Posted by mbotee | Posted in child health | Posted on 24-04-2010
Maintaining the health of children of particular interest to mothers, especially during the spring that usually involves the development of various diseases. We made climate change, adaptation of the body extra hard to climate change of the dry season to face the rainy season. original air-dry heat, wet and cold suddenly. This condition, which causes discomfort, it also makes the body susceptible to disease. In general, the rainy season begins the transition is not uniform. This made some of the region remains dust and hot tap water.
Moreover, dust and dirt that was in the area the wind to other areas, and be vectors (carriers) of disease. Children, especially toddlers ages, including diseases vulnerable in times of transition. If allowed, it is impossible to become a negative condition.
A. Fever
Fever is one of the health problems in children often suffer in times of transition. This may be because the transition to this new season, battered children against many bacteria (usually a virus) on a large scale. Fever is not a disease. But a symptom of the body is building immunity to infections. More specifically, fever is a symptom of various diseases. Assuming a mild to severe infections.
B. Lung diseases
a child’s illness that preceded the transition season fever is a respiratory illness. Fever is a symptom of respiratory disease is usually mild to moderate (37.4 to 39.4 degrees Celsius).
But in some cases of influenza in children, fever may reach 39.9 degrees Celsius. The first symptoms of respiratory illness, cough, sometimes accompanied by shortness of breath. You may also be accompanied by a cough, runny nose, sneezing and increased body temperature. Specific symptoms may also occur, ie airway disorders.
Based on the location that was attacked, the disease is divided into two:
b1. Upper respiratory tract illness.
In general, the symptoms of respiratory tract disease is milder than as a cold. Only in some cases severe symptoms can occur, for example, a relatively high temperature (inflammation of the throat) and toxicosis or poisoning (diphtheria in).
b2. Lower respiratory tract disease.
Disturbance in this area may lead to bronchopneumonia, an inflammation of the lungs that came from the arms of a throat infection, and bronkioetitis, which is a serious infection in the last branch of the airway adjacent to the lung tissue.
C. GI disease
In the transition to dry wet season, cases of this disease is high due to the large amount of dust and dirt that has the potential to be vectors. The disease is also very closely linked with the consumption of food. Because the disease is usually caused by bacteria or viruses in general food and drink, whether home-cooked meals or snacks away from home. Taking into account the child’s eating patterns that are often arbitrary, the possibility of this disease is very high.
Gastrointestinal diseases usually preceded the complaint is diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. The symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea is often associated with fever, headache and upset stomach. Stools may appear slimy and bloody children, even (if the cause is infection, the symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea is rarely accompanied by heartburn and stools without mucus and blood).
In order not to not only undesirable, first aid is usually given to stop vomiting and diarrhea. And after a certain treatment within three days is generally less complaints. If not, children need to get more serious treatment.
D Prevention and treatment
Maintain the child’s food intake. Proper nutrition, according to age, weight and activity of your child’s resistance will increase, not susceptible to diseases
The first with a multivitamin. This supplement contains a variety of essential vitamins (which can not be made solely by the body). When done correctly – the composition and the dosage adjusted to the needs of the child – a multivitamin can help improve your strength, so do not susceptible to disease transition.
Make sure all food and drink in the mouth of the child is guaranteed a clean place. This means that, in addition to a more hygienic handling and preparing food at home to persuade children not to eat at random.
