the parents too. Most of it consists of benign episodes, which would go away on their own, but it is difficult to take that chance. Better awareness can help in understanding how to deal with it.
A coughing child
is bound to make the parents anxious, and yet, it is not practically feasible
to run to the paediatrician every time the child coughs. The inability to
differentiate between a benign occasional bout of cough that is nothing more
than an indication of ‘yet to mature’ reflexes of your darling child and the
dangerous cough that signals a sickness, often causes as much anxiety as any
disease itself; so it is always worthwhile to know a few things about a
coughing child.
