The answer to the question of whether it is worth bathing a child if he is sick and has a high body temperature are trying to find not only parents, but also children's doctors. There are many opinions about this, one of which involves refraining from taking a bath during illness.
Having removed the anxiety inherent in every parent during the days of a child's illness, it is worth considering whether bathing will harm a newborn or an older child during the period of illness.
To redeem is to harm …
When you bathe a baby, only the lower part of his body is constantly in the water. From above, you water the child, it turns out that the body sometimes cools, then heats up again at the moment of washing with water. Such a procedure is not safe for a baby with a high body temperature. In addition, after taking a shower, one, two, three seconds pass before wrapping it in a towel, it is these seconds that can do not very good service to an already ill child.
Some people believe that a sick child can be taken to a bath in order to warm up the body well. This opinion is erroneous, since in a hot room the baby can only get worse.
Bathing is a blessing
On the other hand, at elevated temperatures, sweat production increases, with which unwanted toxins are released. If the baby is not bathed, all harmful toxins will remain on the skin.
The consequence of this toxic blanket will be a rash that parents will begin to fight.
When a child heated up by an elevated temperature comes into contact with water, his body cools somewhat, the temperature drops slightly. However, it is worth paying special attention to the fact that there is a difference between the words "atone", "wipe" and "wash". Bathing in a bath is a way to increase problems. But if you decide, for example, to wash the baby in the shower, you can alleviate the condition of the baby.
Particular attention should be paid to raising the temperature after receiving the vaccination. Pediatricians usually warn that the vaccination site cannot be wetted, therefore, if the child has been vaccinated, as a result of which the body temperature rises, the baby cannot be bathed. There are no exceptions to this rule.
The worried parents of a sick child should be reminded of the fact that babies tolerate an increase in body temperature more easily than adults, but they, like adults, should avoid being in drafts at this time.
In the old days, after bathing, a child was wrapped in a warm blanket. The same advice is given by some doctors today. They advise, on the contrary, not to wrap up children with a slight increase in body temperature, but to cover them with a light sheet.
Advice can be given by doctors, friends, relatives, and the all-knowing Internet, but the answer to the question - what is good for a child and what is evil, can only be given by a mother, only her loving heart intuitively feels her baby and knows what to do to not to harm, but to help your beloved child.
