Currently, the Omicron variant is more contagious and spreads faster. It is very important to protect children, strengthen family protection, understand medication knowledge, and provide nutritional support.
Take precautions
Reduce the risk of infection in children
01. Try to keep a distance of more than 1 meter from others when going out.
02. Do not take children to crowded places, indoors with poor ventilation, or in prolonged contact with others.
03. When staying at home for a long time, indoor ventilation should be done well. In the winter of northern , try to ventilate when children go out for activities, or ventilate each room individually to prevent children from catching colds.
04. Contact with surfaces in public places should be avoided to reduce the chance of infection.
05. Keep exercising to enhance children’s physical fitness. Do some age-appropriate home exercise programs for children.
06. When coughing and sneezing, cover your mouth and nose with a bent elbow or a tissue, throw the used tissue into a closed trash bin immediately, and then wash your hands or use alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
07. Get the new coronavirus vaccine . Timely vaccination of children over 3 years old with the new coronavirus vaccine can help prevent severe disease.
08. If there is an infected person at home, you should isolate yourself from your children and wear a mask.
09. After returning home from an outing, family members should wash their hands, face, change clothes, and disinfect and clean commonly used items such as mobile phones before holding or playing with their children.
10. Let children maintain a regular schedule and ensure adequate sleep, 10 hours a day for infants and primary school students, 9 hours a day for junior high school students, and 8 hours a day for high school students.
Infection with new coronavirus
Symptomatic treatment and standardized medication
After being infected with the new coronavirus, the vast majority of children will have respiratory symptoms, including fever, cough, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat, etc. Some may have muscle aches, fatigue, vomiting and diarrhea. A few children may have symptoms of laryngitis such as hoarseness, and some children may also have febrile convulsions.
Since the vast majority of is a self-limiting disease course, symptomatic treatment is mainly carried out to relieve symptoms and increase the child's comfort.
11. Children with mild symptoms should rest, eat a light diet, and usually do not need special treatment. For infants and young children, parents should also pay close attention to their mental state and reactions, and consider seeking medical treatment in time when crying, milk refusal, etc. occur.
12. Home medication is mainly symptomatic treatment. When a child's body temperature exceeds 38.5°C or has a history of convulsions before, antipyretic drugs should be given promptly. Commonly used antipyretic drugs include ibuprofen and acetaminophen. The dose should be adjusted according to the child's age and weight. Ibuprofen and acetaminophen should be taken every 4 to 6 hours, and should not be used more than 4 times in 24 hours.
13. Choose and take antipyretic drugs appropriately according to the age of the child. For children over 6 months old, you can prepare ibuprofen or acetaminophen at home, whichever you choose; for children under 6 months old and over 2 months old, acetaminophen can be prepared; children under 2 months old, including newborns, generally do not take antipyretics and should seek medical attention promptly if they develop fever.
14. After the child has a fever, neither cover the heat nor prevent the child from getting cold again. Parents should try their best to create a relatively cool and ventilated environment for their children, appropriately lower the ambient temperature and reduce clothing to keep the children comfortable.
15. The purpose of taking antipyretic drugs is mainly to increase the child's comfort, rather than simply to lower the body temperature to normal. Under normal circumstances, it takes half an hour to an hour after taking antipyretic drugs to start taking effect, and the body temperature can drop by about 1 to 2°C.
16. If the child eats less and sweats more, it is recommended to supplement oral rehydration salt or other water containing electrolytes.
17. Avoid excessive dryness in the home environment and ensure humidity to make children more comfortable.
18. Antibacterial drugs are used to treat bacterial infections and have no antiviral effect. They should not be used if there is no concurrent bacterial infection.
19. After children are infected, parents should take personal protection, eat separately, wash and disinfect tableware; parents should wash hands and disinfect after coming into contact with children and their belongings; parents and guardians should also monitor their own body temperature, and isolate and rest in time if symptoms occur.
20. Parents should maintain a peaceful mind, pay attention to their children's condition without being overly anxious, carefully observe their children's condition, and help their children recover as soon as possible.
Reasonable diet
Ensure adequate nutritional intake
21. The types of food should be rich, eat 12 or more kinds every day, and eat 25 or more kinds every week, including cereals and potatoes, vegetables and fruits, fish, poultry, meat and eggs, milk, beans and nuts, etc. Achieve a combination of meat and vegetables, thick and thin, and colorful.
22. Eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, soybeans, milk, cereals . Eat 300 to 500 grams of vegetables every day, and eat vegetables with every meal, with dark vegetables accounting for more than half.
23. Eat fish, poultry, eggs and lean meat in moderation, preferably fish, shrimp, poultry and lean meat, and eat less fatty meat.
24. Cook food reasonably, use steaming, stew or cold dressing more often, and frying and roasting less often. Put less oil and salt, and the diet should be light and not greasy.
25. Drink enough water, preferably plain water, in small amounts and frequently. Children aged 6 to 10 should drink 1,000 ml of water per day, children aged 11 to 13 should drink 1,100 to 1,300 ml per day, and children aged 14 to 17 should drink 1,200 to 1,400 ml per day. Drink less or no sugary drinks, and alcohol is prohibited.
26. Eat three meals a day at regular intervals, eat a good breakfast, a full lunch, and an appropriate amount of dinner.
27. You can choose natural, fresh vegetables, fruits, dairy products and nuts as snacks.
28. Eat less foods high in oil, salt, and sugar such as French fries, spicy strips, and candies.
29. When purchasing packaged foods, use the nutrition facts table and choose foods with high nutritional value. Do not eat expired and "three no's" foods without production date, quality certificate, or manufacturer.
30. Don’t be picky about food, and develop healthy eating habits.
