Author: Xiao Zi, 43rd Floor Editorial Department
Source: Mama.com Parenting (ID: mmwyuer)
A blogger once shared that if you have been hospitalized in the UK, you will find that ice cream is a reserved item for sick patients, just like what is served in a hair salon The hair wash boy always wants you to apply for a card.
Can’t eat after tooth extraction? It doesn’t matter, ice cream is here to help you! Eating ice cream within 24 hours can reduce swelling and pain because it can help blood vessels to shrink and help fresh wounds in the mouth stop bleeding .
When you have a fever, the doctor said you can eat ice cream to cool down, relieve the dehydration phenomenon caused by body fluid loss. It can also provide quick energy when you have no appetite and is a reinforcement for the immune system.
When you have just given birth, the nurse will also bring you a large cup of ice cream and tell you whether ice cream and smoothies will promote uterine contractions or are the magic weapon to release breasts .
Even if the child suffers from vomiting and diarrhea, the doctor will give you a popsicle and even a glass of ice juice. This is probably based on the principle that gastrointestinal problems come from raw and cold food and also come from raw and cold food. Only by allowing the stomach and intestines to be baptized by the cold storm can they be completely reborn.
Even Canadian doctors are no exception. Source @大元子和小丁灯
According to the British Dietetic Association's "Nutrition and Moisture Digest": provides soft ice cream as part of hospital services and humane care for patients.
And it is said that British hospitals have more ice cream styles to choose from than five-star hotels.
Seeing this, do you think there is another reason to eat ice cream?
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The status of ice cream in the UK is no less than that of canned yellow peach in the Northeast.
Some people think that foreigners have grown up eating beef and milk and have different physiques from Chinese people, so they are naturally not afraid of "wind, cold and dampness".
However, Japanese people who are also Asians also like to eat ice when they have a cold.
Moreover, Japan also has a wide variety of "energy jelly drinks" . Drinking a pack when you are sick can quickly replenish electrolytes.
Especially when children have a cold and sore throat, foreign doctors’ prescriptions will basically say "When you have a sore throat, eat more ice cream."
what! Shouldn't you drink more hot water if you have a sore throat?
If it were placed in China, the grandmothers would probably rush to the scene within 3 minutes with a knife in hand and question the doctor on the spot as a related party.
Because our ancestors believed that eating cold drinks is the root of all evil -
- If you are short if you don't like eating, eating cold drinks will damage your spleen and stomach;
- Girls have been eating cold drinks since they were young, and when they grow up, they will suffer from uterine cold;
- Still eating them when they have a cold Ice, must it be frozen? !
Without further ado, let’s return to the question that mothers are most concerned about: Can children with sore throats eat ice?
Many public accounts promote this saying: you can eat it in moderation.
I have a mild sore throat, so I can eat ice cream.
Eat some ice, it really helps!
Eat in moderation, eat a little... These ambiguous expressions are really: listening to your words is like listening to someone else's words.
Compared with them, I would rather believe the answers of some doctors:
"It is not an appropriate amount, but a clear scope of application."
This is:
It is clearly common cold, or beeping too much, sore throat Only then can you eat ice.
Let’s first talk about the benefits of eating ice for sore throats caused by common colds.
In terms of mechanism, cold can make local capillaries contract, play the role of heat dissipation, cooling, hemostasis, pain relief and prevention of swelling, similar to the reason why athletes need cold compress after a fall.
Therefore, many hospitals recommend eating ice after patients have tonsils removed to achieve analgesic effect.
In addition, ice cream is rich in sugar, fat and protein and is more nutritious than many other cold liquid foods.
Every time a child has a sore throat, he will become thin and yellow due to refusal to eat. This is due to loss of appetite and lack of nutritional intake. Ice cream, both in terms of appearance and taste, is easier for children to have an appetite.
However,
not all children with sore throats can eat ice.
Respiratory doctor Mr. Ayuan reminds:
Ordinary people think that a sore throat is a cold. This is a misunderstanding.
As everyone knows, there are also: acute pharyngitis, chronic pharyngitis, allergic rhinitis, acute epiglottitis, suppurative tonsillitis, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, reflux esophagitis...
At this time, taking popsicles can only bring temporary relief of symptoms. "False images" will neither prevent the progression of the disease nor the inflammation, but may delay treatment and make it more serious.
Take suppurative tonsillitis, for example. If it is not treated properly and you think you are treating it like a cold, it may be complicated by post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis and then develop into renal failure.
So , Whether you can eat ice when you have a sore throat depends on whether the doctor diagnoses the child with a common cold (proper name: upper respiratory tract infection) .
But also pay attention to-individual differences.
For example, some children can eat two ice creams a day without any problem, but some children start to have diarrhea after just one or two bites, so don’t eat the latter.
One more thing.
If the child has no gastrointestinal problems, but is taking medicine, such as oseltamivir, which is commonly used for influenza, or azithromycin for mycoplasma infection.
These two medicines have severe gastrointestinal reactions. If the child is allowed to eat ice cream and stimulates the intestines, the child may vomit all the medicine, which is not worth the gain.
In short,
Eating ice cream can relieve throat pain when you have a cold.
But this does not mean that you should eat ice cream if you have a sore throat when you have a cold.
does not mean you have to eat ice cream if you have a sore throat.
How to relieve your child’s sore throat?
Pay attention when eating
When your child has a sore throat, avoid irritating the throat, so it is recommended eat soft, waxy, cooler food. Of course, children will like sweeter food more.
Here I would like to answer your questions -
Will sweet things make children have phlegm?
Eating sweet food produces phlegm. This statement has no scientific basis.
On the contrary, sugar like honey can also relieve coughs. The cough syrup or pear water we are familiar with also uses this principle.
I feel like I have more phlegm after eating too much sugar. This is actually a change in people’s perception.
Injection of high sugar will make the phlegm more viscous and difficult to discharge, making people feel that there is too much phlegm, but the amount of phlegm is essentially fixed.
Of course, it is not easy to expel phlegm, and it is not very good.
Environmental care
What is particularly easy for us to care for is cigarettes (not second-hand or third-hand) and Oil smoke can irritate children's respiratory tract, so they should be avoided.
At the same time, pay attention to maintaining indoor humidity. It is recommended to maintain it at 0%-60%. After the child inhales this kind of air, the throat will be moist and comfortable.
Go online and buy a temperature and humidity meter similar to Jiang Zi
Gargle with warm salt water
This is the method recommended to us by respiratory doctors, and it is also the most popular method among mothers, because it is not as controversial as ice cream.
Buy some large bags of physiological saline, put it into warm water and warm it to 30-40℃. After that, let your children learn the animation below to rinse their mouth.
2-3 times a day . You can hold it in your mouth for a while and then vomit.
You can’t buy saline, you can make your own. Recommended formula: 00ml drinking water + 1-2 grams of salt.
However, gargling with warm salt water is only suitable for children over 5 or 6 years old, because they are too young to know how to gargle and will swallow it directly.
Warm reminder.
Sore throat is generally caused by bacterial or viral infection and usually lasts for about 2-7 days.
If the child's pain does not subside after 3 days, it hurts to swallow and spit, the breathing speeds up, and the drooling increases significantly, it may indicate complications, and the child should be taken to see a doctor in time.
Moreover, during the epidemic prevention and control stage, everyone must remember:
Eating ice cream can relieve symptoms ≠ Treat yourself and do not go to the hospital.
"If you have symptoms, seek medical advice as soon as possible."
Source
Dr. Lilac said that "eating ice cream can relieve throat pain during colds." Is this statement really safe and effective? - Teacher Ayuan's answer - Zhihu
beebee Park Why do British hospitals always let patients eat ice cream?
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