Habits that make children cough a lot during Tet

Changing lifestyle, not keeping warm, eating lots of candy, and drinking ice water are Tet habits that can cause children to cough a lot.

Dr. Nguyen Nhu Duy, ENT Center, Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, said that besides changes in weather and external factors, daily living and care habits during Tet can make children cough a lot.

Children drink ice water : During the holidays, many parents are often busy and do not control their children drinking ice water, eating ice cream, and drinking cold drinks. Drinking too much ice water can damage the throat lining, causing irritation and leading to coughing.

Dietary changes : Many dishes on the Tet tray can trigger coughs such as seafood, spicy foods, greasy foods, grilled foods, and frozen foods. Children often eat a lot, consuming many dishes that can cause coughs.

In addition, children who eat a lot of sweets and jams can irritate the throat lining, leading to coughing. Children who eat sunflower seeds and watermelon seeds can cough and even choke.

Changes in diet and lifestyle can cause children to cough during Tet. Illustration: Freepik — Changes in diet and lifestyle can cause children to cough during Tet. Illustration: *Freepik*

Children with allergic rhinitis or sinusitis : During holidays, every family decorates with flowers and burns incense. Children with allergic rhinitis or sinusitis, when inhaling these scents or pet hair, dust, can develop postnasal drip, with secretions flowing down the back of the throat causing coughing.

Not keeping children warm: During Tet, the weather turns cold and humidity changes erratically, creating favorable conditions for many respiratory viruses to develop. If you do not keep your nose and throat warm and clean, bacteria will grow, easily causing respiratory diseases in children.

Children's lifestyle changes: Going out, traveling to many places, visiting relatives and friends causes children's sleeping time to change. Children's immune systems are weakened, increasing the risk of diseases, including respiratory diseases.

Due to cigarette smoke: During the holidays, children tend to go out and interact with many people, especially in public places. Cigarette smoke from these environments is a factor that leads to inflammation of the respiratory tract mucosa, causing cough.

To prevent children from coughing during Tet, Dr. Duy advises parents to keep their children warm when going out in cold weather. If children sweat a lot while playing and running, take off some of their clothes and dry the sweat to avoid catching a cold. Balance your child's nutrition, prioritizing foods that are cool, rich in vitamins and minerals, and avoid foods that can irritate the throat lining and cause coughing.

Parents should arrange a schedule for their children to get enough sleep and maintain hygiene to help strengthen their resistance and avoid respiratory diseases that cause coughs.

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