What to do if your baby has a cold? Should your baby take medicine if he has a cold?

The weather has changed a bit quickly these days, and my baby seems to have caught a cold. What should I do? Should I get some medicine for the baby? But can babies take medicine?

First, keep the room well ventilated.

After a baby catches a cold, the throat and nasal cavity are very sensitive. If the indoor air is not good, or the air quality is poor and dry, the baby will be infected with the virus again. Therefore, after the baby catches a cold, parents should pay more attention to the indoor ventilation.

Second, soak your baby’s feet

Prepare a basin of water that is slightly hotter than the water you usually use for washing feet, and use it to soak your baby's feet. This can relieve your baby's cold symptoms.

Third, let your baby drink more warm water

Drinking more water can excrete toxins from the body. You can also add some scallions or ginger to your baby’s boiled water, which can also help relieve colds.

Fourth, go to the hospital for a check-up

If the baby has a serious cold and is accompanied by a cough, parents should take the baby to the hospital for examination in time. The doctor will provide symptomatic treatment based on the baby's condition.

Of course babies can take medicine when they catch a cold, but if the symptoms are mild, the general condition is good, and the baby can eat and sleep, then medicine may not be needed. As long as you pay more attention and observe more, there may be a possibility of self-healing, and it is not necessary to take medicine. If the symptoms of a cold are severe, of course you need to take medicine, because if it is not controlled in time, new infections may occur. For example, secondary bacterial infections may also cause pneumonia from the upper respiratory tract cold to the lower airway, and this risk is relatively high. But when choosing medication, we usually choose medication that can be used by babies. If the baby has a contraindication for the medication, we don't mind taking it.

1. It is necessary to train the baby's cold resistance and improve the baby's resistance. Parents should not put thick clothes on the baby when the weather is a little cold. If the baby is dressed too much, he will sweat after activities, and the underwear will easily get wet, which makes it easy to catch a cold.

2. Keep the air at home fresh and the humidity appropriate. Try not to take your child to places with turbid air and crowded places. If someone in the family has a cold, avoid contact with the baby. If contact cannot be avoided, the patient is better to wear a mask.

3. Babies are very curious and they always touch things here and there, which will cause their hands to be contaminated with many germs. Parents also touch many things with their hands, which have many germs on them. Therefore, both children and parents must wash their hands frequently, which can reduce the chance of children getting sick.

4. Let your child drink plenty of water, which can promote metabolism and is good for health. Especially during the cold epidemic, drinking plenty of water can prevent colds.

It is not recommended to bathe children when they have a cold, especially when the weather is cold. Bathing at this time can easily make the cold worse. Bathing after a cold will not only damage the body's immune system, but also promote the progression of the disease. In this case, give your child more warm water and eat more vegetables and fruits to enhance resistance. You can wait until your child is healthy before bathing. When bathing, pay attention to the indoor temperature, which should not be too high or too low. Too high will easily cause excessive sweating; too low will easily worsen the cold, so just keep it moderate.