First of all, remember that the flu is an acute respiratory viral infection. However, infection with SARS does not necessarily mean the flu - it can be caused by any virus. Symptoms of all colds are approximately the same: cough, runny nose, fever, weakness, pain in the larynx. However, if doctors officially announced a flu epidemic, most likely your child suffers from this
illness.
Treatment of viral diseases
How to treat SARS in children? Ideally, the diagnosis should be made by a doctor, who also prescribes the necessary medications. Nevertheless, all colds have a number of general principles of treatment. The first and, perhaps, the main one is the observance of bed rest. It is much more difficult for a child to carry a disease on his feet than for an adult - if the load on a weakened body is not reduced, complications may develop.
Treatment of influenza in children is impossible without the patient's free access to fresh air. room, inwhere the patient is located, it is necessary to ventilate as often as possible: firstly, the sick body needs oxygen and, secondly, this reduces the risk of pneumonia. Dieting is also an important point in the fight against SARS. Dishes should not be too high-calorie and satisfying: such food is extremely difficult to digest while lying down. The more liquid the patient consumes, the sooner recovery will come. Always give your child warm tea, berry fruit drinks, or just warm water with lemon. Treatment of influenza in children is mainly aimed at combating certain symptoms:
- if a child suffers from a severe cough, he is prescribed expectorants;
- for nasal congestion, the doctor prescribes special drops;
- lower fever with antipyretic.
Hypothermia in a child
Small children are much harder than adults to endure fever. Often it is accompanied by such manifestations as convulsions, feverish delirium and shortness of breath. Therefore, the treatment of influenza in children necessarily includes taking antipyretics (they are prescribed at temperatures above 38 degrees Celsius). Those who have a child do not need to explain how hard it is sometimes to get a baby to take a pill. In this case, rectal suppositories are very effective. In addition, it is useful to regularly wipe the patient with a damp towel, put vodka compresses and carefully wrap the patient.
Rhinitis
If the child suffers from nasal congestion, do notget involved in vasoconstrictor drops and sprays. Of course, it is very convenient to use them, and the result appears almost immediately, but too frequent use of them can lead to increased pressure and interruptions in the heart rhythm. In addition, over time, these drugs simply cease to produce the desired effect (by the way, this applies not only to children, but also to adults).
Medicines
Proper treatment of influenza in children is impossible without the use of drugs. The temptation is very high to go to the pharmacy and purchase any antiviral agent, but it is better not to do this. A child, especially under the age of three, should be prescribed medication by a pediatrician.
Treatment of influenza with folk remedies
In order to enhance the effect of pills and speed up recovery, it makes sense to resort to the so-called alternative medicine. There are many very effective recipes: tea with honey and ginger, onion steam inhalations, a healing decoction of black currant and cherry. However, do not forget that all these methods should not be used as the main treatment, but only as an addition to therapy.
