Know a little about “medicine” | Is it natural to give cephalexin to children when they have a cold?

The weather has been hot and cold recently, and many babies have caught colds. Aunt Li went to the doctor and asked if she could prescribe some "cephalosporin" for her child who caught a cold. So in what situations can "cephalosporin" be used?

Whether children's acute upper respiratory tract infection, commonly known as "cold", should be treated with "cephalosporin" depends on whether there is bacterial infection and what kind of bacterial infection it is. In fact, "cephalosporin" is an antibiotic that only works on inflammation caused by bacterial infection, and is ineffective against inflammation caused by viruses.

If it is confirmed to be a bacterial upper respiratory tract infection, or a viral upper respiratory tract infection followed by a bacterial infection, the doctor will choose appropriate penicillin, cephalosporin or macrolide antibiotics for anti-infection treatment.

Cephalexin is not a specific medicine for colds and should not be used whenever you want.