Fall Disease Prevention

Avoid uneven heat and cold In summer and autumn, the temperature is unstable, hot and cold, especially in the day, the temperature difference is relatively large, easy to catch a cold. Since the baby’s thermoregulatory center and blood circulation system are not yet well developed, they cannot regulate the rapid changes in the body and the outside world in time, so they can easily develop fever, cough, runny and other cold symptoms. Do not add clothes to your baby too early, and increase or decrease your baby’s clothes every day according to weather changes. When the baby sweats (1) when the baby has sweated not, to immediately take off clothes, should let the baby quietly, dry sweat, and then take off a piece of clothing; (2) do not put the sweating baby into the wind at the cool, not to mention the use of electric fans or air conditioning and other methods to reduce heat for the baby; (3) do not let the baby quickly drink cold drinks, should give the baby to drink warm plain water, which not only can prevent colds, but more importantly, for the baby This will not only prevent colds, but more importantly, is beneficial to the baby’s gastrointestinal tract and lungs. Prevent respiratory tract infections Cold is an upper respiratory tract infection, while bronchitis and pneumonia are lower respiratory tract infections, which are much more serious than upper respiratory tract infections. Let your baby go out in nature and aerobic exercise is a good way to improve the body’s resistance. But most parents are afraid that their babies will freeze, few are afraid that their babies will get hot, early to put on thick clothes, covered with thick quilts, the weather is just a little cooler, closed doors and windows, which is the same as depriving babies of the opportunity to exercise in nature. Add clothes method (1) when autumn comes, do not rush to add clothes to the baby, plus it is not good to lose, because the weather is getting colder every day, only more and more; (2) the best way is that you and the baby wear the same thick and thin clothes, if you do not feel cold when sitting quietly, the child will not be cold. Although babies are not as cold-resistant as adults, they are always in motion and will not be quiet even when they are asleep. When your baby has a cold (1) When your baby has a cold, the most common symptoms are fever, runny nose and sneezing. There are many viruses and inflammatory cells in the respiratory secretions. Runny nose and sneezing are effective ways to remove viruses and abnormal secretions. Most of the anti-cold medicine is for fever, runny nose, sneezing symptoms, after taking cold medicine, the symptoms are reduced, but the respiratory mucous membrane is dry, not only can not clear the virus, but also can make the bacteria take advantage of the situation and develop to lower respiratory tract infection. Therefore, babies should not take too much anti-cold medicine for cold. (2) Antibiotics are not cold medicine, more than 90% of colds are viral infections, especially at the beginning of the cold, do not use antibiotics at every turn, which not only can not treat the cold, but also make the baby resistant to antibiotics, is a drug three points of poison, when it has no therapeutic effect on the disease, there are only side effects left. (3) More rest, more sleep, more water, proper fever reduction and attention to care are good ways to treat colds and prevent lower respiratory tract infections. Prevention of autumn diarrhea Autumn diarrhea is an infection caused by rotavirus, and the prevalent season is autumn and winter. It is a widespread infectious disease in infants and children under two years of age. Children with autumn diarrhea are infectious and can excrete large amounts of rotavirus in their stools, starting 1 to 3 days after infection and lasting up to 6 days. (1) Parents should thoroughly wash their hands and objects contaminated with feces after handling their children’s stools to avoid transmission. (2) During the epidemic season of diarrhea, do not touch the sick child and do not take the baby to play in crowded places. (3) Keep the indoor air fresh and circulating. Prevent pharyngitis The humidity drops in autumn and the air gradually becomes dry, so babies sweat less and drink less water, and most of them don’t ask for water. (1) Parents should urge their babies to drink more water, drinks can not replace plain water, especially drinks containing a lot of sugar. (2) Pay attention to indoor humidity, you can use a humidifier to mediate indoor humidity. (3) Reduce the chance of mutual infection among babies.