In recent times, I often see mothers complaining in the messages, saying that their children have recurrent coughs, and every time their faces are red with coughing, they are particularly distressed.
There are also messages saying that babies have been sneezing and running their noses lately, and they can’t even sleep well at night, even after taking medicine ……
There are many similar messages, many mothers complained that since the beginning of spring, many babies have started to cough, have a stuffy and runny nose, and some have been sneezing constantly, suffering a lot.
In fact, most coughs and runny noses are symptoms of the common cold, so there is no need to worry too much, and they can heal themselves without medication for a week or so. However, if your child has symptoms like the ones above, such as coughing repeatedly for more than four weeks or sneezing incessantly and not getting better, the culprit may not be a cold, and mothers should be careful if their babies have allergies.
Especially in the spring, pollen, mold and other allergens floating in the air start to increase, and for babies whose respiratory defenses are not yet fully developed, they are more likely to get hit.
Don’t ignore these allergens as spring allergies are on the rise
Allergens are a large family, and they vary in size. Most of them are no more than 100 microns in diameter and less than the thickness of a hair, making them difficult to identify with the naked eye.
Common allergens in the home are the following four kinds of allergens.
1, dust mites
Dust mites are the most common indoor allergens that cause allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma in children.
A study of indoor allergens in several cities in China showed that: an average of more than 95% of households across China can detect dust mite allergens, 65% of households have dust mite allergen content of more than 2 micrograms per gram of dust (the amount that causes allergy symptoms); 25% of households have mite allergen content of more than 10 micrograms (the amount that causes asthma).
2. Pollen
Spring is the worst time for pollen allergy. When it comes to pollen, the first thing that comes to mind is the outdoors, but in fact, the flowers and plants at home, or the pollen blown in by the wind or even the pollen on adults’ clothes when they go home, make the indoor area also the worst area for pollen allergy.
Pollen allergy can trigger or aggravate existing allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma, and the symptoms of pollen allergy may worsen year by year.
3.Fungi
Mold is a kind of fungus, mold is a pathogenic microorganisms, not only can cause skin infections, inhalation of the whistle can also cause allergic cough, and even fungal pneumonia, resulting in cough repeatedly does not heal.
4, dead skin, animal hair
Babies love to play and often go to the corners, it is easier to inhale these dirty things, because these dander, animal hair contains many dust mites, inhalation of the baby is also prone to nose itching, sneezing symptoms.
Prevention is the best way to deal with allergies
Since there is no way to “get rid of” allergies, the best way to deal with them is prevention, and avoiding contact with allergens is the most important thing. Therefore, daily prevention can be done as follows.
1. Purify indoor air and enhance indoor air circulation
When the weather is good, open more windows to ventilate, not only to blow away the pollutants in the air, but also to blow in more fresh air, to promote indoor air circulation, to prevent the accumulation of pollutant concentrations, which is good for the baby’s respiratory tract.
Or choose a professional air purification products, the purification of indoor allergens more efficient, but also do not have to worry about outdoor air pollution.
2, go home, change home clothes
When you go out, clothing inevitably covered with air pollen, dust and other allergens, so when you get home, or a change of clothes.
3, sofa, carpet timely cleaning
Sofa, carpets and other places are easy to accumulate dust, dust and will carry mites and dead skin, accidentally floating into the air, so we must pay attention to timely cleaning, can be disassembled and recommended for regular cleaning.
4, hazy days and flowering season, reduce going out
Have to go out, then put on the mask it. But mothers will certainly say, originally with the baby is very tired, sometimes really can not pay attention to so many aspects, easier said than done ah, and now the day is still cold, open the window ventilation baby easy to catch a cold ah.