Newborn baby
What the body of an one-year-old child can easily cope with, for a newborn can be overwhelming work. Disease processes in a small organism develop so rapidly that at home you can not have time to respond to the disease. The rise in temperature is already a cause for concern! A healthy newborn has a basic priority - to get food on time. If you notice that the baby has become sluggish, does not require a breast or, worse, misses feeding - without wasting time, dial number 103. In such a situation, you are likely to be offered hospitalization. Do not really want to go with the baby to the hospital, but do not hurry to refuse: the baby's condition can quickly deteriorate! Remember that your decision can depend on the life of the child.
Severe paleness
Always pink-cheeked little boy (or girl) suddenly became pale? In combination with lethargy, drowsiness and violation of thermoregulation, this is an alarming sign. Measure the temperature of the baby's body. Pallor can be a consequence of vascular spasm, which occurred with a very rapid and significant increase in temperature. However, you can face a completely different situation: lowering the temperature. Critical if the thermometer shows a mark below 36 ° C. Act on the situation. If necessary, start measures to reduce the temperature. Open the crumb, give it an antipyretic. If the body temperature is lowered, warm the baby, offer him warm tea. The condition does not improve? Call the doctor!
Pronounced lethargy
Every mother knows the behavior of her child. If it is not atypical for a youngster to sleep so much or he refuses to play - do not panic, but pay attention to it. Measure the temperature, apprehend the crumbs. Pronounced sluggishness and weakness, sticky sweat, inability to "reach out" to the baby is a sign of serious unhappiness. Without wasting time, call an ambulance. Such alarming symptoms can accompany various diseases: from a viral infection to the "debut" of diabetes mellitus. Do not leave a crumb of one waiting for the doctor's arrival. Put the baby in bed without a pillow. Measure his temperature. Try to remember in detail when the malaise began and what preceded it.
Indomitable vomiting
Vomiting is a kind of protective reflex: the body tries to purify itself of toxins. Children have a fairly sensitive reaction to food. Even fresh, but unpleasant food tastes to provoke a baby's vomiting. It is quite another matter if vomiting is repeated many times: the stomach is already empty, but desires continue to exhaust the crumbs. This can be an intoxication of various origins: bacterial, viral or exogenous (that is, from the effects of any substances from outside). The absence of a temperature increase can indirectly indicate that the child has had contact with some toxic substances. Can not you give the child a drink? The urge to vomit follows one after another? Urgently address to the doctor! It is important not to let the baby dehydrate.
The kid turned yellow
There are a number of diseases in which the skin of a child changes its shade. Gently pink, she suddenly becomes yellowish. Most often, this staining is due to a dysfunction of the liver. In most cases, jaundice does not appear spontaneously - this is preceded by a period of initial manifestations of the disease: lethargy, periodic temperature rises, digestive disorders. Jaundice is a frequent companion of viral hepatitis. Do not lose time, go to the doctor! Let it be better you make a mistake and the doctor will not mark the shade of the skin as jaundiced, what will be wasted precious time.
Painful scream
To guard you should monotonous, long-term cessation, "moaning" breath or, conversely, a sudden and sharp cry. Measure the temperature of the child's body, remember, did the baby fall a few days ago. If such crying stopped on its own, to prevent a visit to a neurologist in the near future. If the baby can not calm down for a long time or there are other manifestations of the disease (for example, high fever, vomiting), then you need to immediately call an ambulance. Private medical firms have a hotline. If you have doubts about the state of the baby, call to consult.