The temperature dropped sharply and the weather was dry. It is the season when children are prone to illness. When I was in the outpatient clinic, in addition to facing the crying of the child, I sometimes also had to comfort the anxious parents. Many parents cry while talking, and some were even on the verge of mental breakdown. Your anxiety all stems from the love for the child and also from the concerns about the child's body. As a doctor, I try my best to heal; as a father in life, I feel extremely empathetic.
Don’t worry if your child is sick, please pay attention to the following points!
1. Symptoms should be clearly expressed. It is better to be more than less. Remember
Children often have nasal congestion, runny nose, cough , fever, children have mild and severe colds, and there are constant medicines all year round. Every time I feel that they are having a cold, or acute upper respiratory tract infection. However, is it really just a cold or an acute upper respiratory tract infection?
In fact, various diseases including repeated respiratory infections, allergic diseases, pediatric asthma , etc. may induce symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, fever, etc.
Repeated respiratory infection: This disease is caused by infections such as nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, fever, etc. The correct treatment plan is anti-infection, antiviral and symptomatic treatment. At the same time, it is necessary to further clarify the cause and confirm whether there is anemia , vitamin D deficiency, immunodeficiency disease , congenital heart disease , etc. If there is, targeted treatment is required. However, in actual work, most children cannot find the cause. At this time, the focus is to carry out targeted immune regulation, so that the child can't do targeted immune regulation. Only then can you recover your health;
Allergic diseases: Allergic rhinitis , Allergic cough can also see nasal congestion, runny nose, and difficult to cure. When parents take their children to the doctor for treatment, they need to inform the doctor in detail about their family history and previous medical history to facilitate the doctor's precise treatment;
Pediatric Asthma: Atypical asthma does not show wheezing, and the clinical symptoms are also cough, nasal congestion, and runny nose. For example, cough mutant asthma, doctors often need to go through detailed inquiries to accurately judge. If necessary, children's lung function examinations must be performed to diagnose the disease clearly. Once the diagnosis is incorrect, it may lead to mistreatment and prolongation of the disease;
airway foreign bodies, gastroesophageal reflux cough, chronic pharyngitis leads to cough, postnasal drip leading to cough, cardiac cough, etc., as well as Qi deficiency , Yin deficiency , food accumulation, Taiyang, Shaoyang , Jueyin, Taiyin, and Shaoyin can all lead to cough, nasal congestion, and runny nose, which can be said to be complicated, so detailed identification is needed. Correct diagnosis of
is the basic guarantee for achieving long-term therapeutic effects. Children may not be good at expressing themselves, so when consulting, parents must objectively and completely express their children's symptoms, and do not affect the doctor's diagnosis of the disease due to anxiety.
2. The use of medicine is simple and not simple, and accurate treatment is safer
For children who are repeatedly sick, in addition to working hard to achieve accurate treatment when formulating treatment plans, doctors should also always consider protecting their children's immunity and spleen and stomach functions. The basic principle is "If you can take the same medicine orally, you will not take two medicines orally, you will not get injections, and if you can take the injections, you will not have infusions. Use antibiotic with caution and sufficient basis."
But during the outpatient clinic, I also found that children who are sick repeatedly have a large bag of medicine at home like a small medicine warehouse. Every time they are sick, their parents are trembling and walking on thin ice. They use medicine in big nets. They may follow the advice of multiple different doctors within a day. They will add some medicines to each doctor. In this way, they use a lot of medicines and keep adjusting, but the use is not standardized. Perhaps in the short term, the child's symptoms will disappear, but in the long run, the child's body may be damaged and immunity will be suppressed.
As a pediatrician, I would like to say, please respect the body's self-healing ability, use medicines as accurately as possible, and do not destroy the child's immunity. Self-immunity is the "golden bell cover" for children's healthy growth.
The temperature dropped sharply and the weather was dry. It is the season when children are prone to illness. When I was in the outpatient clinic, in addition to facing the crying of the child, I sometimes also had to comfort the anxious parents. Many parents cry while talking, and some were even on the verge of mental breakdown. Your anxiety all stems from the love for the child and also from the concerns about the child's body. As a doctor, I try my best to heal; as a father in life, I feel extremely empathetic.
Don’t worry if your child is sick, please pay attention to the following points!
1. Symptoms should be clearly expressed. It is better to be more than less. Remember
Children often have nasal congestion, runny nose, cough , fever, children have mild and severe colds, and there are constant medicines all year round. Every time I feel that they are having a cold, or acute upper respiratory tract infection. However, is it really just a cold or an acute upper respiratory tract infection?
In fact, various diseases including repeated respiratory infections, allergic diseases, pediatric asthma , etc. may induce symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, fever, etc.
Repeated respiratory infection: This disease is caused by infections such as nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, fever, etc. The correct treatment plan is anti-infection, antiviral and symptomatic treatment. At the same time, it is necessary to further clarify the cause and confirm whether there is anemia , vitamin D deficiency, immunodeficiency disease , congenital heart disease , etc. If there is, targeted treatment is required. However, in actual work, most children cannot find the cause. At this time, the focus is to carry out targeted immune regulation, so that the child can't do targeted immune regulation. Only then can you recover your health;
Allergic diseases: Allergic rhinitis , Allergic cough can also see nasal congestion, runny nose, and difficult to cure. When parents take their children to the doctor for treatment, they need to inform the doctor in detail about their family history and previous medical history to facilitate the doctor's precise treatment;
Pediatric Asthma: Atypical asthma does not show wheezing, and the clinical symptoms are also cough, nasal congestion, and runny nose. For example, cough mutant asthma, doctors often need to go through detailed inquiries to accurately judge. If necessary, children's lung function examinations must be performed to diagnose the disease clearly. Once the diagnosis is incorrect, it may lead to mistreatment and prolongation of the disease;
airway foreign bodies, gastroesophageal reflux cough, chronic pharyngitis leads to cough, postnasal drip leading to cough, cardiac cough, etc., as well as Qi deficiency , Yin deficiency , food accumulation, Taiyang, Shaoyang , Jueyin, Taiyin, and Shaoyin can all lead to cough, nasal congestion, and runny nose, which can be said to be complicated, so detailed identification is needed. Correct diagnosis of
is the basic guarantee for achieving long-term therapeutic effects. Children may not be good at expressing themselves, so when consulting, parents must objectively and completely express their children's symptoms, and do not affect the doctor's diagnosis of the disease due to anxiety.
2. The use of medicine is simple and not simple, and accurate treatment is safer
For children who are repeatedly sick, in addition to working hard to achieve accurate treatment when formulating treatment plans, doctors should also always consider protecting their children's immunity and spleen and stomach functions. The basic principle is "If you can take the same medicine orally, you will not take two medicines orally, you will not get injections, and if you can take the injections, you will not have infusions. Use antibiotic with caution and sufficient basis."
But during the outpatient clinic, I also found that children who are sick repeatedly have a large bag of medicine at home like a small medicine warehouse. Every time they are sick, their parents are trembling and walking on thin ice. They use medicine in big nets. They may follow the advice of multiple different doctors within a day. They will add some medicines to each doctor. In this way, they use a lot of medicines and keep adjusting, but the use is not standardized. Perhaps in the short term, the child's symptoms will disappear, but in the long run, the child's body may be damaged and immunity will be suppressed.
As a pediatrician, I would like to say, please respect the body's self-healing ability, use medicines as accurately as possible, and do not destroy the child's immunity. Self-immunity is the "golden bell cover" for children's healthy growth.
3. Children's body is very important. Think about it and never use medicine randomly. In fact, the phenomenon of abuse of medicine is very common. Cough, nasal congestion, nasal snot, phlegm, abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, etc. Many people choose to use antibiotics. Thick nose is considered to be bacterial infection, coughing sputum is considered to be bacterial infection, and fever is considered to be bacterial infection. These concepts are absolutely not advisable!
Some parents attribute most of the diseases they encounter to "increase heat". The family often prepares heat-clearing, detoxifying and relieving gunpowder, so that their children can take it from time to time, which is called "relieving fire". However, children are "pure yang body", "delicate internal organs" and "not filled with body", and abuse of heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs damages the spleen and stomach and yang qi, and even the vitality of children is suppressed. If seedlings encounter ice rain, the gastrointestinal intestines will be damaged at the mildest, and the growth and development will be backward.
Some parents are prone to attribute repeated illnesses to "indigestion". Fever does not subside, cough, abdominal pain, and abdominal distension are all "indigestion". The family must have various types of digestive pills, and they eat some from time to time. Xinxiang dialect "push, push, pass".
As a pediatrician, I want to say that the ancient " Theory of Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases " once said: "Any two diseases have both treatments, and the treatment is in sequence, and the attack on the inside is different, but they are obsessed with the intention is to drink it together, and it is also cleared from the inside, and the words are clever and seem to be true, but the reason is actually contrary to the principle." In other words, there is a sequence of treatments, and the laws of disease change must be followed. The random use of laxative medicine is an important cause of disease changes and aggravation, and it is also an important reason for liver and kidney damage in children. Therefore, although treatment is important, it is absolutely not advisable to use medicine indiscriminately. When the child is sick, please identify the cause and prescribe the right medicine.
4. Improving resistance is very important, blind operation is not feasible
Children get sick frequently? That must be because of the poor resistance! repair!
Perhaps this is what most parents think! Once you notice that your child's resistance has decreased, you can take care of colostrum, protein powder , chicken soup, rib soup, royal jelly , trace element and other supplements.
It is true that the lack of trace elements or anemia can lead to low immunity, but it has been found in clinical work that this is not the main reason! If the method is not correct, most of the supplementary nutrients and trace elements are ineffective, and may even induce other diseases, such as precocious puberty.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, for lung and spleen qi deficiency, it is necessary to replenish qi and strengthen the exterior; for food accumulation, internal heat, it is necessary to transport the spleen and eliminate accumulation; for , Ying and Wei not in harmony with , it is necessary to harmonize Ying and Wei; for lung and spleen yin deficiency, it is necessary to strengthen the spleen and nourish the yin and moisturize the lungs... External treatment, massage, and moxibustion are all treatment methods, but different methods also have their own indications, which are not omnipotent operations, and they cannot be generalized. They must be made according to actual conditions.
5. Individualized protection is scientific, and it is not credible to generalize
I have ever treated such a patient. The little girl was 7 years old and bronchial asthma , but she has always controlled her condition well in accordance with the doctor's advice. After more than a year of follow-up visit, one day, the parent took the little girl into the clinic. I was shocked. The little girl became yellow and thin. The parents also said that for nearly a month, the child's asthma has been repeated, and there are also minor illnesses. I am very puzzled, how did a child whose condition is basically stable become like this? The parents told me that the child in her neighbor's neighbor also had asthma. The two families took the child to Zhengzhou for a comprehensive examination. It cost more than 1,000 yuan. It was also found that the girl was allergic to eggs, milk, flour, wheat and other foods. Because she was afraid that allergies would cause asthma, she simply went home and didn't dare to let the child eat the food containing these ingredients. As a result, the little girl lost seven or eight pounds and her asthma relapsed.
In fact, during previous diagnosis and treatment, I had communicated with the little girl's parents, and this child did not have an allergic reaction to the foods found by allergens. Therefore, it has never been mentioned in the medical advice that children should avoid eating. Eggs and milk cover a large amount of nutrients that children can replenish, and flour and wheat are indispensable staple foods. If you don’t eat them just because of possible allergies, it can be said to be “overcorrecting”. Later, as per the doctor's advice, the little girl still took whatever she should do as before. With the medication adjustment, her weight quickly recovered and her breathing was controlled.
Dear parents, dietary care is indeed crucial for children who are sick repeatedly, but they should not be blind. Different plans should be given based on the child's illness characteristics and different physiques! Especially when it is not suitable for children to take food, you should be very cautious!
Children are in the growth and development stage, and their nutrition must be comprehensive and balanced. Various foods such as fish, shrimp, eggs, and milk can be eaten in moderation as long as they are not allergic. Of course, fried foods, puffed foods, beverages, jelly and other snacks can be eaten less or not.
6. If children are safe in the four seasons, they often need to have three parts hunger and cold
In recent days, a parent brought his child to the hospital. The child who can be seen with naked eyes was dressed thickly. After asking the parents, the parents said they were afraid that the child would catch a cold. In fact, there are also many new parents in the daily treatment process. They don’t know how their children should wear it. They often match their children with their own feelings. The so-called “there is a kind of cold that makes mothers feel cold.”
My personal advice is that children's clothes are basically the same as those of adults or are slightly thicker than adults, and grasp the principle of "weat feet and sweating on the back": if the back is wet or even wet, it is often thicker, and sweating will easily lead to colds after sweating; similarly, if the feet are cold, it is thinner. "Warm feet and sweat without backs" is just right!
Whenever seasons change and weather changes, the number of pediatric outpatient and inpatient patients will increase. As pediatricians, we recommend that parents adjust their clothes for their children in a timely manner according to the climate and weather changes in the four seasons.
7. The sun smiled at me, the flowers in the greenhouse were not good, and I have met parents like this: because the children have poor resistance, they let their children stay at home for a long time, and they don’t take their children downstairs for half a month or even a month. What’s more, they refuse to send their children to kindergarten, for fear that there are too many children and infectious diseases may occur.
However, as a pediatrician, I suggest that in appropriate weather, ensure the duration of outdoor activities for children, receive sunlight, breathe fresh air, get close to nature, and enhance parent-child relationships. In addition, in the process of activities, help children gradually adapt to the environment; when the child meets the admission requirements, please send the child to the kindergarten in time, even if the child gets sick as soon as he is sent to the kindergarten, see a doctor when he is sick, cooperate with targeted treatment plans to allow the child to adapt to the environment outside the family as soon as possible and get rid of the disease as soon as possible; physical exercise programs suitable for age groups, such as skipping rope, trampoline, swimming, cycling, skateboarding, etc., to enhance the child's physical fitness and improve the ability to resist diseases.
Dear parents, dietary care is indeed crucial for children who are sick repeatedly, but they should not be blind. Different plans should be given based on the child's illness characteristics and different physiques! Especially when it is not suitable for children to take food, you should be very cautious!
Children are in the growth and development stage, and their nutrition must be comprehensive and balanced. Various foods such as fish, shrimp, eggs, and milk can be eaten in moderation as long as they are not allergic. Of course, fried foods, puffed foods, beverages, jelly and other snacks can be eaten less or not.
6. If children are safe in the four seasons, they often need to have three parts hunger and cold
In recent days, a parent brought his child to the hospital. The child who can be seen with naked eyes was dressed thickly. After asking the parents, the parents said they were afraid that the child would catch a cold. In fact, there are also many new parents in the daily treatment process. They don’t know how their children should wear it. They often match their children with their own feelings. The so-called “there is a kind of cold that makes mothers feel cold.”
My personal advice is that children's clothes are basically the same as those of adults or are slightly thicker than adults, and grasp the principle of "weat feet and sweating on the back": if the back is wet or even wet, it is often thicker, and sweating will easily lead to colds after sweating; similarly, if the feet are cold, it is thinner. "Warm feet and sweat without backs" is just right!
Whenever seasons change and weather changes, the number of pediatric outpatient and inpatient patients will increase. As pediatricians, we recommend that parents adjust their clothes for their children in a timely manner according to the climate and weather changes in the four seasons.
7. The sun smiled at me, the flowers in the greenhouse were not good, and I have met parents like this: because the children have poor resistance, they let their children stay at home for a long time, and they don’t take their children downstairs for half a month or even a month. What’s more, they refuse to send their children to kindergarten, for fear that there are too many children and infectious diseases may occur.
However, as a pediatrician, I suggest that in appropriate weather, ensure the duration of outdoor activities for children, receive sunlight, breathe fresh air, get close to nature, and enhance parent-child relationships. In addition, in the process of activities, help children gradually adapt to the environment; when the child meets the admission requirements, please send the child to the kindergarten in time, even if the child gets sick as soon as he is sent to the kindergarten, see a doctor when he is sick, cooperate with targeted treatment plans to allow the child to adapt to the environment outside the family as soon as possible and get rid of the disease as soon as possible; physical exercise programs suitable for age groups, such as skipping rope, trampoline, swimming, cycling, skateboarding, etc., to enhance the child's physical fitness and improve the ability to resist diseases.
