Among the defense mechanism that the human body, is the cough, something that should not be reduced, because it usually occurs as a result of common diseases such as winter flu, bronchitis and pneumonia, but may be an allergic reaction to dust, smoke or other material, in some people, the immune system recognizes as “foreign” or “dangerous” (allergens), if it is accompanied by phlegm means there obstructive pulmonary disease.

Among the recommendations to reduce the risk of cough due to respiratory disease, was first mentioned that the basic measure of protection is good to leave home to avoid sudden temperature changes, better cover the neck and mouth with a scarf and drink plenty of fluids and avoid going to crowded places , especially if they smoke.

He explained that if two or three days decreased the frequency and severity of coughing, it was probably just a defense mechanism against exposure to cold environment or the presence of dust, smoke or pollen. If not, one must see your doctor, especially when accompanied by one or more of the following symptoms: fever, malaise, poor appetite, lethargy, boiling chest, shortness of breath or coughing that “barking or seal” and hoarse or harsh.

Rusman Padoe Dr. said it was important to let a cough developed, provided they do not grow or be accompanied by symptoms such as that mentioned above, because the function of this defense mechanism is to clean the lungs, it is necessary to remove and expel the agent that causes.

In the case of children, said parents should be alert and watching when suffering from cough, the cough is “dry, with or without sputum. There is no need to try to” cut a hole “with self-medication, because it only causes children not to defend what the respiratory tract.

When you cough or sneeze is to cover the mouth with a tissue and never do it with your hands, because they are the primary vehicle for transmission of viruses or bacteria that cause respiratory infections. Parents should teach their children good habits early is cleansing.

Estimated that forty percent of children with cough and not only repair or remove, even with treatment prescribed by doctors, perhaps because of problems due to asthma or allergies, while sixty percent of that associated with respiratory tract infections.

Maternal diet modifies allergic childhood

Increase consumption of green and yellow vegetables, citrus and vegetables and fruits rich in beta carotene (usually red and orange) to reduce the risk of having a baby with eczema on the skin

Foods rich in vitamin E, present in green vegetables, also reduces the risk of having children with respiratory problems, reported in the journal Allergy.

Beta carotene and vitamin E are two of the many antioxidants present in vegetables and fruits that are beneficial to health. But previous research on the consumption of mothers and children have allergies conflicting results.

In a new study, the team is evaluating the consumption of vegetables and fruits during pregnancy from 763 women and the early onset of allergic eczema or wheezing in their children.

Women around 30 years and 17 weeks of pregnancy when surveyed about their health. When the babies were between 16 and 24 months of age, participants reported on the birth and breastfeeding, number of siblings older tobacco and tobacco exposure.

21 percent of the infants had wheeze or suffer “whistling in the chest in the last 12 months and less than 19 percent have eczema.

According to the authors, women who ate the most green and yellow vegetables, oranges or beta-carotene during pregnancy is less likely to have a baby with eczema.

For example, after considering the risk factors eczema, skin conditions more common among children whose mothers ate the least of these products compared to most green and yellow vegetables are consumed, with 54 and 32 babies each.

And the high vitamin E intake during pregnancy is associated with a reduced chance to have a child with wheezing, as in previous studies in the United States and England.

The team concluded that increased consumption of green and yellow vegetables, oranges and antioxidants like beta carotene and vitamin E in the mother “should be further investigated as an effective way to prevent allergies in children.