How to treat a child who has caught a cold?

Cold is an epidemic disease. Usually in winter, many people do not take proper measures to keep warm and catch a cold because of catching a cold. Usually a cold will cause some complications, such as fever, cough, dizziness and fear of cold. Children are especially prone to catching a cold because of their poor resistance. So how to solve it? The following is the relevant content found by the editor.

In terms of diet, you should avoid eating raw, cold and cool foods, including iced soda, iced yogurt, ice cream, popsicles or drinks stored in the refrigerator; avoid eating cold fruits such as watermelon, pears, bananas, kiwis, etc.; avoid eating sour and astringent foods: such as vinegar, sauerkraut, kimchi, and fruits such as hawthorn, black plum, sour jujube, sour orange, and orange.

You should eat warm foods, such as ginger, white onions, and fermented black beans.

You can make some drinks.

1. Take 3-5 slices of fresh ginger (with skin) and 10 grams of brown sugar, boil them into a bowl of hot soup and drink it until you sweat a little.

2. 50 grams of glutinous rice, 3 scallions (with roots), and 5 slices of ginger. First, cook the glutinous rice until it is almost cooked, then add the mashed scallion and ginger and cook for a while. Eat while it is hot.

3. 10 grams of light black beans and 25 grams of green onion.

Put them together in a pot and boil them into soup. Add a little brown sugar and drink it while it is hot until you sweat. Increase restraint

1. Blow your nose frequently and don't suck it back. But don't use too much force to avoid damaging the eardrum.

2. Washing your nose with warm salt water can not only relieve nasal congestion, but also wash away germs in the nasal cavity.

3. Keep warm and rest.

4. Rinse your mouth with salt water 4 times a day.

5. Drink hot liquids. Chicken soup, honey lemon water and black tea are good choices.

6. Take a sauna.

7. Apply some ointment under the nose to avoid skin allergies caused by frequent nose blowing.

8. Apply cold or hot compresses to your sinuses.

9. Use more pillows - this can significantly relieve the breathing difficulties caused by nasal congestion.

From the above, we can know that if children catch a cold, it is important to take good care of them in their daily life. Try to eat less raw and cold food or avoid catching a cold when sleeping at night. Do not keep the windows open all the time, just ventilate occasionally. Do not let children stay in the air-conditioned room for too long in summer.