During the season of changing season with the characteristic high air humidity, sudden changes in weather, large temperature difference between day and night. These are favorable conditions for harmful viruses and bacteria to develop, affecting the child's health. Especially during this time, children are susceptible to respiratory diseases, the typical example is: Bronchiolitis .
Parents need to equip themselves with knowledge to have proper preventive measures for children. Please refer to detailed information from AZ of bronchiolitis in children in the content below!
What is PRCIS?
Bronchiolitis is a common childhood disease with a viral infection. This disease causes wheezing, difficulty breathing, coughing and accompanied by eating disorders.
Some points to note:
Bronchiolitis is an infectious disease. And the infection is most common during the rainy and winter seasons.
Can be spread by sneezing and coughing, when your hands touch your mouth or nose after coming into contact with germs that cause illness.
Babies younger than two years old can develop bronchiolitis, most common in babies under six months of age.
Symptoms of DEPARTMENTS
Early symptoms often resemble a cold: a stuffy nose, runny nose, mild cough and low fever for 1 to 2 days. After that, these symptoms will common and increase such as:
Cough, rapid breathing and wheezing. The child's neck and chest can be clearly seen pulling with each breath,
Children can have a fever for 4 to 5 days,
Children with shortness of breath will be very tired or dehydrated. Or vomiting with cough or diarrhea (loose stools, more bowel movements than usual).
How to take care of illness at home
When observing a child with the above symptoms, parents need to handle the following steps at home as soon as possible to prevent the disease from getting worse.
Use a nasal pump to clear your nostrils. If necessary, add one to two drops of salt water to each nostril. If your baby has a stuffy nose, drain the nasal discharge before feeding the baby.
Hold the child more upright.
The baby may suckle less. Breastfeed less amount but divided into more times. During a feed, the baby may need several breaks.
Should supplement more liquid than usual ,.
Do not smoke around a child with bronchiolitis
When to contact your doctor for treatment
After taking steps to care for the child at home, but there is no change. The child's condition develops with the following signs. Parents need to contact a doctor for counseling and treatment to cure the disease completely.
Shortness of breath after coughing.
Do not drink or suck.
Sleep more than usual or fall asleep easily while eating.
Irritability, unable to sleep, or difficult to calm down.
The child has a fever.
Do not urinate for 6-8 hours or have dry mouth and lips.
Children have concave dimples.
More urgent:
Babies breathing very hard or very quickly.
The child is wheezing or sleeps.
The baby's abdomen and ribs contract with each breath and inflate the nose.
The child's skin is pale, pale, or his lips are purple.
Children exhibit chest tightness when breathing
How to prevent primary disease
In all cases, prevention is always the first priority to ensure the health of the child. During the change of season, parents need to raise their awareness of prevention more and more.
Breastfeed your baby. Breast milk helps babies to be resistant, and helps prevent bronchiolitis.
Avoid contact with infected people.
Wash your hands often after coming into contact with an infected person.
Do not smoke around children with bronchiolitis.
Clean toys and children's objects regularly.
Bronchiolitis can be a mild illness if parents are well prepared with knowledge in child care. However, disease progression can also get worse if parents neglect the child. Best of all, Prevention is better than Cure parents!
-Ele Luong-
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