How can I prevent the spread of colds among my children?

Colds generally last 6-14 days, with the first 3 days being the most contagious, but they can still be contagious after two weeks. Children are more likely to be contagious to each other. Because if a child suffers from a cold and the symptoms are only manifested as a runny nose, he may not care, but likes to wipe the nose with his hands, so that bacteria or viruses will get on his hands, clothes, toys, and can survive for about half an hour, when other children play with these toys again, and touch their noses and rub their eyes with their hands, they may be infected.

Strategies to prevent colds.

1.Wash your hands.

Rubbing your nose or eyes with your hands that have viruses or bacteria on them is the most likely way to catch a cold. Does this work? Washing your hands is the easiest way to prevent colds, and it does work, but only if you wash your hands with soap for at least 30 seconds and then rinse them off with water.

The same effect can be achieved with hand sanitizer. Kindergarten children, in particular, will have more than 50% less chance of catching a cold if they can ensure good handwashing habits.

2.Cover your mouth and nose when sneezing.

With every sneeze, millions of germs are sprayed into the air. Does this work, it has been proven that the chance of direct transmission of cold viruses through the air is not great, unless someone sprays a sneeze directly into a person's face. But in any case, for more health and politeness, it is better to cover your sneeze with your hands or paper.

3. Dress warmly on cold days.

Cold makes it easy for people to catch colds. Does this work? We all have the common sense to dress our children in an extra garment when it's cold. As the old saying goes"Spring covers autumn frost"In the season when the weather is changeable, adding clothes immediately is also an effective measure to prevent colds.

4.The patient should not kiss the child.

Colds can be spread through saliva. Does this work? Studies have proven that kissing your face doesn't have a strong effect on spreading the virus unless you let it into your eyes or nose. But some bacteria can be spread through kissing, such as streptococcus bacteria, which causes throat infections.

Be vigilant about medications. For some mild cold symptoms, people are used to going to the pharmacy to buy some over-the-counter medicines to combat the cold, but in reality, this is not 100% safe. Many** medicines for cough or nasal congestion are contraindicated or used with caution in children.

Some medications can cause allergic reactions or hallucinations, while others can cause heart rhythm disturbances or overexcitement. Babies should be especially cautious about using medicines, and experts recommend using cold medicines for children, such as crackers. "Little Crack" is a new type of cold medicine for children's colds, which is safe and reliable to reduce fever.

In view of the special constitution of children, its prescription does not contain phenylpropanolamine (PPA) and caffeine, no central stimulant effect, contains artificial bezoar, clear heat and detoxification, anti-convulsions, is a safe and secure children's special cold medicine. "Little Crack" drug granule solution is orange and strawberry flavored, with good color and taste, which is easy for children to accept and easy to take, reducing a lot of trouble when feeding medicine.

Give your child plenty of water, if you are older, you can drink some banlangen, and you can wear a mask, but it's not good for your nose.

Our baby has been drinking Yukadan, prevention, ** or something, the effect is quite good. We have always had a medicine box at home. Or you can give it a try.

Take a look at the authoritative advice issued by the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control.

The tense and busy Spring Festival is approaching, and it is in the period of high incidence of respiratory tract, a large number of people are in a crowded closed place during the journey, and the sanitation facilities are limited, which is very conducive to the spread of respiratory infectious diseases. Therefore, the Municipal Disease Control and Prevention put forward several small suggestions:

1. Maintain good personal and environmental hygiene.

2. Wash your hands frequently, use soap or hand sanitizer and wash your hands with running water, and do not wipe your hands with dirty towels. Wash your hands immediately after they come into contact with respiratory secretions, such as after sneezing. Do not touch the mucous membranes such as the mouth, nose, and eyes with dirty hands.

3. Cover your mouth and nose with a handkerchief or tissue when sneezing or coughing to avoid contamination by droplets. People with the flu wear a mask at home or when they go out to avoid infecting others.

4. Eat a balanced diet, get enough rest, and avoid excessive fatigue.

5. When waiting for the plane and the bus, try to wait in a place with good air circulation. Try not to stay in crowded places with dirty air for a long time;

6. It is recommended that the waiting areas of airports, railway stations, long-distance passenger transport and other passenger waiting areas should be disinfected and the frequency of ventilation in public places should be strengthened during the Spring Festival travel period. Ensure the normal operation of hygiene facilities such as hand washing, so as to ensure the health of passengers during the Spring Festival travel period.

7. It is recommended that the general public can go to the nearest influenza vaccination site to get the flu vaccine.

When you go out, you should keep your model clean, wash your hands frequently, and wear a mask.

1.Stay away from the route of transmission, avoid close contact with patients with cough and fever, and avoid visiting patients in hospitals. Don't go to crowded places, homes and offices, and open windows frequently to ensure ventilation.

Pay attention to personal hygiene, cover your mouth and nose with a handkerchief or elbow when you cough or sneeze, and wash your hands frequently. When she goes out, she puts on a medical surgical mask every 4 hours. Food should be cooked, and wild animals should not be eaten or touched.

Mention high immunity: ensure enough sleep, drink more water, and exercise more. If you feel any discomfort, please go to a regular hospital and tell the doctor the truth about your 14-day medical history.

Diagnosed close contacts should be observed at home or in a group as directed by the doctor.

The first is to pay close attention to who is infected in the kindergarten, and then keep the children away from those infected people;

secondly, you must drink plenty of water;

Again, it's better to get vaccinated;

Get a flu shot and keep warm.

Is the cause of a cold due to "food"? This is by no means alarmist. At the recently concluded 13th Shanghai Health Education Week, medical experts pointed out that the incidence of upper respiratory tract infections in the city's hospitals has increased significantly this winter, especially the number of colds among kindergarten children and primary and secondary school students has increased significantly.

It was clinically found that 80% of the children with a cold had no stool. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the lungs and the large intestine are on the same page", that is, diseases in the large intestine will affect the function of the lungs, and stool knots will cause the virus to remain in the intestines for a long time, and also make the cold disease recurrent and aggravated.

Professor Zhu Shengguo, Department of Pediatrics, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, introduced that many parents hurriedly gave their children medicine as soon as they saw their children coughing and fever. ** Just don't give the child a "laxative".

It turns out that many of the occurrence of colds in children are related to the lack of good living habits, resulting in food accumulation and constipation in children. Some children often eat foreign fast food, especially fried foods such as fried chicken thighs, and some love to eat kebabs, chocolate, peanuts, and coffee. Once these hot foods are eaten too much, they will be heated and burned, making the lungs hot and burning into phlegm, making the intestines hot and less watery, and the stool dry.

Studies have shown that once the large intestine is dry, it can often cause the mortality rate of alveolar macrophages to increase, and the resistance of lung tissue to decrease, which in turn leads to recurrent lung and respiratory tract infections.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the lungs and the large intestine are on the outside", and on the one hand, the accumulation of stool makes the virus stay in the intestines for a long time, making colds easy to occur, and the disease recurs and aggravates; On the other hand, it can also cause acute abdomen such as intussusception and intestinal obstruction.

To prevent colds, you need to eat in moderation.

Experts remind that the most important thing to prevent colds is to pay attention to diet moderation. Now there is no need to worry about children eating less and not eating enough, in fact, children are more likely to eat more, and constipation is formed after a few days. Choosing a proper and moderate diet can avoid the "food", reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, keep the intestinal peristalsis in an active state, which is conducive to the smooth flow of stool, and also reduces the chance of catching a cold.

But all kinds of accidents can not be avoided in life, if there are symptoms of fever and nasal congestion, you can take the family essential cold medicine Xiao Kuike, Xiao Kuike is an exclusive cold medicine for children, and has obvious effects on children's colds. And there is a reason why small crackers and other cold medicines are popular with children, and that is the strawberry flavor.

In addition, children can usually eat more vegetables and fruits rich in crude fiber (such as spinach, celery, apple, kiwifruit, etc.) and some foods with laxative effect (such as honey, walnut kernels, bananas, white fungus, sesame seeds, etc.) to help defecation. Secondly, parents should consciously cultivate the habit of regular bowel movements, and try to ask for it once a day. In addition, increase outdoor activities appropriately.