text | Jing Ma
Children are in a rapid growth and development period before 6 months old, and they are not prone to illness under normal circumstances.
But in this special period, many people have been infected after the release of restrictions. If people in the child's family are infected, the child may be infected before 6 months if he is in close contact with family members who are positive !
If the child is positive before 6 months, parents must pay attention to taking care of the child. Only by taking good care of the child can he recover faster and avoid affecting the child's growth and development!
6 months ago, the child became positive. Parents should keep in mind the "two do's and five don'ts" to help the baby get better faster.
Two do's: keep giving the child water or drink more breast milk, and pay attention to temperature and humidity
①Insistence on giving children water
We recommend exclusively breastfed children do not need to drink water before 6 months, but in special circumstances, if the child is positive, his body temperature will rise. When the body temperature rises, our basal metabolic rate will increase, and our water consumption will also increase.
Therefore, the child still needs to drink a small amount of water at this time. If the child is unwilling to drink water, then the parents must breastfeed the child frequently.
Frequent breastfeeding will cause the child to drink foremilk , and foremilk is milk with more water and carbohydrates , and also has a lot of water!
If a child is infected before 6 months old, in most cases the symptoms will be mild and may just be a low fever. At this time, as long as the child drinks more water and pays attention to care, the child may be fine in a day or two.
② Pay attention to temperature and humidity
When a child is positive, he will be particularly sensitive to temperature. For example, if the child has a fever, if it is too cold at home, turn on the heating when it is time.
In this way, you can add some clothes to your child, which will help your child dissipate heat. When the heating is turned on, the indoor humidity will drop. At this time, a humidifier should be placed indoors.
If there is no humidifier at home, you can use a large thermos pot indoors, then open the lid to slowly release the hot water into the room, then put a few basins of water in the room, or hang a few wet clothes.
There is enough humidity in the room so that the child can breathe in moist air when breathing, which helps the child's body to recover.
Five Don’ts: Don’t cover your sweat, don’t use alcohol to reduce fever, don’t use Chinese medicine indiscriminately, don’t give your child ibuprofen to reduce fever, don’t carry it
㈠Don’t cover your sweat
Now some people think that when a child has a fever, just put on more clothes and cover the child’s sweat to reduce the fever.
As everyone knows, wearing too many clothes on children to cover up sweat can cause fever syndrome , which can lead to hypoxia in children and lead to more dangerous symptoms.
Therefore, when a child has a fever, do not put more clothes on the child or cover him with a thicker quilt. Instead, let the child drink more water and untie the child's clothes slightly to allow the child to dissipate heat quickly.
㈡ Do not use alcohol to reduce fever
Because alcohol will evaporate faster, so rubbing the alcohol on the child's skin can quickly take away the heat.
This is indeed a method of reducing fever that was recommended more than ten years ago.
However, it is now discovered that children's skin is relatively tender. If you use alcohol to rub the child's skin, it may cause the alcohol to be absorbed into the body through the skin, which is not good for the child's health, and some children will also be alcohol poisoning .
Therefore, it is currently not recommended to use alcohol wipes on children to reduce fever. Instead, it is recommended to use warm or cold water.
(iii) Do not use Chinese medicine indiscriminately
It is not recommended to give children random Chinese medicine before they are one year old.
If the amount of traditional Chinese medicine is not properly controlled, it will damage the child's spleen and stomach. Most traditional Chinese medicine is relatively cold.
Secondly, traditional Chinese medicine may cause damage to the child's liver and kidneys, so it is not recommended to use traditional Chinese medicine for children.
In particular, there are some herbal teas that the elderly dig out in the wild. These are not recommended for children to use indiscriminately.
㈣Don’t give your children ibuprofen
Ibuprofen is suitable for children over 6 months old. If the child is under 6 months old, then ibuprofen cannot be used.
The antipyretic drug that can be used in children from 12 to 6 months old is acetaminophen . However, if the child has favism and it is not suitable to use acetaminophen, then the child can use physical cooling when he has a low fever.
If the temperature reaches 38 degrees or even above 38 degrees, it is recommended to take the child to the hospital.
㈤ Don't hold on
If the child has a fever or cough that affects the child's sleep, or the child is unwilling to breastfeed, chokes and coughs when breastfeeding, If these serious conditions affect the child's sleep and affect the child's diet, then go to the hospital in time.
After all, the child is relatively young. If there is any problem, his condition will develop faster. Do not wait until the child is already very serious before going to the hospital. By then, the doctor will be unable to help , and you will regret it.
The younger the child, the more parents need to pay attention.
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