Every mom knows: do not deal with the prevention of colds in children, and she, this very cold, in children is inevitable. Why? Why, it's impossible to put the child at home and leave without communicating with peers, without visiting the kindergarten or school. And even if you are always ready to help grandmothers and nannies, it's not a fact that they too, like you, will not ever get sick and bring the disease home. And how in this case not to infect a child with a cold? After all, what to say, most often for cold we mean banal ARVI. On the ineffectiveness of gauze bandages say for a long time and a lot, so that, in addition to preventing colds in children, nothing has been invented yet.
How to protect a child from a cold? Probably every mother is familiar with the unpleasant feeling that arises when she leads a healthy child to a kindergarten, and next to him on the bench, a snotty baby with tired, sick eyes is undressed. The very beginning of the common cold, and, according to the teachers, the child even has a certificate that he is healthy. This was taken care of by his mother, and for sure she has a thousand reasons to be on this day at work, but for us the main thing is how to protect her child from cold.
The first signs of a cold in a child after contact with the patient, as a rule, do not make you wait long. Symptoms of colds in children are manifested in different ways: someone has a sudden runny nose, someone complains of a sore throat. But in any case - it's malaise, weakness, lack of appetite. And a cold in young children should, of course, be treated by your pediatrician.
Most mothers who suffer from frequent colds in a child envy those parents who have a snotty and coughing child who is sick, not fever. But doctors believe that just the high temperature in a child with a cold is good, and it is recommended to knock down it only if it stays above 39 ° or is poorly tolerated. This is how the body fights the virus most effectively.
And if the cold in children turns into a cough? Of course, we all remember about mustard plasters, rubbing and other procedures that a doctor will never write to a child, but who, nevertheless, we consider it our duty to make a sick child. Today, there are many opinions about the effectiveness of these executions. But what exactly you need to know is that in an acute period when the child is just beginning a cold, distracting procedures are ineffective, and even at high temperatures are even harmful. Much more important is copious drinking and bed rest. If the child's ear hurts, especially do not rush him to do the local warming compress - there are types of otitis, in which heating under a categorical prohibition. With great care, also perform procedures related to the risk of burns - cans, steam inhalations, hot foot baths.
Does the child have frequent colds? So you need to minimize possible visits to crowded places. Instead of traveling by public transport, walk. Be sure to provide an influx of fresh air in the children's room, and in the cold season regularly ventilate. If the air in the room is overdone because of the heaters, use a humidifier or at least just hang a wet towel on the battery. Maintain an optimal microclimate in the house, take a gradual, methodical tempering of the child, do not wrap it, often go with it outdoors, give natural vitamins in the form of natural products - these are simple principles of preventing colds in children.
Time will pass, the child will grow up, and absolutely other problems will come to the fore, instead of banal cold at children. This unpleasant period associated with frequent colds in your child will certainly pass. The main thing is not to cripple it with excessive care, not to grow out of it a "greenhouse plant", afraid of any sneeze nearby, forgotten how to communicate and lead an active lifestyle. Do not forget that frequent colds in children - it's albeit unpleasant, but just a temporary stage in the formation of immunity.