What to do if a child has a cold or virus rash

Children's physical development is relatively weak, and their ability to deal with various diseases is relatively poor, so they are prone to various diseases, among which colds and fevers are particularly common. They are also prone to viral rashes when they have a cold. Viral rash can have a great impact on children's bodies if they are not properly cared for. Various sequelae are likely to occur. So, let’s take a look at what to do if children have cold virus rash.

The treatment principles for viral rashes are: strengthen care, symptomatic treatment, and prevent infection.

Routine care

(1) Keep the room well ventilated. Children with the disease are generally required to rest in bed, so the room should be warm, quiet, and clean, the air should be fresh, and attention should be paid to the temperature and humidity. Windows can be opened for ventilation 2 to 3 times a day, but cold air should not be allowed to blow directly on the child.

(2) The child should not wear too many clothes, and the quilt should not be too thick to prevent the child from having high fever convulsions due to heat retention. At the same time, keep your eyes, nose, mouth and ears clean and avoid strong light stimulation.

(3) Give your baby easily digestible, nutritious food, encourage him to drink plenty of water, eat more fresh fruits, and supplement with adequate vitamins.

Symptomatic treatment

If the baby's body temperature does not exceed 40℃, fever is generally not reduced. If the body temperature is higher than 40℃ and accompanied by convulsions, the temperature can be lowered appropriately, and physical cooling methods should be used as much as possible. Doctors will give sedatives to people who are agitated. Infants and young children with severe fever can use antipyretics and analgesics, and antibiotics are generally not needed. At the same time, keep the skin clean and avoid letting the baby scratch it with his hands to prevent herpes infection.

Preventing infection

(1) The most important thing to prevent viral infection is to strengthen your own health care, maintain a regular lifestyle, avoid direct contact with carriers, and avoid using the same washbasin, towel, and other items as carriers.

(2) During the epidemic, take your baby to public places as little as possible or avoid going to public places as much as possible.

(3) Children’s diet is also very important. Children should be given plenty of water to drink and eat light, easily digestible, high-protein, and high-vitamin foods.

(4) When the weather gets warmer, be sure to take your baby to exercise to fundamentally block the invasion of the virus.

What to do when children have a cold or viral rash? This is a problem that troubles many parents. It is inevitable for children to develop various diseases as they grow up, and the most important thing for parents is to be prepared and take preventive measures. When similar situations occur, we must also learn the corresponding treatment and care. The above treatment methods can be used as reference. I hope they will be helpful to everyone and enable children to grow up healthily.