It is difficult to meet a man who at least once in his life did not suffer from angina. Especially often, angina occurs in children. In the period of illness, the body temperature rises to 40 ° C, the throat is very sore, it is impossible to eat a piece of food, take a sip of water. Although not even the very course of the disease is a danger, and possible complications. Among them encephalitis, meningitis, rheumatism, chronic tonsillitis, glomerulonephritis. Therefore, it is important for parents to know how to treat a child's sore throat.
How to knock down heat?
Usually the highest temperature is at night. If this happened to your child, do not panic. Up to 38.5 ° C it is not recommended to bring down the temperature, if this threshold is exceeded, it is necessary to give the child an antipyretic syrup (Panadol, Nurofen, Efferalgan, etc.), or put a candle.
When you feel the heat of a child (it "burns"), you need to give your child a drink. You can drink a child with a spoon, distracting attention, telling tales. To water it is necessary even in spite of the fact that the kid does not want it. It is important not to dehydrate the body
How to treat angina
It should be remembered that one can not treat angina independently, resorting to folk recipes. Obligatory consultation of the pediatrician, delivery of some important tests, such as smears from the nose, tonsils, urine and blood tests to eliminate dangerous infections.
Children's angina, especially taking place in severe form, can not be cured without antibiotics. Refusal of antibacterial therapy is fraught with dangerous consequences for the kidneys, heart and liver. Modern antibacterial drugs do not have unpleasant taste and are produced in various forms: capsules, tablets. In the overwhelming majority of cases, the doctor writes exactly the pill, because someone has to do the injections, either it is necessary to hospitalize the child, or to connect relatives with medical education. Children take injections very painfully, which also speaks in favor of tablets.
The doctor assesses the severity of the disease, appoints antibiotics for 5 to 7 days, in special cases more often. As a rule, on the 3-4th day of taking the medicine, the high temperature drops, the well-being improves. The disadvantage of antibiotics is an unpleasant consequence - a violation of the body's flora, so simultaneously with them or immediately after the completion of the course of treatment should take drugs that restore the flora of the intestine (Lineks). To avoid allergic reactions, the doctor can add suprastin or taewegil.
Angina is often accompanied by a common cold. Treat it with different drops. Alternatively, use this recipe: drops of aqua-maris - rhinoflumycil, after 5 min. - aqua-maris - isofra. Repeat 3 r. in a day.
The pharynx is irrigated with sprays (Tantum Verde, Geksoral). The first is specially designed for children up to the age of six, has a pleasant taste. Beginning from two years, a rinse is shown, which should be turned into a ritual. You can gargle with your child, each time to praise the baby. Rinse can be done as often as you want, even after half an hour. Recommend to rinse broths of herbs of sage, chamomile, eucalyptus. Apply potassium permanganate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, perikis hydrogen, furatsilin. Dangers of liquids do not represent if the child accidentally swallows them.
It is necessary to drink a lot during a sore throat, giving preference to an acidic warm drink. Hot is excluded. Morse from cranberries, cranberries, black currant, decoctions of a guelder rose and a wild rose, various vegetable and fruit juices, in which structure it is a lot of vitamins of group B and vitamin C. Are advised to drink milk, having added a soda, butter, mineral water, and also warm vegetable, meat , fish broth. To eat a child usually refuses during illness, it is not necessary to insist on food intake, to force the child to eat without appetite.
The last thing you need to provide a baby with angina - bed rest, especially in the first, hard days of the disease. It is difficult to put an active child into bed for a whole day even during a serious illness, you can play with him in a crib, watch cartoons, read books, which requires constant attention from the parents, extra strength and patience.