Saturday, December 26, 2009

Three Mistakes to avoid the prevention and treatment of influenza in children

Misunderstanding 1: Abuse of disinfectant, no sick anti-chaos
Class a lot of people that his son had a cold, Ms. Zhang bought disinfectant, disinfection of the day again on the living room, and dipped in disinfectant used his son's things one by one to wipe a result, his son because the smell is not used disinfectant taste and nausea and vomiting.
Yuhuangding hospital paediatricians Wang Xuan: flu season, proper disinfection of the room is necessary, but families with children should note that the disinfectant must act strictly in accordance with the instructions to use, not indiscriminate use.
In order to prevent disinfectant cause of infant stimulation, you may wish to try a simple and effective disinfection of vinegar fumigation. In accordance with the vinegar and water ratio of 1:1 mixed into spray, before the break, doors and windows closed at night spray disinfection. In the cold or at home during the prevalence of patient has emerged in cases where the amount of vinegar may be increased. In addition, windows and doors can be closed, the vinegar into the wok or casserole and other containers, using slow fire to boil, so that steam filled the room, until the vinegar boil dry, containers, after Liang Liang, then add a little clean water, dissolved bottom of the pot residue of vinegar juice, again, fumigation, and so repeated three times, 5 days can be used in conjunction.
Misunderstanding 2: ill do not seek medical treatment, critically ill drug
Not long ago, Ms Fong four-year-old son suffering from a cold, eating a lot of antibiotics, still no improvement, to the hospital for an examination to know whether her son is suffering from viral influenza, had turned into pneumonia.
Penglai City People's Hospital Pediatrics Director Liu Guoyu: From the characteristics of the cold point of view, mostly in children with viral cold, condition its rapid development, many critically ill patients. Since the beginning of many parents do not realize that the child's flu will increase, so that many children turned into bronchial pneumonia. Children first appeared in the cough, cold flow of clear nose and other minor symptoms, parents can let their children drink plenty of water, plenty of rest, but if the child mental good, hold your breath and other symptoms, it should be as soon as possible to regular medical treatment. The issue of the child's cold, many parents still exist "half can be" wrong perception, direct adult cold medicine used to halve the dose for a child to eat, do so not only can not cure, but may lead to more serious consequences .
Misunderstanding 3: slightly better on the withdrawal, treatment is not completely
Ms Lau five-year-old daughter 10 days ago suffering from a cold, the doctor for the condition to open a 1-week drug. Taking four days later, Ms. Liu found that significant improvement in her daughter's cold, then withdrawal of the children. Unexpectedly, took another four days, the child has a cold, the symptoms more severe than the previous.
People's Liberation Army Hospital, the Fourth Ling Wu Liu Pao-chu, director of pediatrics: children under 7 years of age were 1-2 times a year cold is normal. Many parents because the distressed children, but relies on the external appearance of the child is not a fever, no runny nose, throat hurt, but just thought good cold, self-withdrawal, which is not desirable. The root cause of many children are suffering from cold inside the body, parents must follow doctor's orders to give a child medication according to treatment, or cold have not yet healed, but also infected with another virus, but will increase the disease.