Winter is a high season for respiratory infections in children, and many children experience frequent trips to the hospital, which is referred to as “relapsing children. The term “relapsing children” is short for recurrent respiratory infections in children. Since the age of children is related to their body’s resistance, the indicators for diagnosing recurrent respiratory infections vary from one age group to another, such as 7 upper respiratory tract infections and 3 lower respiratory tract infections (including bronchitis, asthma and pneumonia) per year for children aged 0 to 2 years; 6 upper respiratory tract infections and 2 lower respiratory tract infections per year for children aged 3 to 5 years; and 5 upper respiratory tract infections and 2 lower respiratory tract infections per year for children aged 6 to 12 years. The diagnosis is clear with 5 upper respiratory tract infections and 2 lower respiratory tract infections per year in children 6 to 12 years old. The causes of recurrent respiratory infections in children are many, both endogenous and exogenous,
Repeated respiratory infections can affect the growth and development of children and their quality of life, seriously endangering their physical and mental health. The fall and winter seasons are the most frequent seasons for pediatric respiratory diseases, and it is also an important time for “recurrent children” to be taken care of. Home care is especially important to ensure that these children can survive the winter. So how to make these “relapsed children” through the winter off? First, the room should be sunny and regularly ventilated to ensure fresh air. Room temperature should be kept at 22℃~27℃, relative humidity should be 40%, pay attention to the season and temperature changes, timely increase and decrease clothing, such as over-dressing children, not only can not prevent colds, but sometimes will be too much sweat, pores open, and then by the cold wind a blow, and become a trigger for colds. In early autumn, although the temperature begins to fall, the weather is not cold, this is the best time to start “autumn freezing”, the most suitable for cold exercise, when the weather is warm and sunny, encourage children to go outdoors more often to enhance the ability of the child’s organism to adapt to the cold climate,
Especially for respiratory diseases to play a positive preventive role. Secondly, dietary regimen: it is best to ensure breastfeeding in winter and not to wean in winter. Breast milk is not only nutritious, but also contains a variety of immune substances, calcium and phosphorus, and the right ratio. Since calcium deficiency also increases the chances of infection in children, it is important to let the re-sensitive children eat more breast milk to help strengthen their body, and the weaning time for re-sensitive children can be extended to after one and a half years of age. It is also important to add complementary foods in a timely manner. It is advisable for children to have a light and easily digestible diet, avoid partial eating, snacking and picky eating, and develop the habit of eating more vegetables and fruits. Do not unilaterally pursue high-protein, high-calorie foods, which can also lead to diseases if they exceed the tolerance of the spleen and stomach of children. Diet regimen, but also according to the child’s physique to determine, such as: cold type: manifestation of the form of cold limbs, pale, inactive, poor appetite, eat cold things easy diarrhea, loose stools. The principle of diet for such children is to warm the stomach and spleen, it is advisable to eat more pungent, sweet and warm products, such as mutton, pigeon meat, beef, chicken, walnuts, longan, etc. Avoid eating cold products, such as frozen drinks, watermelon, winter melon, etc. Hot type: manifested as a strong body, red face and lips, fear of heat and like cold, thirsty, irritable, good appetite, constipation, short red urine. These children are prone to pharyngitis, and are prone to high fever after external sensation. The principle of diet should be based on clearing heat and eating more sweet and cold foods, such as bitter melon, winter melon, radish, mung bean, celery, duck, pear, watermelon, etc. Deficient type: the manifestation of the face is atrophy, thin body, less breath and lazy speech, fatigue, inactivity, sweating, poor appetite, loose or soft stools, such children are prone to anemia and recurrent respiratory tract infections, the principle of dietary regimen is: qi and blood double tonic, it is appropriate to eat more mutton, chicken, beef, sea cucumber, fungus, walnuts, cinnamon, barley, lotus seeds, etc.. Avoid bitter-cold and cold foods, such as bitter melon and mung beans. In addition, it is important to actively improve the immune function of the resuscitated children, including cold-tolerance exercise from late summer and early autumn, and relevant immunizations can be given before the prevalence of influenza. During the epidemic period, try to avoid crowded public places and avoid contact with patients with colds.