Tag: Common cold

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These common sense of child-rearing, saving money and possibly saving lives,

Introduction: There is a lot of wrong knowledge about parenting. It is time to abandon the old and backward wrong ideas and believe in science and modern medicine. STEP 1 Don’t wear too many clothes Children should wear at most one more dress than adults. Overdressing is not conducive to children’s activities and may also lead to heat-covering syndrome. Avoiding overdressing can reduce the risk of sudden infant death. [1] Step 2 Breastfeed Breastfeeding is economical and convenient, is beneficial to child development, reduces illness and is also beneficial to the mother’s physical recovery. WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months after the birth of the baby, and continues breastfeeding until the age of 2 or more, while supplementing other Read More …

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What if the child has a fever? These methods of reducing fever are probably wrong!

Give the child a bath and apply ice bags to his head when he has a fever. This is effective and has no side effects. It is really impossible to take antipyretics again. Do you think so? Congratulations, it’s all wrong. At present, no authoritative professional organization regards these methods as the first choice for fever reduction. Why? What kind of children need to reduce fever? In the latest guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics on fever reduction [1], it is repeatedly stressed that unless it is extremely high fever, fever will not cause harm to children, on the contrary, it is beneficial. Fever with definite causes, such as serious bacterial infection, can naturally be treated for anti-infection according Read More …

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Paracetamol fights colds, don’t be greedy!

When buying drugs in pharmacies, we often see the words [OTC] printed on one corner of the package-the so-called [over-the-counter drugs]. The clinical application of these drugs is generally long, the drug effect is determined, and the adverse reactions are rare or slight. Even if there is a lack of professional knowledge, the product instructions alone are sufficient for reasonable and safe application. Therefore, even if there is no prescription issued by a practicing doctor, we can easily buy it. However, some [over-the-counter drugs], once used incorrectly, may cause extremely serious clinical problems-acetaminophen is an example. It is basically found in common cold medicines. You may not be able to respond to acetaminophen, but it is also called paracetamol. Did Read More …

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Antipyretics also have side effects? An article teaches you to use antipyretics safely.

Cold and fever are always indispensable in life, and people are used to treating them with antipyretics. Because aspirin is too irritating to the stomach, most antipyretics on the market are paracetamol, and most of the ingredients are acetaminophen. No matter whether you have a cold, fever, headache or arthralgia, you can ask it to help you treat it. Just take a few pills and you can immediately get rid of the pain on your body. It really makes you feel particularly kind. Acetaminophen, an antipyretic, is generally displayed on the over-the-counter shelves of each pharmacy. It is also very convenient to purchase. It does not need prescription or what restrictions, and can be purchased in large quantities at one Read More …

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How to Choose Children’s Antipyretic Drugs

Parents asked: At present, there are many antipyretic drugs for children, and adverse reactions are often mentioned. How should parents choose? Should we pay attention to some what in use? The pharmacist replied: First of all, rising body temperature is a natural defensive response of the human body. It can increase the synthesis of human body, enhance the activity of phagocytes, and sometimes the change of body temperature is also helpful for disease diagnosis and judgment after healing. Therefore, not all children must use drugs immediately as soon as they have a fever. In general, children with low fever (< 38.0 ℃) do not advocate the use of drugs to cool down, but should adopt physical cooling method. What are Read More …

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How does the child vomit?

Not long ago, I saw a Chinese medicine doctor on Weibo, This paper introduces the treatment methods of spitting milk in children, Said dip your finger in ice boron powder (editor’s note: Click on the drug to check the adverse reactions. Search for the drug on the client to see the safety warning information for careful use), and press the tongue root [Huoding]. Regardless of whether the drug is poisonous or not, it is not hygienic. Healthy children may cause vomiting and aspiration if they stimulate their throats in this way. Such misleading makes people feel strange. Vomiting is actually a very common symptom. From birth to adulthood, almost every child will experience vomiting. When vomiting, the child looks very Read More …

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The dog days talk [dog days sticker]

Editor’s Note: July 18 this year is the beginning of the summer, and it has entered the dog days. Does your family still adhere to the old tradition of “using dog days to patch and treating winter diseases in summer”? Is the dog-eat-dog patch really so magical? Let’s see what surgeon Li Morning said. We all know that there are mathematics, physics and chemistry in this world. However, there is no Chinese mathematics, Chinese physics or Chinese chemistry. However, in terms of disease treatment, many Chinese firmly believe that we have a set of treatment methods and efficacy evaluation criteria different from the so-called western medicine (which is actually a fallacy of modern medicine). For example, the “dog patch” that Read More …

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These common sense of child-rearing, saving money and possibly saving lives,

Introduction: There is a lot of wrong knowledge about parenting. It is time to abandon the old and backward wrong ideas and believe in science and modern medicine. STEP 1 Don’t wear too many clothes Children should wear at most one more dress than adults. Overdressing is not conducive to children’s activities and may also lead to heat-covering syndrome. Avoiding overdressing can reduce the risk of sudden infant death. [1] Step 2 Breastfeed Breastfeeding is economical and convenient, is beneficial to child development, reduces illness and is also beneficial to the mother’s physical recovery. WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months after the birth of the baby, and continues breastfeeding until the age of 2 or more, while supplementing other Read More …

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What if the child has a fever? These methods of reducing fever are probably wrong!

Give the child a bath and apply ice bags to his head when he has a fever. This is effective and has no side effects. It is really impossible to take antipyretics again. Do you think so? Congratulations, it’s all wrong. At present, no authoritative professional organization regards these methods as the first choice for fever reduction. Why? What kind of children need to reduce fever? In the latest guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics on fever reduction [1], it is repeatedly stressed that unless it is extremely high fever, fever will not cause harm to children, on the contrary, it is beneficial. Fever with definite causes, such as serious bacterial infection, can naturally be treated for anti-infection according Read More …

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If you don’t take medicine for a cold, you will get better in a week.

Cough, forced cough will cause disease Cough is usually the main symptom of a cold and the last symptom that disappears. The latest clinical research shows that cough after catching a cold can even last for as long as 18 days. When babies cough after catching a cold, many parents’ first reaction is to give them cough medicine. Is it really necessary to stop the cough with medicine immediately? In fact, cough itself is not a disease, It is a symptom of many respiratory diseases, It is a way for our body to protect itself. A cough produces an exhalatory shock, Excrete secretions such as sputum from respiratory tract out of the body, It is a beneficial action. Most of Read More …