How to treat upper respiratory tract infection in children

Upper respiratory tract infection is a term that everyone is familiar with. Upper respiratory tract infection is also called cold. It is a very common disease in our lives and occurs all year round. There are many people who suffer from upper respiratory tract infections, whether they are white-haired old people or hungry children. Upper respiratory tract infections are relatively easy to treat for adults, but we all know that children have poor body resistance. So how do we treat upper respiratory tract infections in children?

1. Drug therapy

It can be divided into causal therapy and supportive therapy. Traditional Chinese medicine is often used to treat viral infections in causal therapy. Some people extract secretory IgA from colostrum and use it as nasal drops, 0.3-0.5 mg/(kg·d), divided into 6-8 times, for 2-3 consecutive days, with good therapeutic effect. Bacterial infections are treated with penicillin and other antibiotics. Most acute upper respiratory tract infections are viral infections. Antibiotics are not only ineffective, but can also cause dysbiosis in the body's flora, so their abuse must be avoided. When combined with bacterial infection, such as pharyngitis or tonsillitis caused by group A beta-hemolytic streptococci, penicillin is effective. If it is ineffective after 2 to 3 days, infection with other pathogens should be considered. When the fever is high, first apply a cold towel to the forehead and entire head. also. General antipyretics such as appropriate amounts of aspirin or acetaminophen (paracetamol) can be used, and can be repeated every 4 to 6 hours depending on the condition of the disease, but avoid excessive dosage to prevent a sudden drop in body temperature, sweating, or even collapse. For children with mild cough, especially infants, it is not advisable to use large amounts of Chinese and Western cough suppressants.

2. Local treatment

If you have rhinitis, in order to keep your respiratory tract clear and ensure rest, you should use pediatric nasal drops before meals and bedtime, 4 to 6 times a day, 2 drops in each nostril each time. Infants should avoid using oily nasal drops as they may be inhaled into the lower respiratory tract and cause lipoid pneumonia. When older children suffer from pharyngitis or tonsillitis, they can gargle with light salt water or compound boric acid solution.

3. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment

Upper respiratory tract infection is called "cold" in traditional Chinese medicine. According to the clinical manifestations, it can be divided into two types: wind-cold cold and wind-heat cold. Traditional Chinese medicine calls influenza "seasonal cold". Its clinical manifestations are similar to those of wind-heat cold, and it is a severe case of wind-heat cold. When the heat is severe, it is easy to cause convulsions (heat shock); it is easy to cause gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea due to food stagnation. Regardless of wind-cold or wind-heat, the disease is located on the surface and should be treated with the method of dispelling exterior pathogens, using pungent and warm diaphoretics to treat the wind-cold type and using pungent and cool diaphoretics to treat the wind-heat type.

How to treat upper respiratory tract infection in children? Looking at the several treatment methods introduced above, I believe everyone has a new understanding of how to treat the disease. We know that children not only have poor physical resistance, but also are not suitable for using too many drugs. Therefore, when facing such diseases in children, in addition to a light diet to ensure the nutrition needed by the child, it is also better to give the child more water.