Sopli River
What if the baby does not have a cold for 2 months and how to create a reliable fight against the first childhood ailments? The snot, of course, does not flow like a river, but it always "squelches" in the nose. "It's hard for a child to breathe, at night, because of this, he does not sleep well and is capricious." The doctor says that everything is normal, just a little more wait until everything is back to normal. But how much can you wait?
One treatment regimen is offered, for example, to babies, and in a completely different way one should act if it is a preschool child. However, in any case, it is necessary, first of all, to measure the humidity in your home. Perhaps the reason for a protracted cold is in it. For optimal functioning of the mucous membranes, the humidity of the air should be 50-70%, although often during the heating season this indicator is rarely in which apartment exceeds 30-40%. Use a household humidifier. If you can not buy the device, increase the humidity in the room by hanging wet towels on the batteries. In addition, provide the baby with a sufficient drinking regime, often offer him water, tea, but not sweet fizzy drinks. Thoracic baby attach to the chest. If these measures are not enough, show the child ENT doctor. Combating the first childhood ailments can be the cause of weakened immunity of crumbs.
We have a baby. Unfortunately, it was not possible to establish breastfeeding, milk was not enough. She began to feed the child with a pediatrician-recommended mixture, eventually she completely supplanted breast milk. But the problem is that the child continues to gain weight poorly (400-500 g per month). What do you advise? Is it worth changing the mixture? And anyway, should I worry?
Let's start with the notion of "little or much" with regard to the set of body weight in nursing infants.The child of the first half of life should gain at least 450 g per month (the lower limit of the weight gain by WHO standards) .So to the minimum rate The weight of your crumbs fits in. And even when fed, only the mother's milk, if, as you write, the weight was then set at 400-500 g.
Perhaps at that time you needed not a mixture, but a breastfeeding specialist's advice, which, first, would calm you down, and second, help to increase lactation. Now the mixture does not advise me to change, let alone feed the child violently. It is better if the situation seems unacceptable to you, go through a thorough medical examination, perhaps the food is not well absorbed due to disruption of the intestine, a decrease in hemoglobin or other malfunctions in the functioning of the child's body. You need to give a general child's blood test, a general urine test, a coprogram (feces analysis), visit a pediatrician and conduct an ultrasound examination of the heart - echocardiography. If everything is normal, you can not worry, just a crumb develops at its own individual pace.
Where did the polyps come from?
At the daughter in a stomach polyps have been found out. We have been prescribed treatment, a diet, I try to do everything to get it to recover as soon as possible. But one thing I can not understand: what is it and where did a small child get such a disease? Please tell us about the fight against the first childhood ailments, in more detail.
Polyps of the stomach in childhood - a fairly rare phenomenon, because often such ailments occur against a background of chronic inflammatory processes, for example, chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, which is typical for people over 40 years of age. But today many adult diseases are "younger" and attack very young children.
Let's look at the beginning in what it is. Polyp is a local growth of the gastric mucosa, polyposis - the presence of more than one polyp.
If such an ailment is detected in a young child, it is necessary, first of all, to exclude the hereditary or congenital nature of the disease, for this you will need a consultation of a geneticist.
Also, it is worth carefully examining all parts of the baby's intestines, since in children the polyposis of the stomach and intestines is often combined. Do not give up careful examination and treatment! It is very important. Do not start the disease and hope that eventually everything will pass by itself. You need to be patient and carefully follow the recommendations of your doctor's doctor. Because it is important and how the treatment will be carried out, and when it starts. With a timely begun treatment, the prognosis is quite favorable - a child can lead a normal lifestyle, just periodically he will have to undergo a regular checkup and follow a diet.
Wet hands
Is it normal that my child (he is 6 years old) constantly wet hands? What does this malady indicate? Maybe it is a signal of some disease or disturbance in the body's work?
If this is the only complaint about the health of the child, then there is nothing terrible. This condition is called hyperhidrosis, and is often just an individual feature of a person. However, if this was not typical for your child before, but appeared recently, then see if your mental health is too excessive for your preschooler (or maybe first-graders?), Whether he is not susceptible to stress, whether he suffers from a lack of fresh air and other "Distortions" in the way of life.If this is present, the wet palm can be caused by this.In pursuit of knowledge, one should not forget about rest and active games.