Often suffer from colds very young children, so parents need to know how to deal with this scourge.
When inflammation of the mucous membranes of the throat, can be felt:
- scratchy;
- gol pain when swallowing;
- tingling;
- throat pain at rest;
- tickling in the throat, or foreign body sensation.
All these symptoms can affect the general condition of the child and so he could be tired and irritable during a cold.
How to help your child?
drinking regime
It is necessary to drink the baby warm beverages. It may be fruit drinks, compotes and teas. If a kid does not want to drink, try to unsolder it to 2 tablespoons every 15 minutes.
Try not to give your child strongly acidic drinks, they irritate the throat, so if it is a berry juice, it must be sweetened or diluted with water, if it is tea with lemon, lemon you need to add Little.
Our grandmothers were treated as follows, and a very effective way: warm milk add honey and butter. If you want to take advantage of this recipe, do not warm the milk too much.
The season of colds: how to help your child with a sore throat / istockphoto.com
Keep the temperature in the apartment
Keep at room temperature was maintained at about 20 degrees. A humidity was 40-60%.
Ventilate the baby's room so that the air was always fresh.
Do not forget to gargle
doctors recommend rinse throat every 2-3 hours decoction of herbs, such as chamomile and sage.
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