Autumn is here – and that doesn’t just mean beautifully colored leaves, musty pots and lit candles. For many children and parents, the colder months are often synonymous with runny noses, colds, infections, flu and coughs.
Cough in children
Coughing is not a funny story – and especially not when it is our little ones who are affected. Coughing is often a symptom of something as common as a cold, but can be quite troublesome when the child may vomit from coughing or can’t even sleep because of a persistent cough.
Home remedies for cough: Is there any miracle cure for cough?
The internet abounds with so-called housewives’ tricks or miracle cures that are said to cure coughs in adults and children alike. This can involve, among other things, sliced yellow onions in a bowl of hot water under the bed or chewing on garlic.
How to get rid of cough? Is there a miracle cure?
Younis Khalid is a pediatrician and operations manager at Knotand in an interview with News24 then he tells more about what the so-called vab autumn 2023 looks like.
Younis Khalid is operations manager and pediatrician at Knodd. Image source: Knod
One of the questions we had for Younis was of course about coughs in children – and then Younis took the opportunity to tell us about the only home remedy that is actually supported by some studies.
What should you actually do when your child is coughing so that he can’t sleep?
– Cough is unfortunately a very difficult condition to treat. There are various housewife tricks that have no proven effect. An exception is honey, for which there is actually some support in some studies. Cough medicines, even prescription ones, unfortunately also have a rather poor evidence base. If you cough so much that it hurts, you can feel better with some painkillers, says Younis to Nyheter24.
But don’t forget that do not give honey to children under 1 year of age – these are recommendations from the Swedish Food Agency which you can read more about here.
Honey can help with cough. Image source: Janerik Henriksson/TT Bild