Instructions for caring for children with upper respiratory tract inflammation with fever, cough, vomiting

The article was consulted professionally by Specialist Doctor II Le Thanh Cam – Department of Pediatrics – Newborn – Share99 Da Nang InternationalHealth Hub. He has 15 years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric diseases; she has worked at The Department of Pediatrics – Da Nang Health Hub and Da Nang Obstetrics and Gynecology Center. His strengths are the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric pathology; resuscitation, pediatric emergency.

Vietnam is a humid tropical monsoon country, the weather changes erratically, making children more susceptible to upper respiratory tract infections. When the child has inflammation of the upper respiratory tract there are often symptoms of fever, cough and vomiting.

1. What is inflammation of the upper respiratory tract?

Inflammation of the upper respiratory tract is a combination of diseases including: colds, rhinotracheitis, pharyngitis, sinusitis, dermatitis … with symptoms such as fever, runny nose, cough and shortness of breath.

When the child has signs of upper respiratory tract inflammation,parents should feed the child with enough nutrition, replenish plenty of juice and wash the nose with physiological saline to clear the airways. If the child has symptoms of fever, cough and vomiting, then immediately take him to the hospital to be diagnosed by a doctor and have timely treatments.

Children with upper respiratory tract inflammation

Upper respiratory tract muscles

2. Instructions for caring for children with upper respiratory tract inflammation

2.1 Children with runny nose, nasal congestion

One of the signs of upper respiratory tract inflammation is that the child will have a runny nose, nasal congestion. Features of the above signs are a lot of fluid, clear, diluted, purulent and without a bad smell. It is possible that the baby will cough, cough into a dry cough, cough with phlegm.

When the child encounters respiratory symptoms, the mother should clean the mucus in the nose with physiological saline 0.9% issent to help the baby breathe easier.

When washing the baby's nose,the mother should place the baby on one side, mouth open, one hand holds the baby's head lightly, the other hand takes a small jar of physiological saline sprayed on one side of the nose so that saline flows to the other nostril. Before washing your baby's nose, you should also wash your hands with antibacterial soap to make sure the bacteria don't spread back. Suction tools, nasal washes should also be sterilized.

After cleaning the baby's nose with physiological saline, the mother should use a clean, dry cotton swab to clean it, absolutely do not use the mouth to suck the baby's nose, which is more contagious for the child. Mothers should avoid overuse of saline to suck their noses a lot because it will cause atrophy of the nasal mucosa of the child or not small garlic juice according to folk or oral because garlic easily causes burns to the mucous membranes of the child.

Besides, to protect the child's respiratory tract, we should keep the child's body warm in winter, while in summer it is not necessary to wear too thick a shirt, keeping the room temperature > 25 degrees Celsius, just avoid drafts.

2.2 Children with fever and cough accompanied by vomiting, irony

When there is inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, the child will have symptoms of fever. Besides high fever, fever in batches up to 39 degrees Celsius, the baby will have a cough, causing the child to lose sleep, vomit. Coughing in upper respiratory tract inflammation is largely caused by an increase in the secretation of more sputum. In this case, you can give the child herbal sputum pills.

For children with high fever,parents can lower their fever by: taking off all their clothes, using a cotton towel dipped in warm water to wipe the forehead, abdomen, armpits and groin. If your baby has not yet lowered fever, take him to medical facilities for diagnosis and take antipyretics as prescribed by his doctor.

Children with upper respiratory tract inflammation

Parents can use a cotton towel dipped in warm water to wipe the forehead, abdomen, armpits and groin to lower the fever for the child

According to medical experts, in case the child is mildly infected and without complications, parents can feed the child normally, strengthening greens and juices. Parents should pay attention to monitor the temperature every 30 minutes, breastfeeding for rehydration. Children should be dressed in cool, comfortable clothes and avoid wearing tights.

When the child has symptoms of vomiting,ironically, parents clean the vomit in the mouth, throat, nose and wipe the child. At this time, mothers can breastfeed their babies less but divide into several feedings, avoiding overeating. Many parents, when they see their baby vomiting, are buying drugs on their own, making their health worse. In case, the child vomits a lot accompanied by signs of dehydration such as: sunken eyes, wrinkled skin … the child needs to be examined immediately.

2.3 Children with shortness of breath

Shortness of breath is an uncommon symptom in upper respiratory tract inflammation, but having shortness of breath means that the disease is becoming serious. If the parents are subjective, not in time to treat the child's disease will turn to chronic upper respiratory tract inflammation. When infected with chronic upper respiratory tract inflammation, there will be symptoms: coughing, burning of the throat, swallowing a little entanglement in the throat, nasal congestion due to hypertrocgestion of the nasal stalk.

Some children have frequent runny noses on one or both sides of the nose. Some children have prolonged chronic VA inflammation, but the cause of bacterus, the mucus that comes out of the nose is usually blue, in case of sinusitis, it is accompanied by headache symptoms.

For children, any serious or mild disease cannot be subjective, as children are very susceptible to dangerous complications, especially respiratory infections. Therefore, when your baby has the above symptoms, parents should consult a doctor to have appropriate methods of care for the child.

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