Cold at the baby: what to do?
Very often moms and dads start to panic when they notice what starts cold at the baby: after all the kid is still so helpless and he is completely defenseless before a dangerous enemy! But if the baby has a cold, then you need to stop panicking and start acting. About, what to doif the baby has a cold, tell the Country of advice.
"Household" cold in medicine is called ARI Acute respiratory disease. For colds, the upper respiratory tract (nose, throat) is affected, but the lower respiratory tract (bronchi, trachea) can also be affected. Culprits of the common cold can be various viruses and bacteria - there are more than 300 varieties. Most often cold develops against a background of general hypothermia organism, when the immune system is weakened.
Viral cold, ie, a cold caused by viruses, is found most often - in more than 90% of cases of diseases. Bacterial infection with ARI can cause serious complications, andthe risk of "attaching" to a viral cold also has a bacterial infection in infants: the protective properties of the newborn's body are still very small.
Colds in newborns can manifest in different ways. The main symptoms of colds in infantsinclude cough, runny nose, sore throat, fever. The baby may have a loose stool, general lethargy, poor appetite. Sometimes a child may also be bothered by abdominal pain.
With a rhinitis (rhinitis), the baby will be difficult to breathe, and even a small amount of mucus in the nasal passages will cause the baby to worry. A whelker with a cold will snort, often break away from the chestto inhale air, he can often cry. With pharyngitis, the baby has reddening and swelling of the throat, the baby can cough. However, it should be remembered that cough reflex in infants reduced, and therefore often even with severe respiratory tract infections cough can be rare.
It is very important for the manifestations of a cold in the baby call a doctor. Only a qualified pediatrician cancorrectly determine the diagnosis and prescribe a cure! The doctor must necessarily inspect and listen to the child, because some of the symptoms of a cold may be invisible to the "naked eye". In particular, bronchitis in the baby can be determined by the characteristic wheezing, which the doctor can detect while listening to breathing.
To treat a cold at the baby can be at homeif the disease occurs in mild or moderateform. It is necessary to create all necessary conditions for treatment. So, it is necessary to follow the temperature (optimal 22-23 ° C) and humidity (optimal 60-70%) in the room in which the baby is located. To maintain and measure in the room the required humidity, you can buy a humidifier with a hygrometer.
Required it is necessary to regularly ventilate the room. The baby should be fed as needed, and if the crumbs have a bad appetite, then do not forcefully try to force him to eat more. If the cold in the baby is accompanied by an increase in temperature, then it is necessary to lower the temperature before feeding, otherwise the baby can snatch.
With a cold Baby's nose should be cleaned carefully, you can nasal with saline solutionor ready low-salt solutions sold in pharmacies. After cleansing the spout, you can apply the drops Grippferon and Protargol. If the discharge from the nose is very abundant, then you can also drip vasoconstrictive drops.
If the cold in a baby increases the temperature, then It can be helped by physical methods of cooling: wipe the crumb dipped in cool water with a napkin, put a towel moistened in cool water on the forehead. It is possible to give a baby antipyretics if the temperature exceeds 38 ° C.
It is believed that a cold in the baby is less likely, than in older children. And indeed it is. The fact is that thanks to the antibodies that enter the body of the baby with the mother's milk, the immune system of the newborn can resist bacteria and viruses that cause colds. However, if the baby's immune system is weak, then the risk of catching a cold is significantly increased.
Therefore it is necessary to take care of prevention of colds in infants. The baby can not be contacted with patients with ARI orwith carriers of an infection, it is impossible to suppose, that krosha was supercooled or overheated. In addition, the baby must receive breast milk in sufficient quantities - the protective forces of the mother's body will be a reliable protection for the baby.
