Preparations from wet cough in children

Cough Preparations based on vegetable components, considered relatively safe for children, but they are best used only after consultation with the doctor - despite the fact that they are sold without a prescription. One of these drugs - slept drug based on the extract of ivy. In this plant contain substances that stimulate the removal of phlegm.

It comes in the form of syrup and soluble tablets. The most common side effect is mild diarrhea slept, but the vast majority of patients tolerate this drug without any adverse effects.

Gerbion - another cough medication based on natural ingredients: extracts of plantain and mallow. This syrup helps relieve cough, on average, five to seven days. The only known side effects of the drug - an allergic reaction to the components. Gerbion contraindicated in children younger than two years.

However, in many cases, a child's cough may well be cured with home remedies.

First of all, a child needs to drink a lot - it speeds up recovery from a variety of diseases. Give him water, milk, juice, tea, but exclude a variety of soft drinks and beverages that contain a lot of sugar and / or dyes. Children aged from three months to a year, you can give a warm clear fluids (such as water or apple juice) in 1-3 teaspoons (5-15 mL) after coughing, but no more than four times a day.

Mead

Honey - this is the best natural cures for wet cough, and its effectiveness was recently confirmed in the course of scientific research. It was attended by 300 children aged one to five years; all subjects had a cough, and all of them at the start of the study suffered from at least seven days. Kids bedtime gave 10 g of honey, and the next day the result was evaluated according to criteria such as the frequency of attacks of cough, cough intensity, the degree of discomfort that causes the cough (eg, whether the child and his parents to sleep). All patients who were given honey, just one day cough became noticeably weaker than in children treated with placebo Placebo - an effective tool for self-hypnosis .

Children over one year is recommended to give 0.5 to 1 teaspoon (2-5 ml) of honey at a time. Optimum reception frequency is not installed, but, generally, taking two or three teaspoons of honey per day is considered safe. The child is younger than a year to give the honey is not recommended.

Honey and lemon juice can cook delicious and effective cough syrup Cough syrup - how to choose the best? . Place in a bowl two tablespoons of lemon juice, one tablespoon of honey, heat in a water bath to a temperature of about 40 C, and stir until smooth. Ready syrup can take one teaspoon two to four times per day.

Other means of moist cough in children - a little less tasty, but also very effective - is made from honey and onions. Mix lemon juice with a little honey and add a pinch of cayenne pepper. This means you can take a teaspoon of 0.5-0.75. Beforehand explain to the child that this medication will cause a burning sensation, or in the future it may be distrustful of all medicines that you give him.

Mix one tablespoon of cloves Carnation: exquisite aromatherapy   with a cup of honey, and leave the mixture in the refrigerator for one night. In the morning, remove the cloves, honey, and let his child one teaspoon three to four times a day. This drug is not only stimulates expectoration, but also facilitates the sore throat.

Thyme

Thyme is one of the most effective natural expectorants. To make tea thyme for the child, fill with water one tablespoon of fresh or half a tablespoon of dried thyme and allow to stand for a quarter of an hour. Strain the broth and mix it with a teaspoon of honey or sugar.

Before you give your child a decoction of thyme or other herbs, consult your doctor.

Garlic

Garlic is an excellent remedy for wet coughs and many diseases causing it. Since it is difficult to get the child to eat garlic Garlic health: almost a panacea   just so you can rub half a nail on a fine grater, and mix it with a teaspoon of honey. Grated garlic can also be added to salads and soups.

Herpes Symptoms in Children

Herpes in children after three years is not uncommon. Herpes simplex virus is a child different kinds of inflammatory processes and to school age, most children are infected with HSV-1. As a primary herpes, and his subsequent relapses occur in different children in different ways - everything depends on the general condition, and especially on the state of immunity.

Primary herpes virus in preschool children as well as in infants, can be severe, as the herpes sore throat Herpangina - a mild form of the disease   or stomatitis. It can also affect the skin red border around the lips, on the forehead and ear. Herpes on the chin a child can manifest itself in the form of large bubble clusters and spread to other areas of the skin of the face. Cold sores on the head of a child - it's almost always a consequence of infection with HSV - 1. But in some cases, the cause of the disease can be varicella zoster virus, sometimes the symptoms are difficult to distinguish from the symptoms of HSV-1.

This disease is characterized by a sharp rise in temperature to very high numbers, the appearance of fever, headache, sometimes - nausea and vomiting. With a very heavy current may cause transient disturbances of consciousness and seizures.

On the mucous membranes of the mouth, gums, throat first appear redness, swelling, and then multiple blisters, which quickly burst and turn into sores. The disease lasts up to two weeks, the field of which the temperature subsides, and the elements of the rash regress.

Recurrences of herpes usually occur easily, with minor rashes on the lips. With the strengthening of immunity relapse may disappear completely, and will no longer disturb the child.

What is dangerous for a baby herpes

Herpes in children, especially dangerous because it is prone to generalization, that is to spread to other organs and systems, including brain and spinal cord. Therefore, when a suspected complications (dizziness, convulsions), the child should be urgently hospitalized.

The great danger is also the entry of herpes infection in the mucous membrane of the eye. As a result, it affected corneas with subsequent development of persistent visual impairment including blindness.

The spread of infection in the skin of hands sometimes leads to the development of eczema.

Children herpes - how to identify

Herpes in young children can be detected by taking a swab from the lesion on the skin or mucous membranes. In this case, by PCR (polymerase chain reaction) can detect the DNA of the infectious agent.

Herpes blood child can be detected by ELISA (enzyme immunoassay) - in the blood of a child detect antibodies to the herpes virus. At the same time revealed in primary and recurrent herpes antibodies belong to different classes of immunoglobulins. Thus, during the initial infection of herpes antibodies are produced first-class immunoglobulin M (IgM). This temporary antibodies that disappear after some time. Antibodies of class immunoglobulin G (IgG) produced later and remain in the body for life. At this early beginning of the disease produced IgG, which are unstable due to the antigen - a herpes virus. Detection of early IgG proves the existence of a primary infection. At relapse of the disease in the blood are found later IgG, which have strong ties with the herpes virus.

You can always hold the baby all kinds of tests for herpes - Invitro Laboratory have all the necessary equipment and trained professionals. Branches of "Invitro" are located in almost all regions of Russia.

How to cure herpes a child

Completely remove the herpes virus from the body is impossible, and this is not necessary - if a child has a good immune system, relapse usually does not happen, and if they are, then proceed easily. Therefore, it is not necessary to treat the child, if he has no symptoms of herpes.

With a very wide spread of herpes simplex virus Herpes simplex - in fact, not so simple   in the nature of implementation of HSV-1 in the body as a child, even helpful, especially the girls - it will save them from the risk of the introduction of primary infection during pregnancy. Furthermore, it was found that at a dose of HSV-1 is somewhat reduced risk of infection with HSV-2 which causes genital herpes.

So the main method of treatment of herpes in children is to strengthen immunity Strengthening the immune system - help the immune system . Strengthen the immune system can be achieved by adherence of the day, the maximum stay in the fresh air, good nutrition and sanitation of any foci of infection in the body of the child. Most often these foci of infection are chronic adenoids, chronic tonsillitis Chronic tonsillitis - inflammation of the tonsils , Carious teeth, infectious and inflammatory diseases of the broncho-pulmonary and urinary systems, and so on.

If you comply with all these conditions, the child's immune system will get stronger, and herpes infection does not show itself.

Galina Romanenko