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- Medical Video: Evaluation of Chronic Cough in Children - Mindy Ross MD | UCLAMDCHAT Webinars
- 1. Wash your hands with soap
- 2. Clean the house and all its contents, not just sweeping the floor
- 3. Separate glasses, plates and other tableware
- 4. Serve fruits every day
- 5. Relieving stress can dispel coughs and colds in children
- 6. Make sure the child is sleeping enough
- 7. Give probiotic intake
Medical Video: Evaluation of Chronic Cough in Children - Mindy Ross MD | UCLAMDCHAT Webinars
There are many causes of coughs and colds in children. Starting from children, they are not too good at maintaining cleanliness, a dense level of activity so that the immune system decreases, until the flu is spread from friends at school.
Although it often happens, parents can help prevent coughs and colds in children. The method is quite simple, follow the following eight steps.
1. Wash your hands with soap
Never get tired of reminding children to wash their hands with soap before eating, after playing, going home from school, and others.
Parents also have to wash their hands regularly, especially before preparing food for children and after traveling outside the home.
2. Clean the house and all its contents, not just sweeping the floor
Sweeping and mopping seems to have become a daily activity for everyone in his home. However, sweeping and mopping is not enough. Daniel Frattarelli, an expert and member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, explains in Parents Magazine that many germs are found in places that are unexpected and we often touch. For example TV remote, child doll, and refrigerator door handles.
3. Separate glasses, plates and other tableware
When you are sick, you will consciously use a drinking glass that is different from other family members. Then what about your child? Teach him to use glasses, plates and other eating utensils when he is sick so that they are not transmitted to people at home.
If necessary, use labels or markers to mark each eating and drinking equipment.
4. Serve fruits every day
There are many children who feel very lazy to eat fruit for various reasons. But quite a lot of children are lazy not because they don't like it, but because they are lazy to process it. For example, you have to open or peel the skin and remove the seeds.
For convenience, you can cut it into small pieces. There is no need to ask the child to spend it. Just a few pieces if done every day is far better than eating fruit once a week. The key is to get children to eat fruit.
Make sure there are fruit variations. For example today is mango, tomorrow is apple, and so on. Every fruit has its own unique benefits. For example red fruit like semangga and wine have lycopene, that is antioxidant to counteract the effects of used radicals. Orange and yellow fruits have beta-carotene which will be converted into vitamin A and can strengthen the immune system and maintain healthy eyes and skin.
5. Relieving stress can dispel coughs and colds in children
Stress is not only bad for mental health, but also can inhibit the work of the child's immune system. Why so? When stressed, the body secretes a lot of cortisol and adrenaline.
These hormones can make breathing hunt, the heart beats faster, and blood pressure rises. This condition is not good if it continues to occur because it can make children more vulnerable to diseases that cause coughs and colds in children.
So, make sure you always pay attention symptoms of stress in children and help him deal with stress.
6. Make sure the child is sleeping enough
Child development is influenced by the quality of sleep. Poor and inadequate sleep can increase fatigue and reduce the work of the immune system in children.
Therefore, make sure you have enough sleep every day. Keep the child away from things that can disturb a child's sleep at night. For example television the game, comics, and handphone.
7. Give probiotic intake
Probiotics contained in food and drinks have a lot of good bacteria that will help the digestive tract. However, it turns out that it is not only beneficial for digestion. Probiotics also stimulate the immune response in the body, preventing fungal infections to prevent infections of the child's airways.
Probiotics even optimize thyroid hormones which play an important role in regulating the body. Probiotics are usually found in fermented foods or drinks, including tempeh, miso, yogurt, and kimchi.
