Anti-hot summer recipes help children avoid illness

According to Dr. Tran Van Hoc, National Hospital of Pediatrics, in recent days, although the number of children hospitalized and not examined in the east (because the hospital still controls the number of patients to limit the spread of measles) but Clearly, unusually hot weather is one of the disadvantage factors, making it easy for children to fall ill.

According to the doctor, the child's immune system is still weak, so it is difficult to resist adverse effects and adapt when the environment changes. Hot sun facilitates some types of fermenting bacteria, virus development, easy rancid food, causing digestive diseases, hand, foot and mouth disease . In some low-lying areas, many people still keep The habit of warming, tightening for babies, even when it is hot, makes them too hot to get sick and have a fever.

Children should be limited to outdoors between 10am and 15pm.(Photo: Uyen Uyen).

Dr. Hoc said, to combat heat and prevent children in this season, attention should be paid to the following:

1. Cool baby : Choose good clothes, absorb sweat. Dress your child in accordance with the ambient temperature. In one day, it is possible to have a hot afternoon and afternoon, but it is still a bit cold in the night, so parents should pay attention to turn off the fan or apply a thin blanket or towel to the child. In newborns, too much wrap, incubation can make the baby too hot, uncomfortable, fussy, even tingling, tired, fever.
2. Limit the draft to the child . Whether using air conditioning or cooling fans, parents should not let children in a place with direct airflow.

If using air conditioner, it should be kept at a moderate temperature, about 28-29 degrees for children 1-2 months old, 30 degrees for premature babies, 26-27 degrees for children 3-4 months or more. Do not let your child suddenly stay in the cold air outside in the hot sun.

When using a fan, avoid letting the wind flow straight into the child's face. The fan can be directed to the wall, at the feet of the baby when sleeping, so that the cool air spreads around.

1. Give your child enough water and ensure a nutritious diet . Children often run a lot, easily tired, dehydrated but often because they play and forget to drink. Caregivers need to regularly give children water to reduce heat and compensate for lost water due to sweating. Do not give children ice or cold water. Need to provide your baby a diverse diet, easy to eat and digest foods to ensure health, enhance immunity.
2. Do not let children play outside in hot weather . Limit the outdoors from 10am to 15pm, the hottest sunshine of the day.
3. Do not take a bath as soon as your child is sweating or has strong movements, because sudden changes in body temperature can cause a child to have a cold, sore throat.