What to do if a newborn has an upper respiratory tract infection

Newborns are the most concerned developmental period, because there are many disease manifestations at this time. If they are fine after this period, then parents will be more relieved. However, newborns are prone to upper respiratory tract infections just after they are born. If this symptom occurs when the child is so old, it often makes us parents anxious. Let's take a look at what to do when a newborn has an upper respiratory tract infection?

If not treated in time, other types of inflammation will occur, such as otitis media and tracheitis. Therefore, the main manifestations in daily life, such as colds and pharyngitis, must be treated in time in daily life. At the same time, you can choose some medications and diet therapies for prevention and treatment.

Drug therapy: When the body temperature is above 38°C, you can take drugs to reduce fever, and repeat it every 4 hours. If high fever occurs, you can use 75% alcohol mixed with half warm water to do alcohol baths on both sides of the neck, armpits, abdominal grooves and other places where large arteries pulsate. You can use a cold towel to wet compress the head to cool down and prevent convulsions. Aspirin can be used to reduce fever. In case of high fever convulsions, the anticonvulsant can be injected intramuscularly with sodium phenobarbital.

Antibiotics are generally not used. When bacterial infection is suspected or there are complications, penicillin, cephalexin, erythromycin, etc. can be used. The specific medication is determined by the doctor.

If you use Chinese patent medicine, you can consult a doctor and choose children's cold granules, Vitamin C Yinqiao tablets, children's lung clearing pills, children's throat clearing granules, Isatis root granules, Shuanghuanglian oral liquid, children's rejuvenation pills, children's heat-clearing powder, etc.

Diet therapy has a significant effect in preventing and treating upper respiratory tract infections in children, so parents may wish to try it.

Coriander and soybean soup: 30 grams of fresh coriander (cilantro), 50 grams of soybeans, add two and a half bowls of water and fry until one and a half bowls, add a little salt to season and serve.

Boil water with Chinese cabbage roots: Boil 7 Chinese cabbage roots, turn off the heat after 3 minutes, cover and simmer for 30 minutes, remove the roots and drink warm instead of water.

Dried cabbage and pork lung soup: Dried cabbage (200 grams), pork lung (200 grams) Seasoning: salt (3 grams), candied dates (3 pieces), vegetable oil (20 grams) 1. Wash the pork lungs, blanch them in boiling water, then remove and cut into pieces; 2. Add oil to a wok and heat it. Stir-fry the pork lungs until cooked, rinse them with clean water, drain and set aside; 3. Wash the dried cabbage and set aside; 4. Put the pork lungs, dried cabbage and candied dates into a pot, add appropriate amount of clean water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer on low heat for about 2 hours, and add salt to taste.

Efficacy: Nourishes the lungs and relieves cough, eliminates dryness and heat, and relieves gas and helps digestion.

From the above description, we can see that when a child has an upper respiratory tract infection, don’t worry too much. Give the child symptomatic treatment in time. When treating this disease, you must also take good care of the child in life to prevent the child from coming into contact with infected things again. You must also avoid the occurrence of pneumonia, because upper respiratory tract infection is very likely to cause pneumonia.