Cold at the baby. Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

It's no secret that parents are very worried about the health of their newborn babies. Indeed, infants in most cases are defenseless against the causative agents of many diseases, including viruses. Around us there is a huge number of people every day who cough and sneeze. It is for this reason that experts recommend not to travel with your baby in public transport, do not go on a visit, until the child has reached the age of one year, do not go to the shops or just try to do this as rarely as possible.

However, a small child is easy to infect ARVI, for example, if someone from the household has a cold. In this situation, it is difficult to limit the communication between an adult and a baby. As a result, the baby begins to be very capricious, bad to eat, cry for no apparent reason, restlessly to sleep. A little more time will pass, and it turns out that his fever has risen, a small cold has appeared. And after all already evening, the doctor can be seen on a threshold of the house only in the morning ...

What should I do if I have a cold in my baby? To begin with, parents should calm down. Remember that the baby feels, this is your mood. The more you experience, the more he panics. Many parents commit in a similar situation a lot of mistakes, which just can not be said. For example, adults begin to clothe their child. As a result, the baby has a process that doctors call overheating. If before the mother or father covered the baby with a warm blanket, the temperature of the baby's body was thirty-eight degrees, then after such "leaving" she would quickly jump by one to two degrees.

The second mistake made by restless parents is that they give their children antipyretic drugs. However, there is no need to hurry with such a procedure. Remember, body temperature can be knocked down only if it has exceeded thirty-eight to thirty-eight and five degrees. In addition, such means should be used if your child has ever had cramps, and the doctor - the neurologist warned you that this can happen again. As for other situations, the increased body temperature of infants most often does not cause harm. So the body struggles with viruses, the temperature is just a reaction to this kind of struggle.

Sulfanilamides, or antibiotics, do not act on viruses. That's why you do not need to stuff your baby with these funds. They are effective only in the fight against bacteria. As for the child himself, in general to him from all such preparations only harm. In addition, they can allergic to the baby. These funds can be prescribed only by an experienced doctor. Such an appointment specialist does only in the case of the development of various complications of bacterial type. For example, bronchitis, otitis media, pneumonia and the like. If the child's body temperature approaches the value of thirty-nine degrees, use a special antipyretic syrup. The dose should correspond to the age of the child. The drug is knocked down perfectly in the form of rectal suppositories, the main component of which is paracetamol.

A cold in the baby requires compulsory treatment. Observe the course of the disease should a doctor - a pediatrician. Signs of a cold in the baby, as already mentioned, are expressed in a sharp change in mood, lack of appetite, fever, the appearance of a cold and dry cough. In addition, the baby can even vomit. Colds in children who are breastfeeding are much less common than in infants who are breastfed. The use of breast milk for a baby is huge. The thing is that along with such nutrition the child receives vitamins important for him and useful bacteria that inhabit his intestines.

If you suspect that the cause of fever is a cold in the baby, first strip it. Wipe the baby's body with warm water, unfasten the diaper. If the legs are cold, rub them. In this way, you will increase the heat output. Drinking plenty helps cope with colds. However, it must be warm. A cold in the baby is accompanied by a constant feeling of thirst. Apply the baby to the breast as much as he asks. If he has a runny nose, cleanse the nose regularly, bury the baby drops, since the runny nose in newborns often leads to the appearance of otitis.