Disease that often affects toddlers (or adults in general) is the common
colds or a mild
cough. The disease is actually very simple with simple handling as well. But many parents out there still groping about what to do when a mild cough attack. There is a direct carry the child to the doctor, there is also a stand and run home treatment first. Whatever the road taken, only one intention: to heal the child. However, it could not hurt us know more about this mild cough. I gather information about it from several sources including www.cdc.gov and www.tabloid-nakita.com.
Preview Cough Colds Lightweight
Symptoms commonly experienced: a runny nose, sore throat, repeatedly sneezing, and coughing. Cause:
Cough Colds Lightweight
- More than 200 viruses can cause disease.
- Rhinovirus is the most common culprit.
When a runny nose Flu
When I first flu-causing germs to infect the nose and sinus tract, nasal mucus clear. It helps remove germs from the nose and sinus tract. After two or three days, the body's immune cells fight back, change the color to white or yellow mucus. And when the good bacteria begin to breed again in the nose, can also be found in the mucus, mucus color changed to green. This is perfectly normal and you do not need to rush to give antibiotics.
Signs and Symptoms of Colds Cough Lightweight:
- Sneezing
- Nose runny or stuffy precisely
- Itchy Throat
- Cough
- Watery eyes
- Mild-Headache
- Body-ache
Go to Doctor Consultation If you or your child has:
- Accompanied by a fever that lasts more than 3 days
- Children fussy, lethargy, weakness, and chills
- Snot increasingly thick with the color green, lasts for 2 weeks. It's a sign boarded bacterial infection.
- Seldom urinating or do not want to drink
- Sputum accompanied by blood-spotting
- The symptoms have been felt more than 10 days
- If your child under the age of 3 months and have a fever, it is important to contact a doctor immediately.
Antibiotics are required if:
Because mild cough caused by a virus, antibiotics will not cure him. Runny nose or flu almost always heal by itself, so you should wait and take antibiotics if necessary. Eating antibiotics when the body does not need it can be harmful to health.
Each time you or your child taking
antibiotics, the bacteria that commonly live in the body (in the skin, gastrointestinal tract, mouth, nose, etc.) will be immune to it. Common antibiotics do not cure infections caused by bacteria that are immune to it.
How Do Cured?
- Get plenty of rest
- Eating nutritious foods and fruits that contain vitamin C.
- If colds interfere with the activity, give a glass of warm water. It will relieve nose because the mucus will become more dilute.
- Inhalation-traditional. Fill a basin with hot water and then give a few drops of oil in the wind. Put the child on the basin for steam inhalation.
- If accompanied by fever over 38 degrees Celsius, give medicines containing paracetamol for fever.
- Keep room humidity.
First Aid Using Traditional Medicines (PPMOT)
Colds
- Make a warm drink such as orange juice or rice kencur
- Grate onion and stick on the 7th cervical vertebrae (the neck) and the crown of the child after previously smeared telon or eucalyptus oil.
Lowering a fever due to cough-cold
- Smeared grated onion that has been spiked with a little oil telon at the navel and the crown, also backs up to the buttocks as he gently massaged.
- Make a mixture of one cup of coconut milk plus 1 teaspoon honey, stir, then steamed. Once cool, give the child as much as 3 teaspoons every 2 hours. But this herb should be given only in infants aged 8 months upwards.
- For children aged 5 years and more, try a mixture of water decoction of turmeric and honey. 1/2-1 burn knuckle turmeric which is clean, currycomb skin and scar. Pour boiled water 1 / 2 cup, squeeze, then stealthy. Mix the turmeric water without this sediment with a whisk egg yolks and 1 tablespoon of honey, then mouthful in children.
Mucus-cough
Make a concoction that consists of 1 clove garlic grated plus each 1 tablespoon ginger juice, water, turmeric, lemon juice, honey and 3 tablespoons of boiled water. Steam mix these ingredients and drinks child 3-4 times a day 2 tsp.
Sputum hard out
Grated 1 red onions and 1 segment ginger and then squeeze, take the water. Mix with the juice of 7 grains of anise and grated 1 vertebra turmeric. Then add 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 1 / 2 cup water. Then steamed and strained, then give to the children each 2 teaspoons 3 times a day.
Cough
Into a cup, put lime juice 1 tablespoon
honey and then add boiled water each 2 tablespoons. Steam for several minutes and then cool again. After the lukewarm, Drinks to children 5 times as much as 1-2 teaspoons a day.
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