What should I do if my child is infected with influenza? 3 effective ways to deal with influenza in children

Influenza is a common acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza virus. There are three types: influenza A (A), influenza B (B), and influenza C (C). Type A virus often undergoes antigenic mutations, is highly contagious, spreads rapidly, and is prone to widespread epidemics.

How children get the flu

Flu viruses are spread through the air via droplets, which are transmitted through the respiratory tract by inhaling small droplets of air that contain the virus.

2. Accept items contaminated by an infected person within 30 minutes.

3. Animal influenza viruses (pig, horse, bird) are homologous to human influenza viruses, so animal influenza can spread to humans (mainly in the early stages of an epidemic or over long distances).

What should I do if my child is infected with influenza?

1. General prevention

a. During the epidemic period, we should widely publicize to the masses how to prevent influenza infection, and try to take children to crowded public places as little as possible, and go to hospital outpatient clinics where patients are concentrated for diagnosis and treatment. If necessary, they should even suspend classes and kindergartens, and encourage children to wear masks when going out.

b. Pay attention to physical exercise and spend more time outdoors in the sun to enhance your body's resistance to cold.

c. Pay attention to balanced nutrition to prevent rickets and malnutrition.

d. In winter, the room air should be fresh, open the window several times a day to ventilate and keep the room temperature constant.

2. Vaccination

a. Live attenuated vaccines

b. Inactivated vaccines

3. Drug prevention

a. Amantadine

b. Ribavirin and exogenous interferon have certain effects

c. During the epidemic period, use 1:2000 furacilin or 10% eucalyptus solution for nasal spray.

d. Take Chinese herbal medicines such as Isatis indigo leaf, Rhizoma Cyperi, Radix Isatidis, Lithospermum officinale, and Flos Lonicerae.