During the epidemic, if children have common symptoms of respiratory infection, such as sneezing, runny nose, mild cough, etc., as long as the children are in good mental state, they can observe at home and take some Chinese patent medicines orally according to their specific symptoms.
Even if the child is accompanied by fever while experiencing the above symptoms, parents can choose to observe the child's situation at home as long as the child has not been to the middle and high risk areas, has not been in contact with risk groups and is in good mental state.
Chief physician Xie Jing reminded us that when observing at home, we should pay attention to regularly monitoring whether the child has a fever and the degree of fever. Parents are not advised to judge whether their children have a fever by touching, but should use a thermometer to measure accurately. Generally speaking, underarm temperature >: 37.4, anus temperature >; 37.8 can be judged as a fever.
Family treatment of childhood diseases
If your child has a fever, you can drink more warm water or take a warm bath to cool down. When he has a high fever, he can use drugs to reduce the fever. If the child has a stuffy nose and a runny nose, you can wash the nasal cavity with sea salt water; If the child coughs, he can take cough-relieving and expectorant drugs orally.
Parents can also log in to our Internet Hospital and get professional guidance from doctors.
In life, parents should pay attention to give their children a light diet, eat more fruits and vegetables, drink more boiled water, and avoid spicy, greasy and indigestible foods, such as eating a lot of meat and greasy soup. In addition, high-calorie foods should also be controlled, such as cream cakes and chocolates.
In these cases, seek medical advice in time.
Chief physician Xie Jing specially reminded: Parents must closely observe the changes of their children's condition. If you have symptoms such as persistent fever, frequent cough, wheezing and chest tightness, dyspnea, frequent vomiting, severe abdominal pain and diarrhea, and listlessness, please take your child to a doctor in time.
Matters needing attention in coming to the hospital for medical treatment
When taking your child to the hospital for medical treatment, you must remember to wear a mask correctly; Actively cooperate with the hospital entrance to check the health code, travel code, temperature measurement; Wait quietly outside the clinic when waiting for a doctor, don't let the children chase and play, and pay attention to hand hygiene; Adhere to one consultation room for one person, and wait until the last patient leaves the consultation room before entering the consultation room; After seeing the doctor, disinfect your hands with the quick hand disinfectant provided by the hospital.
If children or their families have a history of close contact with COVID-19, they should also take the initiative to inform the doctor and go to the fever clinic.
Although the incidence of children infected in COVID-19 is relatively low, there are endless reports of children's cases. Therefore, children should be well protected, and school-age children without contraindications should be actively vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine.
Hunan Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine organized experts of traditional Chinese medicine to study and formulate a prescription of traditional Chinese medicine for preventing and controlling COVID-19 epidemic. Parents can give it to their children under the guidance of doctors: Astragalus membranaceus 10g, Perilla frutescens 3g, Atractylodis Rhizoma 5g, Saposhnikovia divaricata 3g, Glycyrrhiza uralensis 5g, Rhizoma Phragmitis 10g, Coicis Semen 10g and Fructus Forsythiae 6g. Daily 1 dose, decocted in water, morning and evening 1 time, for 3 days.