Nothing so frightens young parents as a sudden indisposition of the child. Especially, if he is so small that cannot explain where hurts it. Naturally, you should not self-medicate, but so far the doctor did not arrive, the kid needs to be helped. How to be if the child got sick?
Instruction
1. At small children to certain age the thermal control is always broken. Temperature can rise if you perekutat it. Normal it can fluctuate from 36.5 to 37.5. If temperature rose – undress the kid, having left in linen, give drink. If temperature was not normalized – it is necessary to give febrifugal and to call the doctor. The pharmacy will advise you both a dose, and means. An ambulance should be called if temperature of the baby is higher 39.0 and does not get off febrifugal. And also if there were other disturbing symptoms – spasms, pallor or redness, etc.
2. Up to 3-4 months the small children have tummy pain. They cry, worry, but if they at the same time continue to eat and put on weight, then there is nothing terrible. The baby can be helped, giving him broth of seeds of fennel or solution of the special powder which is on sale in pharmacy. Also doctors recommend to iron during an attack to it a tummy a thumb - clockwise around a navel until pain ceases. Still in that case carrying the child helps, having pressed it a tummy to the body. Heat and weak pressure will facilitate a condition of the kid. Appendicitis attacks at children of such age practically do not happen. However pains which are followed by a diarrhea, vomiting, temperature or other symptoms demand an urgent call of the doctor.
3. At disorder of intestines which cause a severe diarrhea, the main danger – dehydration. And the less child – the more this danger. Give him in addition before each feeding about 50 ml of solution of the powder helping to restore liquid volume in an organism. For children is more senior it is necessary to cancel dairy products, fruit and raw vegetables. You feed the kid with rice or carrots, constantly offer powder solution drink for rehydration, but in the small portions. If at the child temperature sharply rises and also vomiting will begin – call an ambulance!
4. Vomiting can accompany dangerous infectious diseases – meningitis, a gastroenteritis, pneumonia, etc. so the doctor needs to be called surely. Before its arrival give to the child powder solution for rehydration on one tablespoon each 5 minutes until vomiting stops. If it is followed by pain, high temperature, fever, pallor or other guarding symptoms – call an ambulance!
5. Injuries of the head of small children happen quite often. If the blow was strong, surely see a doctor. An ambulance should be called if after blow there was vomiting, excitement or slackness, drowsiness, bleeding from ears or a nose and other disturbing symptoms.
6. If the kid burned to redness, wash the place of a burn with water and cover with a special bandage with the healing ointment or plain bandage. If there was a blister, do not puncture it at all – it is possible to bring an infection, wash out and also bandage. If skin in the place of a burn darkened and hardened – cover it with bandage and address to ambulance.
7. If the kid has a stuffy nose, it can dig the physiological solution or drops corresponding to age. Before it from a nose it is desirable to suck away slime by means of special pear. The doctor should be called if cold is followed by temperature, pain, cough.
8. The severe barking cough and noisy breaths and exhalations testify to laryngitis. Call the doctor, moisten with a spray in the room air and try to keep the child in vertical position or sitting. The same recommendations can use also at the complicated exhalations at suspicion of bronchitis or asthma.
9. Anyway, if the child got sick, it is impossible to panic and be frightened. The kid will feel your nervousness at once. Remain quiet and watch the child, note all arisen symptoms. If he does not sleep – talk to him, or just take on hands. The caress and presence by a number of beloved mom will help the kid to recover quicker.