Cold is a disease which causes inflammation of mucous membranes of a throat, a nose. The main symptoms are: the increased temperature, cold, cough and slackness. Small children are especially vulnerable to various infections, but some parents treat respiratory diseases negligently, including them something ordinary. How to treat cold at babies?
It is required to you
- - broth (oats, milk, honey);
- - nasal aspirator and aerosols from cold;
- - febrifugal medicines;
- - eucalyptus or myrtle oil.
Instruction
1. In case you noticed that at your child the first symptoms of a disease began to appear, prepare broth. For this purpose take an oats handful, wash out under waste water, place in a clay pot and fill in with one glass of hot milk. The received mix you weary in an oven within two-three hours at a temperature 180-200os. If the newborn has no allergy to honey, can add a tea spoon of this natural product. Filter broth then give to the baby.
2. If your kid has a complicated breath, as often as possible clean a nose from a slime congestion. Use for this purpose a nasal aspirator or a small enema. Do not forget to humidify mucous, do it by means of aerosol with physiological or salt solution.
3. As often as possible you give to drink to the kid. Maintain constant optimum temperature in the room. Put near the child's bed a cup with water, add several drops of eucalyptus oil there.
4. For decrease in body temperature use febrifugal medicines. If increase is followed by a fever, do not cover the patient with a warm blanket as it will result in a bigger heat.
5. Use inhalations with aromatic oils. For this purpose with hot water add several drops of essential oil to a cup, cover the child with a towel so that he breathed evaporations of this solution within 7-10 minutes. Repeat this procedure every 2 hour. It is necessary to do it until the disease does not recede. For the night rub a breast of the baby with a small amount of eucalyptus or myrtle oil. To prepare mix, mix 1 drop of essential oil with 2 tablespoons boiled the cooled vegetable oil.