How can children stay away from colds? There are ten measures to prevent and treat children's colds

Children are bound to get sick in their daily lives, and parents are very worried, especially when children have a high incidence of colds. Therefore, it is very necessary to take preventive measures for children in daily life. Parents should pay more attention to their children's hygiene and eating habits. So, what are the preventive measures for children's colds?

Ten measures to prevent and treat colds in children

1. Pay attention to the cold resistance training of your baby and improve his resistance. Don't rush to dress your baby in thick clothes when the weather is a little cold. Babies are lively and active by nature. If you dress them too much, they will sweat profusely and their sweat pores will open. Once they are quiet, the soaked underwear and open sweat pores will make the baby very easy to catch a cold. Whether the baby should add more clothes can be judged by touching the baby's hands and feet to see if they are warm.

2. If any family member or person taking care of the baby is infected with the disease, they should stop contacting the baby immediately. If isolation is not possible, the sick person must wear a mask and wash hands frequently to prevent infection to the baby.

3. When the baby has a fever, he should be given more boiled water and eat more vegetables and fruits to keep the bowel movements smooth and the urine volume normal. The diet should be light and easy to digest. After each sweating, the baby's soaked underwear should be changed in time.

4. Eat in moderation. Traditional Chinese medicine has always emphasized "endure hunger to the point of 30%, eat until 70% full." Clinically, it has also been confirmed that many diseases in children are caused by eating. Eating too much and having too much nutrition can easily lead to food accumulation and heat (commonly known as food fire). Food fire is also the root cause of colds and many other diseases.

5. Timely treatment of "rectus". Defecation after eating or defecation during eating is commonly known as "rectus". This kind of child eats a lot and defecates a lot, which indicates that the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach is poor, resulting in low immunity and easy sweating. It is hard to prevent, and the child will catch a cold at any time. It is also very easy to develop viral myocarditis after catching a cold, so it is necessary to take Chinese medicine to regulate the rectus.

6. Let your baby sleep more comfortably. If your baby has a blocked nose due to a cold, you can put one or two towels under the child's mattress and slightly raise the head to relieve the blocked nose. Never let babies under two years old sleep directly on the pillow or put the pillow under the mattress, as this can easily cause suffocation or damage the cervical spine.

7. Do not abuse antibiotics. Since influenza is caused by influenza virus infection, antibiotics are completely ineffective against influenza viruses. Moreover, the abuse of antibiotics can cause adverse reactions such as liver and kidney damage and diarrhea. Children's influenza belongs to the category of "seasonal cold" in traditional Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine should adopt the method of clearing heat and detoxifying, and the prescription is Yinqiao Powder combined with Puji Xiaodu Yin. For cough and sputum, cough and expectoration can be given Chinese patent medicines for cough and expectoration, such as Children's Feire Kechuan Oral Liquid, Jinzhen Oral Liquid, Feili Ke Mixture, Compound Fresh Bamboo Liquor Liquid, etc.

8. Don't rush to reduce fever. Fever is a defensive reaction of the body, which is conducive to the elimination of invading germs. When children have fever, physical cooling is the first choice, such as warm water bath, cold compress, cold saline enema, etc. If the body temperature reaches 38.5℃ or above, drugs should be used to reduce fever. Preparations such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen, as well as traditional Chinese medicine antipyretics such as Guashuang Tuireling and Lingyangjiao oral liquid can be used. However, aspirin is prohibited for children to prevent the occurrence of Reye's syndrome.

9. Pay attention to hygiene and avoid the causes of disease: prevent environmental pollution and passive smoking, etc. You can use vinegar to steam the respiratory tract for 20 minutes every week for simple disinfection and enhance the immune function of the respiratory tract.

10. Drug prevention: Drugs that improve immunity can be used to reduce the incidence of recurrent respiratory tract infections, such as Western medicines such as Levamisole and Carmensol; Chinese medicines such as Astragalus and Jiawei Yupingfeng Powder (formula: 9g raw Astragalus, 6g Atractylodes macrocephala, 3g Saposhnikovia divaricata, 9g raw oyster, 6g dried tangerine peel, and 9g Chinese yam, ground into fine powder)

Diet therapy for children with colds

Lily, wolfberry and pork congee

Symptoms: Babies are generally thin, sweat a lot when sleeping, are easily upset, thirsty, have red tongue and little tongue coating. These babies are prone to catching colds due to excessive sweating.

Ingredients: 20-30g lily, 10g wolfberry, appropriate amount of minced pork and rice.

Method: First cook the rice into porridge, then add lily, wolfberry and diced pork and cook until cooked.

Yam and Pork Porridge

Symptoms: Babies are generally fat and puffy, with a thin tongue coating and a tongue that is not red. These babies are also prone to catching colds due to their weak constitution.

Ingredients: 20 grams of yam (or raw yam slices), minced pork and appropriate amount of rice.

Method: First cook the rice into porridge, and then cook the yam and minced pork together until cooked. For babies who have caught a cold, they need to be treated with a light and nutritious diet.

Mint and Burdock Porridge

Symptoms: If the baby's early symptoms of a cold are: inability to cough up phlegm, sore throat, love of drinking water, sticky nasal discharge, red tongue, yellow tongue coating, and a faster pulse than usual, it is mostly a febrile cold caused by too high room temperature.

Ingredients: 6 grams of mint, 10 grams of burdock seeds, and appropriate amount of polished rice.

Method: First, boil the burdock seeds for 15 minutes, remove the burdock seeds, and keep the juice for later use. Boil the stalk rice into porridge, add the mint after 10 minutes, and when the porridge is almost done, add the burdock juice and boil for 5 minutes.