What to do if your baby catches a cold in summer

Summer is the hottest time of the year, and it is also the time when children are most likely to catch a cold, because the weather in summer is hot and cold. Many people will frequently turn on the air conditioner in summer. Children are in a very hot state all of a sudden, but if they suddenly enter the air-conditioned room, they will easily catch a cold. Children with a cold will have various mood changes, will feel seriously uncomfortable, and will be listless. So what should I do if my baby catches a cold in summer?

Typical symptoms of a cold include: runny nose, blocked nose, cough, sore throat, tiredness, loss of appetite, and fever. When babies under one year old catch a cold, they often experience fever (body temperature over 38°C), cough, red eyes, sore throat, and runny nose.

Babies with a cold often have a decreased appetite. Babies under 6 months old often have difficulty feeding and breathing because they cannot breathe with a completely blocked nose.

The duration of a baby's cold is generally 7 to 10 days, and in small babies it can sometimes last around 2 weeks. The cough is often the last symptom to go away and it often lasts for several weeks. Babies who often play with older children usually catch 6 to 10 colds in the first year; they may even have a runny nose all winter.

When a child has a cold, both care and medication are very important, and these are necessary medical knowledge that parents must master.

The use of medicines for children's colds also has its own characteristics, because there are many medicines for treating children's colds, but if used improperly, it will be ineffective.

What medicine can cure a baby's cold quickly?

Wind-heat cold or influenza: Children's Jindan Tablets (Chinese medicine) Wang's Baochi Pills Hiya Qiying Pills <Japan> Children's Cold Detoxification Granules Children's Cold Granules <Tongrentang> Xiaokuaike Cold Granules Isatis Root Cook Wind-cold cold: Baoyingdan <Hong Kong Eu Yan Sang> Children's Cold Tea Xiaokuaike Cold Granules Qingxuan Cough Granules Mild cold (sneezing and clear runny nose): Children's Baotaikang Xiaokuaike Cold Granules Severe or viral cold: Hongtai Brand Children's Cold Granules (Chinese patent medicine) Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid Xiaokuaike Cold Granules

It is better to use diet therapy: Diet therapy recipes for different stages of a cold (excerpted from "Food World") When you have a cold, it is not yet time to take injections or medication. Many people will use diet therapy on their own, such as drinking brown sugar ginger soup, white radish juice or chicken soup. But are these methods really effective? Should the food you eat be different at different stages of a cold?

The most important thing when you have a cold is to "eat according to your constitution and time of year". Liao Guisheng, a Taiwanese Chinese and Western medicine doctor who is well-versed in dietary therapy and health preservation, believes that dietary therapy for colds should change with the course of the disease. Some foods are suitable for daily conditioning, but it is best not to eat them when inflammation occurs or when you have contracted the flu.

Early stage of a cold - brown sugar ginger soup. The gingerol and zingerone in ginger can induce sweating and drive away the accumulated heat in the body. Especially old ginger with less water content can better promote blood circulation. Adding brown sugar can supplement calories. However, ginger soup is only suitable for exogenous wind-cold, and is not suitable for people with heat cold. Moreover, ginger promotes blood circulation, so do not eat it if you have inflammation or bleeding.

Reminder: Beware of misunderstandings about cold treatment fruits. Some people believe that you should eat more fruits during a cold. Liu Jianhui, a family medicine physician at Taiwan Adventist Hospital in Taiwan, said it depends on individual circumstances. Eating more fruits can supplement vitamin C, but whether vitamin C can treat or prevent colds is still controversial. Moreover, most fruit juices or fruits are cold, which may cause bronchial constriction and aggravate cough. Except for fever, they are not suitable for consumption during a cold. In particular, fruits with high water content, such as watermelon and pear, are relatively cold. If you have a cough, runny nose, diarrhea, cold hands and feet, etc., eating them will make your condition worse.

Inflammation or influenza - Generally, when there are inflammatory reactions such as sore throat, runny nose or thick yellow phlegm, fever, etc., it is not advisable to take tonic medicines such as ginseng, angelica, astragalus and sesame oil, so as not to add fuel to the fire and make the condition worse. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold fruits such as watermelon and pear have antipyretic effects and can be used to "extinguish fire."

If your child catches a cold in the summer, do not use air conditioning when treating him/her. The child's body cannot bear the sudden change of temperature. If the weather is really hot, you should choose the right air conditioner when treating him/her. The temperature of the air conditioner should not be too different from the outside temperature. If the temperature is too different, it is easy to catch a cold. Children should be given more water to drink during a cold.