With angina, bronchitis, otitis, pneumonia, boils, stretching and dislocation, the child can be helped with compresses. In most cases, these medications help, but we will tell you how to make a child a compress, but it should be borne in mind that in some cases, compresses can cause complications. One should also know that compresses are contraindicated at elevated body temperature, and they should not be placed on the shoulder blades, spine and heart area. In the first case, the compress may further worsen the patient's condition, and in another case, even in a healthy body, there may be displacements leading to the disease.
Do not self-medicate, this applies to compresses. Therefore, before putting a child on a compress, be sure to consult a doctor. This guarantees you a safe and quick recovery.
It is not difficult to make a compress. To do this, first of all in the home medical kit you need to have a bandage and the necessary substances or medical products that will be used in the compress in case of problems with the health of your baby. You will also need waxed paper (you can buy an oilcloth). Fold the bandage in 6-8 layers, apply to it a remedy (according to the recommended recipe) and attach it to a sore spot, attach a waxed paper over the bandage, which should cover a bandage attached to the sore spot by a few centimeters. To fix the compress on the body, attach flannel or cotton wool to it and fix it all with a handkerchief so that you can put your finger under the bandage.
Compresses for bronchitis and pneumonia
With bronchitis and pneumonia, the use of compresses promotes rapid recovery, as they create a warming effect, and this is the first thing the body needs for these diseases. Badger fat is an effective remedy in folk medicine, compress from it attach to the chest and back of the baby. But do not forget about the fact that compresses are contraindicated at elevated body temperature.
You can make cottage cheese wraps. To do this, take 100 g of cottage cheese, remove the serum from it and put a compress on the back of the child. The compress can be removed when the curd mass dries.
Compresses for otitis
Cope with otitis (inflammation in the ear), you can apply a compress based on castor oil. Place the prepared compress on the auricle and secure with a handkerchief.
The onion compress is also effective. Peel the onion, cut it and wrap it in gauze. Such a compress to the patient's ear apply a few times a day.
Compression during dislocation
In case of dislocation, it is recommended to apply ice cubes (for pain relief) immediately after trauma to reduce painful sensations to the affected area. And later to remove the inflammatory process, you can make the child a thermal absorbable compress, which will speed up the restoration of the joint. To do this, make a compress of tincture of plantain or from its juice. Alcohol tincture of plantain should be diluted with water in a proportion of 1: 1. From the solution obtained, make a compress.
Compresses for boils
In the fight against abscesses, an aloe compress is an effective assistant. Wash the aloe leaf, cut it along, place it on the affected area so that the aloe juice contacts the boil, fix it with a bandage.
Sweet compress: add a drop of vegetable oil (any) to the powdered sugar, make a small cake from it, attach it to the boil and fix it.
Both of the above-described remedies are not inferior to those used in the fight against pustules of Vishnevsky's ointment.
Compress with sprain
Stretching of ligaments is one of the most unpleasant and painful diagnoses. Despite this, he also meets children, and, moreover, often. In this case, of course, not without the help of a medical specialist can not do, because only the doctor can make an accurate diagnosis. In case the doctor did not find anything serious, you can apply a compress from the medicinal plants. You can take ointment from arnica or vivacity. Make a warming bandage, soaking a piece of gauze with ointment and apply to the stretching site.
Compresses with angina (tonsillitis)
For angina are not only high body temperature and inflamed neck, but also enlarged lymph nodes. Before applying the compress, you need to normalize the temperature of the child's body and then you can make an alcohol compress. To do this, mix one to one 76% alcohol with water and make a compress from the resulting solution to the neck area.
A compress with the following composition will also help with acute tonsillitis. Stems of flax, grate on a fine grater and pour them with hot milk. When the rubbed stems are swollen, apply them evenly to the handkerchief and secure the resulting compress in the area of the cervical lymph nodes. Regularly carrying out this procedure will help the body to fight the disease and accelerate recovery.