Almost all children have complained of a sore throat at least once. This happens more often during the off-season and in winter. The infection causes swelling, redness of the tissues, and the body temperature rises. A sore throat, in addition to painful sensations, gives the baby a lot of inconveniences, such as difficulty in swallowing and sleep disturbance.
Necessary
- - Soda;
- - medicinal herbs;
- - propolis;
- - honey.
Instructions
Step 1
Be sure to see your doctor for professional advice. The doctor will conduct an examination and prescribe treatment. Now in pharmacies there are many remedies to help an inflamed baby's throat: various lollipops with fruit flavors, lozenges, sprays. Timely treatment will avoid serious complications.
Step 2
Teach your baby to gargle. If he already knows how to do this - great, because rinsing has a very good effect. Soda solution is the simplest: pour a teaspoon of baking soda with hot water, then chill to a comfortable temperature. Gargling with a warm baking soda solution helps loosen mucus and flushes out the throat.
Step 3
Prepare a herbal decoction for rinsing. A very good remedy is hot sage infusion. For 1 glass of water, you need a teaspoon of sage. Bring the infusion to a boil and then cool to the desired temperature. Other medicinal herbs are also suitable for rinsing: chamomile, calendula, St. John's wort, eucalyptus. Propolis gives a good result (add a few drops of propolis alcohol solution to half a glass of warm water).
Step 4
During the day, alternate rinsing agents, you will get an effect on the disease from different sides. Make sure your child gargles as often as possible, up to 6-10 times a day.
Step 5
Children after three years can take hot foot baths. Put the baby on a chair, fill the bowl with water at a temperature of 37–38 degrees, let the child lower the legs into the water, and you gently add hot water to the bowl from time to time. The duration of this procedure is 10-15 minutes. Then dry your baby's feet thoroughly and put on wool socks. It is advisable for the child to lie down for half an hour under a warm blanket after a foot bath. Important: this procedure is permissible if the baby does not have an elevated body temperature.
