Child coughing and cold hands and feet

When children have coughing symptoms, parents are often very worried. However, if the coughing is accompanied by cold hands and feet, parents will become even more worried. Most of the time, children's coughs are caused by colds because their immunity is low and they are very vulnerable to colds. But what is the reason for cold hands and feet during coughing?

What to do if your child has a cold, cough, and cold hands and feet

1. Use antipyretics correctly. If the child's body temperature does not exceed 38.5 degrees, antipyretic drugs are generally not needed, but changes in body temperature should be closely monitored. If the child's body temperature reaches 39 degrees, in order to prevent heat cramps, under the guidance of a doctor, choose appropriate antipyretics for treatment, or use physical cooling methods, such as rubbing warm water on the armpits, groin, palms, soles of the feet and other areas with rich blood flow.

2. During treatment, you should drink more boiled water, which can not only replenish the lack of fluid in the body, but also help reduce fever. What to do if your baby has a cold? Taking a hot bath can help reduce the temperature. Pay attention to your diet and don't eat too much meat. You should also rub your child's hands and feet frequently to promote blood circulation.

Note: Some parents mistakenly believe that their children are afraid of the cold, so they wrap their children tightly with quilts or thick clothes, and let the children sweat, and the cold or fever will naturally go away. Little do they know that this approach will aggravate the child's symptoms. The practice of parents wrapping their children tightly will not only prevent the children's body temperature from being dissipated in time and cause it to rise higher and higher, but may even cause convulsions and seizures.

What to do if your baby has a cold, cough and runny nose

Children are the backbone and the apple of their parents' eyes. However, the measures taken by many parents for children's colds are somewhat unreasonable. They should learn more about the symptoms and treatment measures of colds in their daily lives so that they can give their children effective treatment in time.

Children's cold is also known as upper respiratory tract infection. The upper respiratory tract includes the nose, sinuses, pharynx, Eustachian tube, epiglottis and larynx. When pathogenic factors invade, it may cause acute nasopharyngitis (commonly known as upper cold), acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis and acute laryngitis. Generally, urban children fall ill 3-6 times a year, while rural children fall ill 2-5 times a year.

Most viral colds can heal naturally without antibiotics; bacterial or mycoplasma infections require antibiotics. Antibiotics should not be used during treatment.

Care after a cold is very important. Children should be allowed to rest more, reduce physical exertion, and try not to go to kindergartens, schools and public places to prevent and reduce secondary infection or cross infection. During the fever period, children should eat easily digestible and vitamin-rich foods and drink plenty of water to help reduce temperature, humidify the respiratory tract and facilitate sputum discharge.

Children with pharyngeal inflammation and ulcers should not eat food that is too cold or too hot, and should not eat irritating food. They can use a straw to suck liquid food, or spray drugs such as Bingpengsan into their mouths a few minutes before eating to relieve pain when eating. If there are symptoms of conjunctivitis, towels, bath utensils and other items should be isolated, and antiviral eye drops or eye ointments should be used for treatment.