Every child grows up with a cold, and as you can see, colds are very common illnesses. However, even for a common illness like a cold, many parents still act like they are at their wits’ end, either over-medicating, holding on to no medicine, or just finding some medicine for their baby to eat. In fact, it is not right to do so. Here are the common mistakes parents make when treating their babies with colds. Mistake one misuse of drugs “bombarded” to cure the cold Life example Minmin is 3 years old and has a cold and fever these two days. Minmin’s parents were very anxious, so they took out all the antiviral, antibacterial, antipyretic and analgesic drugs and cough medicine at home and prepared to give them to their child, thinking that it was safer to “concentrate” the medicine and shorten the course of the illness. It so happened that Minmin’s grandmother, who is a pediatrician, came to the house and learned of the situation, rushed to stop them and informed them of the dangers of doing so, which made Minmin’s parents very scared. Analysis: The absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of most drugs into the body are closely related to the function of the liver and kidneys. As the tissues and organs in the baby’s body are not fully developed, the physiological functions are not yet mature, and the detoxification function is also poor, and there will be mutual offset or synergistic effects between drugs. When using drugs, especially to consider the physiological characteristics of the baby and the role of drugs, parents must not give a variety of drugs together to children, so as not to increase the side effects of drugs, harming the baby’s liver and kidney function. Principles of cold and flu treatment: Try not to add another medicine, especially for newborns, to prevent adverse reactions or poisoning. Mistake two: insist on not using western medicine no matter what Ans: Chinese medicine is loved by parents because of its small side effects, so many parents like to use Chinese medicine for their children. Indeed, at the beginning of the cold or when the symptoms are mild, you can choose Chinese medicine treatment, such as pediatric cold punch, trigger root punch, jinyinhua dew and so on. But when children have serious symptoms such as high fever, if they still insist on not going to the hospital and not taking western medicine, it is likely to delay the disease and increase the suffering of the child. Western medicines certainly have certain side effects, but as long as they are used reasonably under the guidance of a doctor, there are generally no adverse reactions. It is important to know that Chinese medicine is not absolutely safe either. When a high fever is caused by an upper respiratory tract infection, some parents are often anxious to ask the doctor to give their child an intravenous drip of antibiotics in the hope of quickly lowering the temperature. If the child’s temperature is still recurrent the day after the infusion, it is assumed that the antibiotics are ineffective. In fact, upper respiratory tract infections are often caused by viral infections, and intravenous antibiotics are not only incorrect, they also tend to induce resistance to antibiotics. In general, the disease has a natural course, upper respiratory tract infections for 5-7 days, fever to last 2-3 days. And fever is not necessarily related to the severity of the disease, so parents do not have to be overly nervous. Mistake four give children to take adult cold medicine Ans: Children are not the epitome of adults, therefore, do not feel free to give children to take cold medicine used by adults, so as not to cause serious side effects. Cold and flu pass is a compound preparation of Chinese and Western medicine, mainly containing diclofenac sodium, artificial oxymoron and paracetamol, which may lead to hematuria and impaired kidney function in children when used in pediatric patients. Mistake 5: Insist on not giving your child medicine regardless of the severity of the illness Ans: The immune system of children is not yet perfect, and they are most likely to feel the wind evil. For infants and young children, cold and flu are the source of all diseases and can cause serious complications, which should not be taken lightly. When a child has a cold, parents should pay attention to the observation, first of all, they should clarify the type of cold and the severity of the disease. The main symptoms of common cold are runny nose, sneezing, sore throat and cough, which can be accompanied by mild to moderate fever, general aches and pains, and so on, and generally improve in 3 to 5 days. If there are accompanying symptoms such as high fever, severe cough, diarrhea, rash, delirium or poor mental health, pallor, etc., and the duration of the disease is more than 5 days, be alert to the possibility of a special type of cold or complications such as bronchitis and pneumonia after the cold, and you must go to the hospital immediately.