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Baby easy to catch cold in summer

BY Carol Carey 2020-06-25

  Three treasures of summer: ice cream cold drinks and air conditioning. Air conditioning is indeed the best partner to spend the hot summer days, but cold and hot colds are easy to take advantage of, and make your baby unpredictable. In the summer, if your baby has a cold, parents should pay attention to seeing the doctor for a rest, two supplements and three supplements.

  Why is the summer cold happening in high-profile?

  Floating melons Shen Li on the left, air conditioning on the right seems to be the highest enjoyment of life, but the cold and hot exchanges have also become a cold attack. Opportunity. For babies, too low indoor temperature is often an accomplice in bringing a summer cold.

  The hot and humid summer is the time when the virus is prosperous, and the baby''s chance of getting a virus is rising. And the newly-entered baby seems to be particularly easy to become the target of the virus army attack.

What should I do if my baby has a cold?

  1, enough rest

   enough rest time, quiet rest environment, suitable indoor temperature, suitable indoor temperature, reducing the amount of activity is to let An important way for the baby to recover as soon as possible. In addition, frequent ventilation is required to keep the indoor air fresh. When using air conditioning, the room temperature should not be too low, generally it should be maintained at around 26 degrees.

   2. Pay attention to hydration and light diet

  Cold and drink plenty of water is not a perfunctory talk about perfunctory, but a golden stone to prevent and treat colds. Infants and young children are most worried about "dehydration symptoms." Whether it is breast milk or milk, or juice and boiling water, as long as it plays a role in replenishing water.

   As for diet, it is necessary to follow the principle of simplicity. Have more vegetables and fruits, and eat less meat. Special attention should be paid to avoid eating chocolate, lamb, dog meat, you can eat some fish, chicken, vegetables, pay attention to drink plenty of water to keep the stool smooth. If the stool is relatively dry, you can drink a little mung bean soup or water, which can help to remove the fire.

  3. Seek medical treatment for cough and high fever in time

   Mild cold can make the baby''s own immunity cooperate with the rest diet to fight back. However, if the repeated high fever does not retreat for more than 3 days, and is accompanied by chills, headaches or even convulsions, repeated coughing for more than 5 days requires timely medical treatment.

  BB summer susceptible to cold in 5 ways to deal with easily

  4. Pay attention to hygiene, bathing can not stop

   Especially for babies with fever, soak Bathing helps to cool down. As long as it is kept at room temperature and protected from cold. Also pay attention to indoor ventilation and hygiene, wash hands frequently and clean the mouth in the morning and evening.

  5. Treat symptomatically

  Cough: If your baby’s throat is red, swollen and inflamed, you can let your baby drink rock sugar stewed pear, salted orange, rock sugar bird nest, etc. ''S cough will gradually ease.

   Nasal congestion: Nasal congestion is the most uncomfortable when catching a cold! To relieve the baby’s cold nasal congestion, you can use hot steam to smoke and massage. Hot steaming is to prepare a bowl of hot boiling water or a hot water bottle just filled with boiling water, and then keep the nose and the thermos at an appropriate distance to let the steam pour into the nostrils. Pay attention to the temperature of hot water at about 50 degrees and the distance at about 20 to prevent scalding baby.

In addition to hot steaming, you can also use massage to relieve nasal congestion. Use your thumb and index finger to gently massage the baby''s nose from top to bottom, and insist on massaging several times a day to alleviate the symptoms of nasal congestion. You can also use the thumb and middle finger to directly pinch the upper nostril during massage, about 30 times each time, 5-10 times a day.


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