How to prevent and nurse children's cold? take a rest

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The baby often has fever, runny nose and other symptoms after catching a cold, which makes the mother worry that she doesn't have to sleep, and it must be tossed for several days. If the child doesn't receive proper care when catching a cold, it is easy to lead to repeated or persistent colds. The following small recommended pediatric cold prevention and nursing methods.

How to prevent and nurse children's cold? take a rest

First: pay attention to rest: the younger the baby, the more need to rest and care, until the symptoms disappear and then resume activities, so as to avoid recurrence due to the failure to clear the focus. If you have a fever, you'd better rest in bed to reduce the stimulation of the central nervous system.

Second: reasonable diet: cold and fever baby is prone to loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, diet care is very important, the general principle is to choose easy to digest food, eat less and eat more. If the baby is forced to eat, it will lead to a heavy burden on the baby's gastrointestinal tract, which is harmful to the body and disease recovery. Each time you eat less food, eat more times, give your baby more fruit juice, such as fresh orange juice. Fever subsides and the digestion ability better baby diet may be thicker. With the improvement of the baby's condition, generally about 1 week can gradually return to normal diet.

Third: the environment is suitable: keep the baby's room air circulation. For a baby with fever, fresh air can help the skin sweat effectively and reduce body temperature. Should avoid blowing directly to the baby, resulting in baby skin vasoconstriction, aggravating the disease. Arrange a good rest environment for your baby. Keep quiet indoors and don't speak loudly. Increase your baby's sleep time as much as possible to reduce energy consumption. Can let the baby lie on the bed, tell a story to the baby or listen to music, help the baby relax, will play the effect of promoting the recovery of the disease.

matters needing attention

Baby fever should be the first choice of physical cooling, especially small baby fever. When the physical cooling is ineffective, a small amount of antipyretic drugs should be used for drug cooling. Physical cooling methods include: local cooling, warm water bath or warm water bath, cold saline enema and so on. Among them, the local cooling method is the most simple and easy, which is suitable for families.