In connection with the onset of cold weather, you should pay close attention to your child. Symptoms of a cold in babies appear instantly. As soon as you notice these first signs - act! The child has a fever ?! Do not panic, Mom! To treat a cold with pills is the last thing, so let's try to do without chemistry.
So than to cure a cold in a child? The most important thing in the treatment of colds is a rich vitaminized drink, especially if the crumb is hot, as high temperature increases the loss of fluid through the skin. It is necessary to give plenty of water to a child, the baby is often put to the breast or give water. Thanks to this, toxins will be excreted from the baby's body. Excellent means - cranberry mors, broth of wild rose, sweet tea with lemon, decoction of viburnum, currants, raspberries. Children of up to a year can be offered a decoction of raisins.
An obligatory condition in the treatment of a cold in a child is the humidification of the air in the room where the sick child is. This is necessary in order to prevent the formation of dry crusts in the nose. If this happens, the baby will begin to breathe with his mouth. And then the mucus begins to dry out in the lungs, clogging the bronchi, and this will lead to bronchitis or worse - pneumonia! Be sure to ventilate the room and spend several times a day wet cleaning.
Widely advertised medicines sometimes may seem tempting, you will want to buy a fashionable medicine to get rid of the common cold quickly. It should be remembered that removing symptoms of the disease - does not mean to cure it. This is especially true for cough. It can not be suppressed by drugs. The baby should cough up all the sputum from the lungs, and this takes time. To treat small children, it is best to use herbs - unlike synthetic drugs they act gently, but effectively.
High body temperature.
The high temperature of the body is not a disease, but the body's reaction to the pathogen. At a high body temperature, the body develops its own interferon, the antimicrobial defense of the body grows. Use medication costs only if the body temperature has exceeded the mark of 38 degrees. To facilitate the condition of the baby will help natural means and home methods.
On a child burning from the heat, there must be a minimum of clothes, so that excess heat can go without hindrance. The room should be maintained at an air temperature of 20-23 ° C. In case of chills, wiping and cold compresses are prohibited. will lead to exactly the opposite result. When chill, warm the baby, cover with a blanket and give it a warm vitaminized drink.
In order to bring down the temperature, you can use vinegar wiping. To do this, take 1 tablespoon of vinegar per 1 liter of water at room temperature. At the beginning wipe the chest and back, then the handles, legs. It should be done quickly, so that the baby does not freeze. After wiping it is necessary to dress the child, but do not wrap it around! Only if the baby has cold hands or feet, you should additionally wear warm socks and cover the crumbs with a blanket. Such wiping can be done every 1.5-2 hours.
Another way to lower the temperature is wrapping. Cotton cloth should be soaked in water at room temperature, lightly squeeze and wrap around the child's body so that the handles and feet remain open. After that, quickly wrap the baby first in a dry sheet, and then in a flannel blanket, put the toes on the legs. If the baby is cold - cover it still, you can put a warm water bottle on the legs. So the child should lie about 1 hour. The stronger the sweating, the more effective the procedure. After wrapping, the skin of the baby is wiped off to clean it from sweat, putting on clean clothes. Wrapping can be done no more than once a day.
At a high temperature, the absorption of toxic substances takes place, which always accumulate in diseases in the lower parts of the intestine. Cleansing the intestines, the body of the crumb is prevented from intoxication, while the body temperature decreases. Children can not put a water enema. At high temperature, the intestine actively absorbs water, taking with itself all toxins. The condition of the child after such a procedure can deteriorate sharply. Children best to do enemas with soda or salt - 1 teaspoon of soda (salt) for 1 glass (200 ml) of warm boiled water. In inflammatory bowel diseases the child should not put an enema in any case! It should take into account the age of the baby: a child of up to 6 months needs 30-50 ml of solution, from 6 months to 1-1.5 years, 70-100 ml, from 2-3 years - 1 glass. Poured slightly boiled water boiled cabbage leaves can be attached to the forehead and the back of the child.
All medical procedures should be conducted in a playful form. Positive attitude is very important! Play the doctor, digging in the nose, let the boat when the legs are hanging, etc. Turn your imagination on, mom.
We fight with a cold!
Transparent discharge suggests that the baby picked up the infection and his body began to fight it. But if the discharge from the nose of transparent steel thick, greenish-yellow - it means that the bacterial infection has joined the virus infection.
Do the washing. Suitable saline solution (one teaspoon per liter of water). This solution will not only soften dry crusts in the nose, but will also reduce swelling. Also you need to dig in salt water on 3-4 drops in each nostril. After waiting for 2-3 minutes after digging, remove the crust from the nose of the crumb with a cotton swab. For washing, a decoction of chamomile, calendula (if on these herbs the child has no allergy) is also suitable.
After washing and cleaning the nose, digging in the remedy, you can be sure that it affects the nasal mucosa. Oil-based drops: onion juice with olive oil (1: 5 ratio), burning, but really effective. Bury the nose can also be warm olive, dog-rose, sea buckthorn, or even sunflower oil, an oil solution of vitamin A. After such instillations, a protective film forms on the mucous membrane of the spout, which prevents the entry of microbes into the baby's neck. Babies up to 1 year can be buried with a beet of beet juice, aloe juice, chamomile broth with aloe juice. The juice of Kalanchoe leaves is used when the baby does not know how to get rid of mucus in the nose. In the juice of the plant add a little water, drip 3-4 drops 3 times a day. It should be remembered that after digging you can not eat and drink for half an hour. You can also use an enema with a special nozzle for sucking mucus out of the baby's spout.
Dry heat removes swelling. Warm salt should be poured into a pouch of dense tissue and put on the bridge of the nose or baby for 10-15 minutes. It is necessary to watch, that they were pleasantly warm.
Babies older than 9 months with a cold can stalk their legs. This procedure is used only with a slight rise in body temperature (37.5 C). The legs of the baby are lowered into a pleasantly warm water, and then gradually added to the hot water. As soon as the legs turn red, it is good to pour them in cool water and lower them again into the hot one. Repeat three times and wipe the baby's legs, put on it woolen socks.
Stroke the baby's forehead from the center to the temples, first to the right, then to the left, massage the cheeks from the temples to the chin. Such a massage will increase blood circulation in the nasopharynx. To facilitate breathing a child will help inhalation. Decoction of chamomile, calendula with a pinch of soda should not be hotter than 60 degrees. If the child's temperature is above 37.5, inhalation is contraindicated!
Dear mothers. We wish you and your children good health. Do not forget that the best treatment for a child's cold is prevention. Fresh air, healthy food, tempering and good mood are the best medicine for diseases.
If you have any questions, be sure to consult a doctor.