How to treat the child at the first symptoms of cold

How to treat the child at the first symptoms of cold

Catarrhal diseases at children in the period of virus epidemics — rather widespread phenomenon. At in due time taken measures the viral infection disappears in 7-10 days if there were no oslozheniye.

Instruction

1. At the first signs pro-courts at the child create him conditions for fight against an infection. Observe a bed rest, the viral infection cannot be had standing, the organism needs forces for fight against it.

2. Give to the kid more drink. You give to drink to babies water from a small bottle. For the child is more senior make cranberry drink, infusion of a dogrose or tea with a lemon. Plentiful drink washes away toxins which are produced by viruses from an organism and are the reason of an indisposition.

3. You watch closely body temperature. At its increase the child becomes sluggish, is capricious. If there is no convulsive reaction to a hyperthermia, up to 38 degrees do not force down her. It is natural reaction of an organism, at temperature increase the majority of viruses perishes.

4. Begin intake of antiviral medicines and immunostimulators according to the scheme specified in the instruction to medicine. Grease the nasal courses with pritivovirusny ointment.

5. At appearance of cold provide outflow of contents from a nose cavity. Wash the nasal courses with hydrochloric solution or ready pharmaceutical aerosols on the basis of sea water. For preparation of the means for washing dissolve a half of a teaspoon of salt in a glass of warm water. Then gather solution in small pear and wash out serially each nasal course. The child's head at the same time cannot be thrown back back, water has to pour out back through a nose. Try not to use vasoconstrictive drops, only if there is a plentiful office of slime which constantly interferes with normal breath.

6. You feed the child at his desire if he does not want to eat — do not force it. Include in a diet the fermented milk products which are contained in them a bacterium help to cope with viruses. Give to children of advanced age onions and garlic, they contain the phytoncides having bactericidal property. To kids after three years let's drink on a half of a glass of garlic infusion. For its preparation make 1 segment of garlic in a glass of boiled water and insist about a current of hour.

7. If temperature rises higher than 38 degrees, rub off the child solution of a sting or give it one of febrifugal the medicines containing paracetamol. They are issued in the form of tablets, rectal candles and syrups. Before application attentively study the instruction.

8. If at the child the cough began, do it inhalations by eucalyptus oil. Give 3 times a day licorice root syrup, up to 2 years — on 2 drops in a teaspoon of water, from 2 to 12 years — on a half of a teaspoon on a glass of water.

9. If temperature keeps more than 3 days or there were bacterial oslozheniye (tonsillitis, otitis etc.) — see a doctor, in this case it will be necessary to add antibiotics to treatment.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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