Children are easily affected by winter diseases like common cold, asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, cold allergy, skin problems etc. Keep these small things in mind in order to prevent them:
1. Wear clean and warm clothes on. Try to keep ears, nose, head, neck and chest even warmer.
2. Keep them in sun when it is sunny.
3. When there is no sun try sitting near fire, heater or even on a hot bed.
4. Burning coal until it gets red and warming the child, oiling the child and keeping the coal outside while sleeping.
5. Keeping the room well ventilated.
6. Keeping a toddler near chest like a kangaroo.
7. Feeding them milk, warm water and fluids time to time.
8. In case of common cold boiling turmeric, ginger, basil leaves and lemon and feeding the child.
9. Massaging the chest, neck, forehead, head and other parts of the body with oil mixed in Vicks.
10. Not allowing them to eat cold things and go out in cold air.
11. To maintain the temperature if body, they should be fed with milk, beans and lentils, gravy of meat and warm water.
12. In case of fever and cold common paracetamol will help. Antibiotics are not required for seasonal cold.
13. Applying cloth dipped in warm water in case of fever. Using cold water can be even more dangerous.
!14. Visiting the doctor as soon as possible if the fever, cold continuous for more than 3 days and there is trouble in breathing.
15. The child should be taken to ICU immediately if the fingers are blue, the temperature of body is decreasing rapidly and there is continuous problem in breathing.
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