How to care for a one-year-old baby with herpetic pharyngitis?

Regardless of the season, herpangina is highly contagious. The main symptoms of herpetic pharyngitis in babies include sore throat, difficulty swallowing and physical discomfort, which also brings a lot of trouble to parents. Because herpangina is so contagious, avoid going out during your illness and try to rest at home to avoid further spreading it to others. Here we will teach parents how to take care of their baby’s illness.

Eat a light diet.

The baby's mouth is red, swollen, and has broken surfaces. Irritating and hard foods will aggravate the symptoms and the baby will feel very uncomfortable. It is recommended that parents should eat a light diet and try to replenish the baby's energy with porridge and nutritious soup. Some babies have severe symptoms and even refuse to eat. Parents don’t need to worry too much. During the illness, the digestive ability is reduced and the baby’s appetite is also reduced. It’s okay to eat less or not eat at all. It will be fine after the serious period.

You can drink more water.

If you have a viral disease, you must drink more warm water. Although many people don’t like drinking water, water can indeed help the body detoxify. Parents should patiently help their babies drink more water. Any disease has a course of illness, which requires the body to build up resistance and recover little by little. It can also prevent high temperature fever.

Keep an eye on your baby's temperature.

Babies with herpangina usually have a fever. Parents should measure their temperature every fifteen minutes to see if there are any changes. For high fever, physical cooling methods should be used, such as drinking warm water, applying a fever-reducing patch, or massaging fever-reducing acupoints, etc. Prevent high fever convulsions.

Keep hygiene at home.

While your baby is sick, keep him/her clean every day. Clean or disinfect commonly used items promptly, ventilate the room, dry baby's clothes in the sun, and wash hands and face frequently.

Note for adults.

Herpangina occurs mainly in young children and is carried by adults. Adults who come back from outside should take off their outer clothes, wash their hands and face, and change into home clothes before contacting the baby. They should try to avoid kissing the baby's mouth and hands as this will carry the virus to the baby.