Kid’s health is major worry for health. Whenever any adult doesn’t keep well we can in fact force them to pop medicines so that they feel better but when it comes to kids it is just next to impossible. Kids hate medicines and yes hate is the right word to express their emotions. And on top of that they get agitated on resting for long hours on bed.
It is the biggest dilemma for parents to handle kids during their illness. As, of the most difficult part is to force them with the medicines. I have seen many of the couples out which one feeds the med and the other holds the hands of the kid…. Oh lord what a huge torture to this small creatures. And then they cry till their voice is heard even by the seventh heaven. I really get upset when I see all this kids going through this hell.
Especially, it happens when kids have cough and cold. They go so restless and easily get agitated. Even they are not able to concentrate in the class rooms and moreover cough and cold make them impossible to even sleep. And like I said earlier it is impossible to make them swallow the medicines or even syrups.
To solve this dilemma of parents we have found some simple home remedies that will be easily consumed. And they won’t create any fuss about it. But at very first stage we need to understand the causes and symptoms of common cold.
The common cold very often type upper respiratory tract of infection which is found in kids. Strains of many virus like rhinovirus, Para influenza virus, corona virus, respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, and influenza virus are the main culprits causing cold. Other than this the virus which cause damage are entero viruses and Coxsackie’s virus. These viruses actually affect the immune system of the body making it impossible to function properly. This makes the child look sicker and over all as their immune system is not healthy they cannot fight against any disease. The strains of this virus are deadly harmful to kids.
The common cold is a crowd of symptoms induced by a numeral of dissimilar viruses.
When you notice that your child is having running nose with yellow or green discharge please check on the other symptoms quickly as this are the initial symptoms of cold. The other symptoms like:
- Heavy cough
- Fever
- Sore throat
- Irritation
- Restlessness and unable to sleep.
Symptoms generally persist till fortnight and usually settle by own. The worst part is even the antibiotics are not helpful as they are attacked by notorious viruses and they are of no use for kids.
Colds are passed around very effortlessly as the viruses discard the strains that is discharged by an contaminated persons nose and throat. These viruses stay alive on the exterior part like skin and thus they are passed on if you touch them. After coming in contact with these people if you touch any part of your body like nose, mouth, eyes then you have hundred percent chances of getting infected.
Kids under the age of six and up till eight years are the ones who very easily get infected as their immune system is very tender. Children are more prone to get effected in preschool as they come in contact with many other children. Even their peer groups might be facing this troubles it becomes very difficult for parents to control and take the precautions. You can’t just bond them at home it makes them very agitated and they won’t response to any of the solutions. Moreover they will try to rebel against your instructions.
It is fact that cold is struck mostly during the fall in temperature or winter season and the regardless any place on the globe. We need to be extra careful with kids during this season. And anyways cold is affected in any time of the year.
I can just recommend that precautions are always better than cure. So what we can do teach and our kids some good practice which will keep them way from germs and virus. May be they won’t be completely remain away from getting contaminated but yes the impact will definitely the impact will be low. So if we can at least stop things from getting worse.
The precautions to be taken are:
Ask the kids to cover their nose and mouth whenever they sneeze, cough or even yawn.- Make them wash their hands with soap thoroughly before they eat.
- Even teach them if any one from their peer group is suffering from cough and cold then too wash hands after having contact with them.
- It will be better if the soap has anti bacterial properties but if it not then ask them to rub the soap for fifteen to thirty seconds. Washing hands actually is the simplest way to cease the spread of infections.
- An alcohol content hand wipes is a amazing substitute for cleaned hands, as there are many times when in public places the sink are not available. It is the best option where the scarce of water as well as no availability of sink. Like when the kids go on camping and trekking.
- This wipes should be applied to the entire portion of hands including fingers and wrists until the surface where you have applied get dried. And the good thing is you can use it many times without fearing for itching and skin irritation.
- Parents really can’t be with their offspring for almost twenty four hours. It is just next to impossible and moreover if there is any elder who is ill. You just cannot keep kids away from them. Parents should try to limit direct contact with the victims.
- One very important instruction for parents please keep your kids away from preschool whenever they are suffering from any cough and cold. Even it is safer them to keep them at home rather then sending them to any public recreation center. And definitely never let them go out when it is epidemic of cold and cough.
- There are times that kids get even infected at home especially if the house is not cleaned in proper way. Use a good domestic cleaner to clean the floor and rest of the house including the furniture
These are the precautions but we are covering some home remedies in another segment of this article. It may be comparably easy to feed them with some home remedies then forcing them to gulp down some pills.
