Can I eat fish if I have a cough? What else can I eat?

Coughing is a manifestation of lung heat in the body, and it is not suitable to eat red meat at this time. Red meat is hotter than white meat, so in theory you should eat foods mainly composed of white meat such as fish and shrimp at this time. However, it is best not to eat fish when you have a cough, because fish contains many fish bones. If you suddenly have a cough, it is easy for the fish bones to get stuck in your throat. For safety reasons, do not eat fish.

1. Can you eat fish if you have a cough?

Among all fishy foods, silver carp, hairtail and other fish are most likely to aggravate cough symptoms, so patients should pay special attention to avoid eating these two types of fish. Some children with cough will have their cough aggravated after eating fish, which is related to the fishy smell irritating the respiratory tract and the allergy to the protein in fish and shrimp foods. Children who are allergic to certain fish or eggs should be especially careful to avoid these foods.

Whether children have a cold or a cough due to bronchitis, they should not eat too greasy food. Greasy food will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines. For children who are sick, poor digestion will also affect their recovery. Generally speaking, a normal person will feel uncomfortable for three or two days after eating a meal of greasy food, not to mention sick children. Eating too much fish and meat is definitely not good for children's health. Therefore, parents should not think that their children are sick and weak and feed them more chicken, duck, fish and meat. Doing so will only make things worse for their children's health.

2. It is not advisable to eat fish while taking cough medicine

Coughing is common in winter. Some patients will experience symptoms such as skin flushing, conjunctival congestion, dizziness, rapid heartbeat, and urticaria after taking cough suppressants. This may be because the patient also ate deep-sea fish, the culprit of which is histamine.

Tuna, sardines, carp and other fish contain more histidine. The bacteria remaining in the fish will convert it into histamine. When this substance enters the blood circulation in large quantities, it may cause allergic reactions. Cough syrups contain codeine, which can promote the release of histamine and make allergies more likely to occur.

It should be emphasized that the effect of codeine on histamine release generally lasts for two weeks, so it is best not to eat fish in the short term after stopping the medication.

3. What to eat when you have a cold and cough?

Drinking warm water when you have a cough can also effectively moisten the throat and relieve cough symptoms. Therefore, drinking more water when you have a cold and cough is the wisest choice.

When you have a cold and cough, there are many foods that can relieve these symptoms. We can eat more of them appropriately, such as pears, loquats, white radishes, lilies, honey, white fungus, winter melon, etc.; these ingredients can clear lung heat and you can eat some when you have a cough. Normally, when we have phlegm, we can stew pears with rock sugar, boil radish with honey and drink water, or make lily porridge. These are all very good therapeutic methods.