Will the child sweat into the air -conditioned room, will it be cold?

In summer, the child goes into the air -conditioned room when he sweats out, and many parents will worry that the child will be cold and cold. Nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, fever ... These will feel that children are sick and have a cold for parents.

But from the perspective of modern medicine, there is no definition of a unified cold.

Some say that colds are commonly known as acute upper respiratory tract infections. Some say that colds are the abbreviation of common colds. What is the cold? Why does the child catch a cold?

Today, we asked Teacher Wang Xin to unveil the mystery of a cold for us.

Is it a disease?

Nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, fever ... In fact, these are symptoms of the disease, or a syndrome of a type of symptoms, not a separate disease.

As a result of sneezing and runny nose, it is indeed a very common symptom of colds, but there are also some allergic stimuli that can cause cold symptoms, such as rhinitis. Even sunlight and cold air will cause people to sneeze.

In the early stage of the symptoms, it was difficult for us to diagnose what disease it was caused by what diseases, and we had to refer to the symptoms caused by these different pathogenic infections as colds.

Therefore, a cold cannot be called a disease, which can only be called a syndrome.

Is a cold caused by cold?

Low temperature and cold are just the cause of a cold. What really causes a cold is pathogen infection. This is also the mainstream view of the current medical community.

For example, it is also rainy, some children will catch a cold, some children will not; they are also playing outdoors outside, some children will catch a cold, and some children will not.

The child has a certain relationship with the temperature, but the relationship is not great. At present, most experts believe that when the temperature decreases, the human body's immunity becomes weakened, and the pathogen will take advantage of it, so the root cause is caused by the pathogen.

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Children with a cold

Is it poor immunity?

uncertain.

Children with low immunity or immune defects are really prone to colds, or the possibility of increasing other infectious diseases. But the number of colds is not necessarily low immunity.

At present, the study has found that children under 6 years of age have averaged 6 to 8 times a year, especially from September to April of the following year, which can reach 1 January, each time it may last for 2 weeks.

There are very few children with low immunity. Parents should not give their children those medicines that can improve immunity.

Children go out less

Can't you catch a cold?

This is not a good idea.

The child stays at home and looks safe, but if the family is not ventilated, the virus and bacteria are easier to reproduce.

Proper environmental transformation is more conducive to the establishment of children's own immunity.

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prevent getting cold

What are the good ways

The weaker the more weaker, the more you run, and the stronger, and your child's immunity becomes stronger, which is the key to preventing colds.

1. Take your children out to exercise to maintain a healthy diet and sufficient sleep.

2. Avoid tobacco exposure and persuade family members to quit smoking. Second -hand smoke and three -handed smoke will make children more likely to cough.

3. If a family member has a cold syndrome, a conditional family should be isolated in time and no longer take care of the children. Families with insufficient quarantine conditions should do a good job of indoor ventilation, pay attention to cough etiquette, and avoid cross -infection.

● Cough etiquette

When cough, cover the mouth or nose with a tissue or elbow;

After coughing and sneezing, throw the use of paper towels into the trash can and completely clean your hands.

4. Adults and children must master the correct way of washing hands to reduce virus infections.

5. For popular colds, parents and children are advised to vaccinate vaccines to prevent them.

The child has caught a cold

Can you get a vaccine?

During a cold, it is best not to vaccinate.

It is difficult to determine which pathogen caused by a cold in the early stages of a cold. At this time, it is best to delay vaccination.

Some vaccines are also clearly recommended to delay inoculation during acute infectious diseases and fever, such as five -united vaccine.

Of course, in an emergency, such as inoculation of rabies vaccine, then you should fight or be delayed.

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The child has a cold

Will injection take medicine?

Don't blindly get the medicine for your child to take medicine.

Most common colds can heal themselves, which can be better about 5 to 14 days.

For some other diseases, such as influenza that is likely to cause complications, as well as bronchitis and pneumonia, special treatment is indeed required, but it must be diagnosed before the medication. Because early medication does not stop or delay the development of the disease.

If the child is forced to infuse the doctor as soon as it has a cold, or uses antibiotics (over -medical), it may not only have a bad reaction to the child.

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Do not get medicine

What can parents do

If the child feels uncomfortable or has troubled daily life, parents can care for symptoms.

When children are fever and very uncomfortable, they can use acetaminol (≥ 3 months) or ibuprofen (≥ 6 months) to reduce fever.

When the child's nasal stuffy and runny nose, you can use saline drops to drop nose or saline spray nose.

When a child coughs, you can take 2 to 5ml honey for 2 to 5ml, and you can drink apple juice or warm water for 6 months to 1 year old.

The rest are to time, wait and observe, go to the hospital in time when the condition changes.

Experts in this article

Wang Xin

Cooperative expert

Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical College of Shandong Province

Children's Health Doctor

Zhou Ying

Review expert

Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Medical College

Master of Clinical Medicine

Zhuo Zheng Medical Pediatrician

Plan

Produced: A Tongmu

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