Until now, there is an opinion that breastfeeding with the flu is necessarily accompanied by the fact that the baby will become infected with any viral infection. It is believed that in these circumstances, the child should necessarily be weaned. There is also the view that this infection can not be tolerated if you put a bandage on your mother, and give milk to the baby after boiling. If we take into account modern concepts of breastfeeding, this behavior is simply ridiculous.
The benefit of continuing breastfeeding with the flu
If the mother became ill with the flu, much earlier than the beginning of the manifestation of any clinical signs of the disease, the child is already fed with milk by the causative agent of the disease, certain antibodies to this pathogen. When the mother or doctors treating her find the presence of the disease, the baby is already either sick, or "vaccinated" from this disease. Excommunication from the breast in this case is equal to depriving the baby of a unique unique medicine intended only for him, which he receives from the mother's milk. Boiling milk destroys the causative agent of the disease and all the protective factors of milk. A bandage of gauze, which is dressed after the appearance of the flu, does not protect from the pathogens in milk. It is not necessary to excommunicate neither the sick child, nor the one who is still healthy. It is mother's milk - the baby's ability to avoid getting infected with the flu, despite the fact that he gets the causative agents daily. Excommunication of a healthy baby at the time of his mother's illness will put him at risk of getting influenza. In clinical studies on the example of the flu, it was proved that a child who was without immune protection is more likely to get sick, but recovers more slowly than a baby who was not weaned. It will be easier to do so that the child receives the medicine directly through the mother's milk.
What if my mother was ill with the flu?
For the treatment of influenza, in addition to febrifugal and symptomatic medications, certain antiviral agents, based on interferon preparations, can usually be used. It is better that these funds are prescribed by a doctor, although some of them, for example, "influferron", can be used alone. Most of them are also compatible with lactation.
The rise in temperature is a sign of the body struggling with the disease. The temperature to 38 degrees can be lowered by non-medicinal means, for example, drinking more. You can use cranberry juice, sweet tea with honey and lemon, rose hips. These drinks also contain vitamin C, this is very important in case of illness. And with increasing temperature, sweating, breathing through the mouth, the fluid is dramatically lost.
To reduce the temperature above 38 degrees, you can use paracetamol, candles viburkol, wiping with a solution of vinegar (the ratio of vinegar and water 1: 2). It is better to remember the principle: if a medicine can be given to a child, you can take it to your mother without harming your baby.
As symptomatic agents, doctors advise herbal and homeopathic medicines. For example, in the treatment of the common cold, Aquamaris (composed of water and sea salt) is used, and for the throat it is advised to use different solutions for rinsing, for example, Tonzinal or sprays, it is possible to have Geoxoral.