Cold is a common disease in children, especially in weak children, and the change in temperature can easily cause a cold. Many parents are always nervous about their children catching a cold, and they always have all kinds of cold medicine at home. Do foreign children also take medicine and get a hangnail when they have a cold? Let’s take a look at how to treat children’s colds in foreign countries. How do you treat children’s colds in the United States? The U.S. has strict rules for children’s cold medication, pediatricians cited the U.S. recommendations and requirements for children’s cold medication: 1, the U.S. FDA recommends that OTC cough and cold medication not be given to children under 2 years of age; 2, the U.S. FDA issued a statement supporting drug manufacturers in cold and cough medications, including phlegm medication on the 4 years of age is prohibited; 3, the U.S. FDA recommends caution in the use of 2-11 years of age. A Chinese mother in the U.S., lanier777, shared her child’s first experience with a cold in her blog. lanier777’s child had a cold at 7 months old, some loss of appetite, a running nose, sneezing, and a low fever, and the nurse said during a phone consultation that the child had a common cold and just needed good care without seeing a doctor. Later, the child’s fever reached 39 degrees before he made an appointment with the doctor, who examined him and diagnosed him as having a common cold, explaining that the cold was caused by a virus and that no other medication was needed to treat it, and that he should try to let the child recover from the antibodies he had produced. The doctor only prescribed fever-reducing medication and gave some advice on how to take care of the cold. lanier777 followed the doctor’s advice and the child’s cold symptoms improved significantly after 4 days. How do I treat a cold in the UK? Australia and the UK recommend that children under the age of 6 should not be given compounded cold medicines (with the exception of single-sided fever reducers). In the UK, doctors rarely prescribe antibiotics for children with colds and fevers, and usually tell children to drink plenty of fluids and to take physical cooling methods such as warm baths. A student who studied in the UK shared what he saw in the UK: children in the UK generally do not go to the hospital when they have a cold, and “simmering” is a habit of the locals in dealing with illness. “I have a British classmate, a cold for ten days, but also do not take medicine, but to ‘boil’ good.” Although there is no “cure” for a cold, you can help your child feel a little more comfortable: 1) Let your child rest well (without being bedridden) and give him or her lots of emotional comfort. 2) Drink water: Give your child a drink. If your child doesn’t want to drink a lot of water, try feeding him or her water, milk or juice in small sips several times, or give older children ice cubes, frozen ice cubes with fruit-flavored rehydration salts. 3. Food: Many children do not have an appetite for a few days when they have a cold, but this is not important. When they recover, they will quickly regain the weight they had before they got sick. When high fever (over 38.5 degrees), sore throat or earache occurs, you can take pain relieving fever reducers (acetaminophen or ibuprofen) to help your child feel more comfortable. Do not give aspirin to children or teenagers under 15 years old, especially during a cold, because it can lead to the rare but very serious Reye’s syndrome. 5. Since colds are caused by viruses, antibiotics are not necessary because they do not treat colds and they do not prevent asthma, earaches or sinusitis.