How to treat a child with a viral cold

There are many types of colds, some are viral, and some are caused by cold. Although they are all very common diseases, the treatment of colds caused by different causes is also different. Viral colds are relatively serious, and children are the main victims of the disease. So how do you treat children with viral colds? How should parents take care of their children?

The treatment is usually mainly to relieve symptoms, including antipyretics and painkillers. Generally, the patient can recover naturally after 1 week. You can also take drugs to enhance your immunity, such as taking large doses of vitamin C (1000 mg for adults and 500 mg for children) in the early stages of a cold, which can relieve cold symptoms and shorten the cold duration by nearly 1/4. But not all doses of vitamin C can enhance immunity. Only large doses of vitamin C can do this.

(1) General treatment: Pay attention to rest, drink plenty of water, pay attention to nutrition, and eat easily digestible food; pay attention to ventilation and air disinfection; pay attention to observe complications.

(2) Drug treatment is mainly aimed at alleviating symptoms, shortening the course of the disease and preventing complications. People who have a cold accompanied by fever, headache, muscle aches, cough, and sore throat can choose antipyretic analgesics, and at the same time use compound anti-cold preparations that can relieve multiple cold symptoms, such as compound aspirin, diclofenac, and day and night Baifuning; those with symptoms such as nasal congestion and runny nose can choose compound anti-cold preparations containing pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and chlorpheniramine; those whose cough persists and affects their rest can take Kebiqing, codeine, etc.; those with thick sputum can use expectorants such as Bisophylline and Mucosolvan (ambroxol hydrochloride); antibiotics are generally not necessary unless there is a bacterial infection.

It can be seen that just like the common cold, children with viral colds should drink more water and eat more light food during the illness, and use medication when necessary. However, due to the special conditions of children's bodies, parents must not use medication blindly and must use medication under the supervision of a doctor. How to treat children with viral colds? The above is a detailed introduction.