During the COVID-19 pandemic,
Novel coronavirus infection is a new disease, which is generally susceptible to the whole population, especially children aged 0-6 lack self-protection awareness and ability. In the face of the epidemic, how can we better protect children? For the daily protection and health care of children aged 0-6 years old during the epidemic, Director Li Jia of the Children's Care Grassroots Guidance Section of Liaoning Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital has the following suggestions:
1. Daily health care
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During the epidemic, face-to-face newborn visits and children's health examinations will be suspended, and online consultation and guidance will be carried out through WeChat, telephone, video, etc.
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Children should try not to place densely crowded and closed spaces, such as shopping malls, theaters, hot springs, children's entertainment cities, etc.
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Do not take your children to visit relatives and friends, parties, or dinner. Avoid contact with respiratory infections and people who have been to areas with high incidence of epidemics within two weeks. Acquaintances are not allowed to touch infants or speak to children at close range.
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Parents should change out the clothes they wear outside after returning home, wash their hands carefully before holding their children, and avoid them when sneezing or coughing.
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Parents should teach children the correct way to wash their hands, urge them to wash their hands frequently, not touch them randomly, exercise moderately, eat reasonably, sleep adequately, and help children develop good hygiene habits.
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Parents should live separately from the children.
2. Home protection
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Parents should strengthen ventilation in their living rooms. Generally, ventilation should be carried out 2-3 times a day, 20-30 minutes each time to ensure fresh air and appropriate temperature. When ventilated, the child can be transferred to another room to avoid colds.
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1 bedrooms should be kept clean, and parents should disinfect their children's belongings, toys and tableware regularly.
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Pay attention to food hygiene, cook meat and eggs thoroughly, and separate raw and cooked cutting boards and knives. Do not contact, buy or eat wild animals.
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education or help children with tummy before and after meals, play games, coughing and sneezing, and after contacting saliva and secretions, use hand sanitizer or soap to wash their hands under running water.
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When dining, parents should not share tableware with their children. When feeding your child, do not blow food with your mouth, and do not try food with your mouth before feeding it to the child, and do not feed it to the child after chewing the food with your mouth.
3. Protecting when going out
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When going out, try not to take public transportation and stay away from others as much as possible (maintain a distance of more than 1 meter).
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If you really need to go out, you must wear a mask correctly and take protective measures. Parents should always pay attention to whether children have difficulty breathing or other discomforts. Very young infants and young children cannot wear masks, which can easily cause suffocation.
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It is recommended to carry tissues and hand sanitizer containing alcohol when you go out. After coughing, sneezing, and wiping the child's nose, parents use alcohol-containing hand sanitizer to disinfect their hands. Infants and young children should use special wet wipes for infants.
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When going out, try to minimize public goods and parts in public places. Education is to avoid touching your children everywhere when going out, and to avoid touching your mouth, nose and eyes with your hands when you are not sure whether your hands are clean.
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After going home, you should take off your clothes and change your shoes first, then wash your hands and face carefully. If the child cooperates, you can clean your nasal cavity and rinse your mouth. Infants and young children should use special disinfection tissues for infants and young children.
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Clothes, gloves and items you wear when you go out should be cleaned and disinfected in time if you are suspected of being infected with the virus (such as visiting a fever clinic).
4. Seek medical treatment when you are sick
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If a child has symptoms such as coughing, fever, etc., but is sure that he has not gone out and has not been in contact with an infected patient, he can first monitor the child's body temperature and treat ordinary respiratory infection at home.
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If the body temperature continues to drop, or if the cough worsens, there is difficulty breathing, poor mental state, etc., it is recommended to go to the hospital that opens a pediatric clinic nearby and follow the doctor's instructions for examination and treatment.
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The condition of young children often changes rapidly. Taking medicine at home for a long time may delay the condition and even cause serious consequences. It is recommended that babies under 3 months of age should seek medical treatment as long as they have fever. Children of any age should go to medical institutions in time according to epidemic prevention and control requirements.
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If it is not an emergency, you should make an appointment in advance according to the hospital's requirements and visit the designated location according to the appointment time to avoid gathering people. Wear a mask throughout the process.
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When waiting for the clinic, parents try to take their children to wait in a ventilated place. Pay attention to keeping a distance of more than 1 meter from other waiting patients, try not to touch the hospital's items, and reduce the time spent in the hospital.
Source: Liaoning Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital
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