Baby viral cold fever

Viral colds are more common in winter. The dry environment is suitable for the spread of viruses. Babies with low immunity are especially more susceptible to the disease. When babies get viral colds, adults are worried that the children will suffer. So how do you identify whether it is a viral cold and how should you treat it? How to prevent it? Let’s talk about it from the following.

Home treatment for colds: Get more rest, drink plenty of water, pay attention to respiratory isolation, and prevent complications. Commonly used antiviral drugs include virazole and thiabendazim, Chinese medicines include honeysuckle, banlangen root, etc., symptomatic medicines include Chinese patent medicines for colds, some cold granules, and antipyretics. There are also antiviral nasal drops, eye drops, etc. Drug treatment for colds is not very important. What is important is good care, monitoring body temperature, preventing heat shock, ensuring that children get enough sleep, replenishing enough water and nutrition, and paying attention to the progression of the disease and the occurrence of complications. The cold is a self-limiting disease and the virus has a certain survival period in the body. The disease will improve naturally. In addition, the efficacy of some antiviral drugs is not very reliable. Some kill white blood cells and cause leukocytopenia. Therefore, Chinese medicine is often used in clinical practice to clear away heat and detoxify, such as honeysuckle, banlangen, etc. If the symptoms are severe, take some symptomatic medicine, such as cold granules and antipyretics. Don’t take antibiotics casually:

It is wrong to take antibiotics when you have a cold, or even to use advanced antibiotics. Children, especially infants, are at a high risk of catching a cold. If they take antibiotics every time, some will catch a cold repeatedly and use antibiotics continuously. The more advanced the antibiotics used, the more drug-resistant bacteria will grow in children. Once there is a bacterial infection, the drugs will not be effective. Moreover, antibiotics have many side effects, such as killing white blood cells, causing a decrease in white blood cell count, further reducing the body's disease resistance, antibiotic stimulation of the gastrointestinal mucosa causing drug-induced gastritis, intestinal flora imbalance, long-term use of antibiotics, or advanced antibiotics, broad-spectrum or combined use of antibiotics. Some non-pathogenic bacteria in the intestines are killed, causing dysbacteriosis, which destroys the balance of microorganisms in the intestines and leads to intestinal diseases. There may even be pseudomembranous enterocolitis and superinfection of opportunistic bacteria and fungi. Some non-pathogenic bacteria may become pathogenic due to the loss of mutual restraint. In our country, the abuse of antibiotics, especially among children, is very serious. According to relevant reports, my country is a major consumer of antibiotics. This accounts for about half of the world's consumption. This is equivalent to more than ten times the amount of antibiotics used in developed countries. More than 90% of colds are viral infections. Antibiotics are ineffective against viruses, and it is not good to take antibiotics every time you have a cold. Antibiotics should only be used if there is evidence of bacterial infection. Don't give preventive medications just because you're afraid of bacterial infection; this is a wrong idea. Antibiotics kill bacteria. Antibiotics used without bacteria can only kill white blood cells. The half-life of antibiotics is limited, no more than a few hours. No long-term effects. High fever is not scary: Fever caused by a cold is a response of the child's body to the infecting microorganisms and is a protective mechanism. Some parents regard fever as a symbol of the severity of the disease, which is wrong. A high fever does not necessarily mean that the condition is serious. No fever or mild fever means that the condition is mild. Some cases of bronchitis and pneumonia may not have elevated body temperature. Therefore, body temperature cannot be used as an indicator to measure the severity of the disease, and antipyretic treatment should not be too hasty. Most parents want to lower the body temperature to normal immediately. Excessive use of antipyretics will cause children to sweat too much, disrupt the body's temperature regulation center, and even cause hypothermia and electrolyte imbalance. This is a common phenomenon in clinical work. The fever should be reduced slowly. Just keep the body temperature below high fever to prevent heat shock. When taking antipyretics, you must pay attention to the replenishment of water and electrolytes. Oral antipyretics should be used alternately with physical cooling measures, especially for infants and young children, physical cooling is better. Also, children cannot "sweat" like adults because their temperature regulation center is not perfect. The sweat glands are also not fully developed, and the "covering sweat" method will not only fail to lower the body temperature, but will also cause a sudden rise in body temperature and high fever convulsions, especially in young infants. They may also suffer from "blanket syndrome" which is life-threatening. When you have a fever, you should wear less and cover less to increase heat dissipation. These are the common home care errors encountered in clinical practice.

This shows that viral colds in children are mainly characterized by fever and multiple viruses. Treatment is mainly antiviral. There are no side effects of using physical cooling to reduce fever. If there is throat or oral herpes, antibiotics and vitamins can be added. Symptomatic treatment is sufficient. To enhance resistance during treatment, ventilate the room frequently. I believe that with everyone's joint efforts, the virus will be driven away, and the healthy baby will thrive.