Winter Diseases in Children

Stay back in the summer with the opening of schools, unfortunately, very common in children, after a period of illness. Flowing nose, sneezing, cough, ear pain is often dull life. In this article we will review ensures that our children speak common winter illnesses.

Flu (cold)
Cold, upper respiratory tract infections are the most common. The most common cause of withdrawal school. More than 200 viruses can a cold. Due to many factors, children 5-10 years of age, once cold. This frequency over the years, the immune system will be gradually reduced tanıştıkça viruses.


Sick children, sneezing, cough, runny nose or nose, can cause symptoms such as itchy throat. Age is small, may be added to the table on fire. However, younger children can also lead to accumulation of fluid in the middle ear.

Children removed, the virus can spread quickly. Kindergarten distributed environments such as fast. Especially in the winter months is more common. Complaints passes around one week, more recent cough disappears. After the disappearance of other symptoms, take 1 week.

It is a viral infection antibiotic treatment is ineffective and unnecessary. Listen to the child, provides hydration helps.

Flu
The flu caused by the influenza virus family, is an infection characterized by a severe cold box. This can lead to outbreaks worldwide, people who are low immunity to infection even be fatal. Influenza school children spend 1-2 times a year. The most common in the winter months, kindergarten, school, easily spread in closed environments such as the current batch. There is only one type of flu virus each year, outbreaks of various kinds, the result is often regarded as a kind of sick patients and then again with the influenza vaccine annually different type contains only the species is expected to be a problem to provide this year, are effective only for this year.

Influenza, a sudden onset of high fever, fatigue, muscle aches, runny nose, sneezing, sore muscles causes. Nausea and vomiting can be seen. The budget is highly contagious and spreads rapidly sick child class.

Special treatment may antiviral agents necessary in some cases. Supporting the patient's intake of many other liquids require this. Antipyretic analgesics to control the temperature recommended by doctors. Aspirin, especially in children with influenza risky, should not be used.

For the prevention of influenza vaccination of children of all ages, from babies to fill up to 6 months. Particular slots in environments of many people, including school children, vaccination is important. 6 months old at home, the vaccine proved to be the baby, mom, dad, baby care can reduce the risk of infection in infants in the vaccine itself, the people who are interested.

Swine Flu
Swine flu is a respiratory disease, viral disease that affects pigs throughout the year. Emerging and a bird called H1N1, pigs, and is a combination of types of viruses that affect humans. Therefore be easily from person to person, lead a worldwide epidemic spread affected. The patient infection sneezing and coughing, the surfaces in contact with the sick person or air.

Swine flu, other types of flu are similar to the symptoms. Sudden onset of high fever, headache, weakness, fatigue, dry cough, sore throat, muscle aches, and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea.

Hygiene considerations for hand hygiene are useful is the best way to prevent the vaccine. The World Health Organization developed vaccines against H1N1 flu vaccine is as reliable as it was announced a year. Disease risk vaccinated first are approved, pregnant women, families with babies under 6 months, health workers, people ages 6 months-24 years, 25 people with chronic diseases. Vaccine can be produced simultaneously with other vaccines. If people are not vaccinated, the flu vaccine against severe reactions are those that threaten life. Infants and children 6 months to 9 years old are vaccinated every three weeks for the second time 10 years or more, a single dose is sufficient. The most common side effects of the vaccine, pain at the site of injection. In addition, headache, fatigue and muscle aches to see.

Bronchiolitis
Bronchiolitis, inflammation of the airways of the respiratory bronchioles small calls. Overall, viruses cause bronchiolitis. The most common between the ages of 6 months and 2 young children to see, especially in winter and spring. Airlines, which is easier to reduce and disability in young children, a big boy goes into a cold is a virus, can lead to infant bronchiolitis.

The disease begins in the form of upper respiratory tract infections. A mild cough, runny nose, sneezing. Children can iştahsızdır joy. 1-2 days, increased cough, aggravated. Quick Start breathing, breathing is demolished. Difficulty breathing due to lack of nutrition.

Bronchiolitis is very contagious.

There is no specific treatment. Much saline nose drops hydration media treatment helps hydrate. Shortness of breath, difficulty suckling children who need to be hospitalized.

Pneumonia apical
Pneumonia (pneumonia medical name) virus, by factors such as bacteria, unilateral or bilateral infection of lung tissue. The infection is usually the start of a common cold infection, upper respiratory tract and progresses. Pneumonia, although it scares parents is not even mentioned, except for certain risk groups receive outpatient treatment, a disease with good results. The immune system is weak, good beslenememiş, children are exposed to chronic diseases, premature babies, children to secondhand smoke are at high risk of severe pneumonia, hospital admission for treatment may be necessary.

Patients with fever, chills, chills, sweating, cough, expectoration, chest / suck back pain, rapid breathing, wheezing, shortness of breath in the chest wall retractions, vomiting, headache, pain muscle weakness, loss of appetite, rejection of the baby, as symptoms appear.

The germs that cause pneumonia, close contact with sick people, their sneezing, coughing or the same plate, fork, spoon with infected. However, the germs of pneumonia seen at all, some of them happen to a mild infection of the upper respiratory tract.

To make the diagnosis, the doctor will listen to complaints, after examination, chest radiography may require blood tests, tests and sputum culture.

Pneumonia caused by bacteria is treated with antibiotics. Most patients received antibiotic treatment at home. During treatment recommended by doctors for healing is very important to keep in mind seem. Pneumonia, antibiotics do not help viral origin, the condition of the patient, supportive care.

Shortness of breath, bruising patients admitted to hospital for treatment. To ensure an improvement in the intake of fluids will help sputum disposal. Without a doctor's recommendation, the random use of cough syrup harm than good. Coughing is the body's normal defense mechanism that has to pull baba. Analgesics may be necessary sometimes fever reducers.

How can we protect our children from pneumonia?

Immunizations, H. influenzae, rubella, pneumonia, such as protection factors. What is the most common cause of pneumonia in children under 2 years are used against pneumococcal pneumonia in our country mevcuttur.Hatta, one year in the state's official vaccination, health centers are free. The flu vaccine is useful for children at risk. You must ensure that children fully vaccines.
Children, children exposed to cigarette smoke go. You must comply with the ban on smoking in enclosed spaces, especially in our homes.
All types of infants against infections should not forget that the most protected in order to feed babies with breast milk as possible.
The sick people protected our children, we must strive bulundurmamaya infections common in crowded environments stations.
With respect to age, children can understand the importance of washing hands to explain, get in the habit of washing their hands.
You must provide a balanced diet.
Otitis Media
One of the most common causes of infections in children that a doctor is an inflammation of the middle ear. Sudden screaming pain, severe ear discomfort or child in the family of a table.

Children, especially between the ages of 6 months-2, another risk factor, but not anatomically Eustachian tube (the tube through the nose, extending from the middle ear), compared with adults, as it is shorter and horizontal, nose or throat Germs slightly forward until the middle ear. In addition, the immune system is still developing. New undergo frequent upper respiratory tract infections, middle ear infections, which paved the way

Feed the snuff smoke exposure in the supine position and the bottle, nesting nursery, overcrowding, such as creating, atopy, especially cow's milk, house dust allergies are also common causes of middle ear infection, other risk factors. In the bath water to escape the ear, middle ear infection is not carried mothers not to blame in this matter.

Children suffer from inflammation of the middle ear may explain the problem of age, or at least the ear pain are described. Especially at night, can be a pain in the yatınca be increased or suddenly waking from sleep. For younger children may irritability, crying, insomnia show earache. Play ear, ear pulling ear infections in children if not all the time. Although most babies do it just out of curiosity or teeth. It really is an ear inflammation ellemeyecek not most of the time or elletmek want. Recognizable brand. Along with vomiting and diarrhea. Sometimes seen bloody or purulent discharge from the ear.

If you go to the doctor with these symptoms, your doctor will keep an accurate diagnosis by examination.

The primary goal of treatment is to relieve pain and breakers of the child, in order to remove the infection with antibiotics. Recommended by time and dose of treatment by doctors meet is important.

What can you do to protect yourself?

First, a balanced diet, proper vaccination and ask your child to keep the immune system strong.
Breastfed babies against many other infections such as otitis media should not forget that protected in the first 6 months, your baby will be fed only breast milk.
Supine position should not the baby a bottle.
Especially in crowded environments as key must give the child the habit of washing their hands.
Infants and children should be kept away from cigarette smoke.
Angina and Red
In winter, children with sore throat is one of the most common complaints. Reason by bacteria called beta (beta-hemolytic) can be caused by a sore throat should be taken seriously. Fortunately, not all beta sore throat and do not require antibiotic treatment. In children, angina often leads to viruses and do not require antibiotic treatment. Anjininde beta, but without the appropriate antibiotic therapy are at risk of complications. It will therefore be necessary to distinguish between the two. Your doctor can see the results of the throat culture for a definitive diagnosis, to evaluate the results.

If you are a high fever for more than 3 days
3 year old child to attend school in kindergarten or above, and in particular
If you have friends in school beta-recognized
swollen glands in the neck
accompanied by sneezing, coughing or symptoms such as runny nose, detects bacterial cultures and should receive antibiotics.
Cause of angina is a toxin produced by some species of bacteria called streptococcus, sensitive people with febrile rash illness leads to red. The main difference is that it requires antibiotic treatment of childhood rash.

Bud has a sore throat and fever. Children feel very bad, complain of headache, abdominal pain, nausea. Germ, two days after receiving his throat rash appears. The rash spreads to the body of the face and neck. Groin and armpit meet. Light skin, swollen, itchy rash, feeling is the feeling of sandpaper. At this time, the patient may be very similar to the language of white or red strawberries.

Diagnosis is confirmed by the detection of Streptococcus bacteria extracted throat cultures.

Streptococcal tonsillitis close contact with someone who had the same cups, forks, spoons with microbial contamination. The incubation period is 2-5 days after contact. However, depending on the sensitivity of people with the same error someone else, without angina only eruption. Person, the patient no longer contagious 24 hours after initiation of treatment is not.

Redhead, according to the most important point is antibiotic therapy is recommended by your doctor, not recommended until court. Your doctor will decide what treatment, if the needle is not in the mouth, when the need to provide 10 days of antibiotic syrup available. This is exactly the throat of germs necessary to avoid complications such as rheumatic fever and may be removed. Yutabileceği liquid easily acıyacağı child's throat, the soft texture of food, gargle with warm salt water to make your refreshing. Your doctor may need to use a couple of days to shoot firing rate converter. Today is a terrible disease is no longer red, but also should be noted that the disease should be treated in a rash.