How to prevent upper respiratory tract infection in infants

Infants are particularly prone to upper respiratory tract infections, especially when the seasons change. Due to changes in temperature, children may develop upper respiratory tract infections and their bodies may feel very uncomfortable. It is very important to prevent this disease. Parents must understand the relevant knowledge. Let’s learn together how to prevent infant upper respiratory tract infections.

Recurrent upper respiratory tract infections in young children are caused by both congenital and acquired factors. The congenital reason is that the child is born prematurely or with difficulty, resulting in incomplete development of the lungs or insufficient resistance; the acquired reason is that after neonatal pneumonia, the treatment is not thorough, leading to recurrent coughing and even asthma. Most children suffer from recurrent upper respiratory tract infections due to acquired disorders.

Nowadays, most children like to eat Western fast food and replace water with various beverages, which causes spleen and stomach dysfunction and gastrointestinal stagnation. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that children are prone to internal heat, and their respiratory systems have weak resistance. Once they catch a cold, it will cause internal and external heat to combine, leading to coughing and asthma. Therefore, many illnesses are caused by improper diet.

Regardless of congenital or acquired reasons, strengthening children's physical fitness is the most important thing. First, let children participate in more outdoor activities. Some parents are afraid that their children will catch a cold, so they don't let them go out if it's cold. This not only fails to reduce the risk of colds, but makes the children have no resistance to disease, and they will catch a cold as soon as they go out. Therefore, it is very important to insist on outdoor exercise, but you should avoid going to places with too dense populations such as stores. At the same time, you should also pay attention to adjusting your children's dietary structure, eating less fried, high-fat and high-sugar foods, and more fresh vegetables.

There is a saying that goes, "If you want your child to be safe, keep him three parts hungry and three parts cold." This means that you should not overfeed your child to prevent indigestion; and you should not wear too many clothes to avoid internal heat. If you add appropriate amount of exercise to your child's body, his colds will naturally decrease as his physique improves. If you have a cold, you can take Chinese medicine and less Western medicine, and don't use antibiotics at will to avoid drug resistance and side effects. You can pinch your child's spine every day or every other day, 5 to 10 times each time. Pinching the spine treatment can regulate gastrointestinal function, enhance physical fitness and prevent colds.

How to prevent upper respiratory tract infection in infants? Now we understand that we as parents should pay special attention to let our children get more sun, not always let them stay at home, and encourage them to exercise more, which can improve their resistance. We should also pay attention to preventing colds and make sure their diet is not nutritious.