How to prevent respiratory disease during the season

Keep warm when going out at night or early in the morning, limit contact with people with the flu, avoid eating cold foods, supplementing vitamins and minerals . are some ways to prevent respiratory diseases for children.

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In autumn, the temperature changes erratically, the sun is dry during the day and chilly in the evening with early morning fog. This is a good time to cause disease outbreaks in children, especially in babies with weak immune systems, leading to increased incidence of respiratory diseases. According to Dr. Truc Phuong, Medical Director of Ha Tay Pharmaceutical Company, some common diseases during the season such as:

Acute pharyngitis: The disease usually occurs in the winter, both in adults and children. The first symptom is sore throat when swallowing, fever, hoarseness, cough due to irritation in the upper respiratory tract, possibly with a runny nose. The cause of the disease is often caused by the type A hemolytic streptococcal bacteria, there are many cases of viruses. If it is not treated effectively, it can lead to pneumonia, arthritis, heart muscle complications and heart valves.

Parents should pay attention to the level of health of the child, it is necessary for the child to see a specialist when symptoms such as high fever, tightness and coughing are severe.

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Bronchitis, complications of pneumonia : The trachea is the largest duct in the respiratory system. Bronchitis can occur at any age, usually after changing the weather or having a sore throat, rhinitis due to ineffective treatment in time or according to the course of the disease . Many young cases in the nostrils, mild cough but can reduce hyperactivity in children. If this condition persists, is not treated properly, the child is more likely to have a widespread and deeper infection in the bronchus, alveoli and lung tissue that is very dangerous with symptoms of high fever, cough, severe cough, green or yellow, children lying down, tight.

Influenza: Children are a group with this disease a lot due to incomplete resistance that makes the flu virus more likely to cause illness. The disease will develop when there are 3 factors involved, the pathogen, the number of pathogens and the body's resistance. In influenza, pathogens are influenza viruses that are spread directly by contact, daily communication, virus characteristics that proliferate, so a large number of people attack the body, especially those with weak immune systems. .

Common symptoms include mild fever, chills, headache, dizziness, cough, sore throat, stuffy nose, loss of appetite, especially sneezing and runny nose. Depending on the body's resistance, the duration of the disease is prolonged or shortened, slightly reduced or more severe. Even, some flu is going fast and massively can cause death.

Therefore, parents should not underestimate this disease and pay attention to the health level of the child, it is necessary for the child to see the specialist when symptoms such as high fever, tightness, and coughing are severe. Here are some ways to prevent illness:

1. Keep children warm when the weather gets cold, especially when taking children out in the evening or early in the morning, in important places like feet, hands, chest, neck, head.
2. Limit the exposure to children with signs of flu, respiratory infections.
3. Give children warm water, avoid eating foods directly from the refrigerator, ice cream, ice.
4. Enhance nutrition with a balanced menu of nutrient groups (starch, protein, fat and vegetables).
5. Supplement vitamins and minerals for children.These are important nutrients to help children develop perfectly both physically and mentally as well as immune system for children.

When the disease occurs whether it is severe or mild, prolonged or rapid, there is a complication or not, parents should still actively control their disease. Improving body resistance for yourself and your family members is a key factor to prevent disease.