What are the symptoms of pediatric viral colds

Viral colds are a common illness in children and are mainly transmitted through air and hand contact via the nasal passages. The virus is present in the patient’s respiratory tract and is transmitted through droplets when coughing and sneezing. Symptoms of viral colds in children mainly include sneezing, nasal congestion, runny nose, dry and sore throat, hoarseness, headache, body aches, and loss of appetite. Viral upper respiratory tract infections generally have more obvious symptoms of runny nose than pharyngeal symptoms, accompanied by diarrhea or conjunctival congestion. Simple viral respiratory tract infections are mostly without purulent secretions, viral infections start rapidly, viral colds have a slow onset and last for a long time, accompanied by fever with body aches and pains, weakness of the limbs and other symptoms. The fever is accompanied by body aches and pains, and weakness in the limbs. It is not cured by antibiotics and often requires fluids to recover. If the fever caused by a viral cold is more than 38.5℃, you need to take antipyretic medicine. Temperature is less than 38.5 ℃, you can choose physical antipyretic: antipyretic paste, towel hot compresses and so on. In addition, children should pay attention to ensure nutrition during the cold: balanced diet, reasonable feeding, to ensure adequate nutrient intake, can enhance the body’s resistance. Prevention and treatment of rickets and malnutrition. Appropriate clothing: should be according to the temperature changes in a timely manner to increase or decrease clothing, not to wear too much, after sweating to change the sweaty clothes in a timely manner, so as not to be cold induced colds.