Common mistakes when caring for a sick child

A sick child is a big worry in the family, especially for young parents. Inadequate child care can sometimes be dangerous to a child's life.

Children should not be sealed when they have a fever

For children with acute fever, we can give children a fever-reducing medicine according to the prescribed dose. Let children wear cool clothes and give them plenty of water. Common mistakes when children have fever are adults who keep babies too tight, put them on 2-3 shirts, close their doors to avoid getting in the wind and don't let them bathe. Children can still bathe, however, children should be given a warm bath so that they do not feel uncomfortable when they are having a fever.

Don't try to pry your teeth when your child has a seizure

Proper care to avoid risks posing danger to children when sick (Photo: BBC)

Children aged 6 months to 6 years can sometimes have seizures when they have a sudden high fever. Often these seizures last about 1 minute and stop themselves. When a child has a seizure, it is common to see the eyes rolling up or standing, unaware, foaming at the mouth, hands and legs, recurrently. It is essential that parents be calm.

Let your baby lie on one side to allow mucus to flow out and clear their airways. It is possible to put antipyretics into the anus and wet the young person with warm water. Wait a minute or a few minutes for the child to finish convulsing and breathing again and bring the child to the hospital for medical examination. Don't try to pry your baby's mouth open and stuff something in or shave the wind and squeeze lemon into your baby's mouth. It is extremely dangerous to squeeze lemon or squeeze lemon juice into a child's mouth, which can cause choking and death.

The drug " holding diarrhea " is not good for children

Children with diarrhea many times a day, especially watery diarrhea, so parents often go to the pharmacy to buy a medicine for "diarrhea" for children to drink. They do not know that some drugs that hold diarrhea contain opium-like substances. This substance can hold diarrhea immediately but cause poisoning and death for children, especially young children.

In fact, diarrhea and cough itself are good body reactions to eliminate many of the body's toxic infections. The most important thing is that when the child has diarrhea, parents should let the child drink gradually the water to compensate for diarrhea (can mix Oresol or Hydrite tablets) to compensate for the loss of water. If children do not drink these drinks, they can give them fresh coconut water or carrot juice.

The child will usually have diarrhea for about 5-7 days and most will go away on their own. During this time, parents should monitor whether a child is dehydrated to seek medical care immediately for treatment (signs that the child may be dehydrated as a lethargic, sunken child. and no tears, dry mouth tongue).

Should " abstain from abstinence " when rash?

There are many infections that cause skin rashes a few days after fever such as measles, rubella, dengue fever . Common mistakes made when these skin rashes are played by young grandparents who must "abstain from wind-abusing water ". Some people even buy "Exposure" medicine for these "show up", fearing that "getting" in the body will be prolonged . Such care often makes children sicker.

The thing to do is for children to bathe normally, maybe even more than usual if children play dirty people. Children should wear cool clothes (do not abstain from wind) and eat normally. If the chickenpox blisters have yellow pus, the child should be treated to treat multiple infections.

According to Dr. Nguyen Tri Doan