How to treat flu for babies mothers need to know

Flu in children is often very easy to confuse with the common cold. You need to find the right way to treat the flu for your newborn to effectively control the disease.

There are many ways to treat colds and flu for babies, but you need to be careful about the medicines you are giving your baby. Taking care of your baby and getting proper treatment will help your baby recover quickly.

Symptoms of a flu in a newborn

Young children, especially infants, have a hard time describing exactly what they feel about the most common cold and flu symptoms such as headaches and muscle aches. Babies can only show through crying and other signs such as:

Fever over 39 ° C, fever of unknown origin

Shivering, cold

Dry cough

Runny or stuffy nose

Tired

Fever, cough lasting more than 2 weeks

Ear pain, severe in face and head

Vomiting or diarrhea (less common)

Red eyes

More serious symptoms to look out for:

Shortness of breath, shortness of breath

Blue, purple skin

Severe dehydration due to not drinking enough water causes babies to urinate less, incontinence, urine is dark yellow

Vomiting repeatedly

Comatose

If you notice that your baby has any of these abnormalities, you should bring your baby to the hospital for prompt diagnosis and treatment.

How to treat flu for babies

If the doctor examines and diagnoses the baby with a cold, they will give some antiviral drugs such as oseltamivir (Tamiflu) or zanamivir (Relenza). The drug works to prevent the virus from spreading widely in the body.

Antibiotics will not help treat the flu because the flu is an infection caused by a virus.

In addition to using cold medicine to treat your baby, proper home care and fever reduction are also very important. Cold and flu treatments for babies at home include:

Give your child enough fluids and fluids

Let your child rest a lot

Reduce pain and fever for children with acetaminophen or  ibuprofen under the guidance of a doctor. Absolutely do not give aspirin to children as it can cause Reye's syndrome in children

Wash your hands well before, during and after changing diapers and hygiene

Limit contact with family members to avoid infection

Dress your child in layers to make it easy to adjust when the baby is hot and cold

Wear a mask to avoid infection.

Above are important notes on how to treat flu in babies. You should pay attention to take care and protect the health of children as well as yourself. The disease is very contagious so if you and your baby both get it, the health care of both of you will decrease.