The organism of the chest kid is extremely susceptible to infections and viruses therefore the rare child manages to avoid cold. In treatment and recovery of the kid an important role is played by the mode of bathing and walks in the fresh air.
Instruction
1. Any child is not insured from a disease. Cold – the first symptom of the beginning disease therefore at the first symptoms of cold it is necessary to take preventive measures for treatment of the kid. It will help to prevent development of a disease further and will facilitate a condition of the child.
2. Some mothers mistakenly believe that walks on the street and ezhednevy bathings harm the sick kid. Actually stuffy room of the apartment is the ideal environment for reproduction of bacteria and therefore walks in the fresh air surely should be included in a day regimen of the child. Fresh air will strengthen immunity, will help to cope quicker with cold, will improve mood of the kid. The same concerns bathing. If the little patient has no temperature, evening bathing will become excellent prophylactic which will help to get rid of disease symptoms in short terms.
3. In order that bathing did good to the sick child, it is necessary to consider several important conditions. If the kid has a heat and a fever, bathings are contraindicated to him – the high bed rest and medicines appointed by the pediatrician is necessary for fight against such state. If the child feels well, and he is disturbed only by cold and an easy indisposition, he can be bathed before going to bed. Water temperature has to be 2-3 degrees higher, than usually. After a bathtub of the child it is necessary to wrap up in a warm towel, to put on woolen socks and a pajamas, and then to put to bed. In combination with warm drink the hot bathtub at an early stage allows to cope with cold without effort. Within a week after final recovery it is possible to reduce water temperature to habitual again.
4. Before bathing the child cannot give drugs, and it is not necessary to add grass broths to water. Also during cold after bathing it is not necessary to feed the kid. The organism spends energy for overcoming a disease, but not for digestion of food. For this reason practically all children during a disease cannot brag of good appetite. Instead of feeding it is necessary to give to the child as much as possible warm drink. Also it is necessary to remember that bathings should not be too frequent and long.
5. Parents need to remember that any methods of treatment and prevention of diseases should be coordinated with the children's doctor. The expert will estimate a condition of the child and will make the best recommendations of the mode of bathing and walks and also will appoint medicines for treatment of cold.