text丨Fulin Mommy
Every winter and spring, it is the peak period of whooping cough . Although babies generally receive vaccines to prevent whooping cough, the vaccine may fail, and whooping cough is highly contagious, and adults may also suffer from whooping cough, which is transmitted to babies, so mothers still cannot take it lightly.
is different from ordinary cough. The course of whooping cough is relatively long, and the time may last for three months, which is 100 days. Not only will the disease last a long time, the baby will feel uncomfortable. If it is not properly treated, complications such as pneumonia and encephalopathy may also occur, so mothers must have more knowledge about whooping cough.
1. What is the difference between the symptoms of whooping cough and ordinary cough?
Pertussis is divided into three periods: the catal period, the spasmodic period, and the recovery period.
1. The cathar period usually lasts for one to two weeks. During the cathar period, the symptoms of whooping cough are not much different from those of common cold and cough. They are accompanied by certain symptoms such as fever and runny nose. Therefore, many mothers only find out that something is wrong after the baby's cough lasts for a period of time. At this time, the baby may have entered the second course of the disease.
2. The spasmodic cough period may last for two to four weeks, or even more than two months. At this time, the difference between whooping cough and ordinary cough is more obvious. Whooping cough has these three characteristics:
(1) The cough of whooping cough usually appears in a series, and each time coughs for more than a dozen or even more, and each time it may last for several minutes.
(2) When a baby is whooping cough, he may experience severe symptoms such as breath holding cyanosis, suffocation, convulsions, and . Sometimes mothers need to undergo timely artificial respiration and other rescue measures.
(3) There is another typical feature of whooping cough, which is to make a roar like a chicken crow when coughing.
2. Treatment of children whooping cough
If mothers find that the baby is not an ordinary cough, they must take the baby to treat it in time and take the medicine as soon as possible. This can effectively shorten the course of the disease and reduce the baby's pain. Currently, antibiotics are used for whooping cough, and there are also patent medicines for treating whooping cough in Chinese medicine.
In addition, daily care is also very important after the baby suffers from whooping cough. Mothers should keep the indoor air fresh as much as possible, and do not be afraid that the baby will have aggravated his condition, nor do they keep their children in the house. Going out appropriately and exercising appropriately will be helpful for the treatment of whooping cough.
During whooping cough, the baby's diet should follow the principle of eating less and eating more, and the nutrition should be in place, which can enhance the baby's resistance.
3. Prevention of pertussis in children
For the prevention of pertussis, the most important thing is to get the child to get vaccinated. This is the most effective way to prevent it. It is generally started between 3 to 6 months of birth.
If the baby has recently been in contact with a patient with whooping cough, mothers can also give the baby a booster vaccine, or take erythromycin for ten days oral for prevention.
In addition, what you need to do is to avoid letting your baby go to crowded places during the high incidence period, keep air circulating indoors, and clean and disinfect the room regularly.
