Symptoms of acclimatization in children
After arriving in another country with an excellent climate and conditions, keep in mind that the symptoms will not appear immediately after you get off the airplane or moor to the shores. Usually, they make themselves felt on day 2-3, when the body feels the difference and begins to "rebuild".
Signs of acclimatization in children can be many, right up to the peeling of the skin or rashes, but this happens rarely. Here are the main:
- headache or mild dizziness;
- vomiting, nausea;
- lethargy, general weakness of the body;
- insomnia;
- unreasonable fears, falling into apathy;
- decrease or increase in blood pressure.
In addition, the child can be annoyed by trifles, constantly capricious, crying, being taciturn and constantly falling into despair.
As a rule, no medical intervention or taking special pills is required. Everything goes by itself after 5-7 days, in rare cases, lasts longer, up to 14-18 days. For a period of time, the difference in climatic conditions between the place where you lived on a permanent basis and the one where you arrived. Especially acute and long-current acclimatization is a colossal difference in latitudes. For example, at home - winter, and where the plane landed, at this time - the summer is in full swing. The immune system of your child simply can not stand the load and can fail. Such cases are accompanied by diarrhea, respiratory viral or infectious diseases. If it came to this, then these are the circumstances when the help of a qualified doctor is necessary, because the immunity of the baby simply can not cope with the load.
How acclimatization takes place in children. Stages of
Parents should know in what terms the first manifestations of acclimatization are to be expected, because this is a rather complex, step-by-step process, worked out by nature specifically so that a person feels well at least in the heat, even in the cold.
The main stages are four (the scientists did not come to an unambiguous conclusion, some cite three stages, others lead up to 10), each of which has its own peculiarities:
- The initial. It lasts up to 3 days and no symptoms are usually manifested. Information is collected on new conditions;
- The peak. At this stage, the symptoms described above appear. From the point of view of biology, the most difficult phase lasts up to 18 days, depending on the difference in conditions. Keep in mind that the body behaves differently in adaptability to cold and heat conditions. Particularly considerate is to be at high temperatures and not leave the child long in the sun;
- Straight. After the peak phase, the body will almost rearrange and bring immunity and other indicators back to normal;
- Complete. If you have moved permanently, then it should be taken into account that children and adults are fully acclimated only in the period from 1 to 4 years.
If there was no such feature in a person as acclimatization, it is not known, our distant ancestors would be able to leave Africa. It only benefits the body, but you need to be extremely careful, especially in relation to children, in time to come to the rescue of their still weak body. When moving to a new place of residence or traveling to a long vacation in a different climate with a baby, consult a doctor. Often, it is not difficult to foresee possible problems. You will be advised by multivitamin complexes or other means that will help immunity cope with the increased load.