All young children are sick. But not all parents know how to properly treat them. Many people make mistakes in treatment. What are these mistakes?
Major mistakes
First: suction of snot. There is a myth that children need to suck snot with a pear. But it's not right. You can injure the mucous membrane and increase the edema. Snot enters the stomach naturally and is neutralized by gastric juice. Or they flow out, and then you just need to wipe them with a handkerchief. If the nose is very stuffy, you can drip nat. solution. This is the same Aquamaris, only much cheaper.
Second, do not overly believe in antiviral drugs and stuff children with them. Believe me, the child's body will cope perfectly well without them. There is a well-known proverb: “take a week to heal, do not heal - seven days.” Of all the miracle drugs, only Tamiflu is justified, and even then one must have time to give it to the child in the first hours of the illness, otherwise there will be no sense.
The third mistake: a little that immediately children are given antibiotics. You can't do this at all! Antibiotics do not work against viruses and should only be given if the flu is a complication. If the temperature rises for more than 5 days, then antibiotics should be given as directed by the doctor. With angina, antibiotics are also needed, but only a doctor can determine it.
Often parents, especially grandmothers, strive to feed a sick child to death. But his body refuses to eat, and this is natural. You can not force-feed a child, but only give an enhanced drink.
It is clear that if a child has a high fever, the parents tend to lower it as soon as possible. But here you can go too far. It must be remembered that antipyretics should not be given too often. Paracetamol lasts 3-4 hours, Ibuprofen 6-8. Temperature is a protective reaction of the body to the virus, therefore, it is not necessary to reduce it to 38, 5. Some children have fever cramps. But you don't need to be afraid of them either. Just give your child plenty of water afterwards and be careful not to get hurt during the seizures. It is imperative that the child be shown to a doctor to rule out epilepsy.
No need to strive to immediately stuff the child with expectorant drugs, such as Lazolvan, Ambroxol, Bromhexin. They thin the phlegm and increase its volume. And the child often cannot cough it up. Therefore, everything ends with pneumonia.
You should not give your child steam inhalation. They help the infection settle down into the respiratory tract. You can breathe through a nebulizer and then only with sterile saline.
It is forbidden to smear tonsils with lugol for children. It can cause excess iodine in the body and, as a result, the development of hypothyroidism and autoimmune therioditis.
Swimming and walking should be avoided only at high temperatures. Otherwise, they are useful.
And in all difficult cases, you must immediately call a doctor.
