Why baby cough and runny nose and a fever?
When the baby cough and runny nose and temperature, every parent begins to worry and call a doctor, buy a bunch of medicines. Is it right? What could cause such a reaction of the organism of the child?
Starting any treatment of such manifestations, it is worth remembering that such States children can meet and often indicate the presence in the organism of various infections. The first step towards the provision of quality care should be a clarification of the reasons for the appearance of infection.
Doctors emphasize that similar symptoms inherent diseases of the respiratory system: the child is hard to breathe because of a stuffy nose, a high fever, but there is a dry paroxysmal cough.
The main causes that can trigger this condition in children
- Physiological.
Most often, the body reacts with symptoms such on the following factors:
- inhalation of polluted air;
- foreign bodies in the respiratory organs;
- in infants, this response may indicate the ingress of food into the trachea;
- cutting of teeth in children up to one year.
If the body responds similar manifestations to physiological stimuli, the symptoms should disappear within 2-3 days. Body temperature will vary within a 37 - 37,3 ºc, cough will be frequent, periodic runny nose, briefly.
- Pathological (symptoms with SARS, acute respiratory infections, flu).
Most of these manifestations are characteristic for certain diseases, such as influenza, SARS, acute respiratory infections, diseases of the respiratory tract. At the initial stage, the kid may complain of slight pain in the throat, will appear runny nose, fever of about 37?. This should be the first signal to parents to arrange an ambulance in the body to fight viral infection.
Mostly cough in viral diseases of damp, phlegm and depart without any problems. Many physicians believe that sputum, which is good expectorant, they are typical for the reproductive cough, so do not insist on medical treatment of cough, if it does not cause suffocation to the baby. In such cases, it is sufficient to give herbal tea, and the cough will pass once the body get rid of existing microbes.
The main symptoms
- The symptoms of inflammation of the lungs.
If it fails within a week to cure cough, fever is constantly elevated, you should consult a doctor as this may indicate serious diseaseinflammation of the lungs. To treat pneumonia at home, the child is prohibited, as it can lead to death.
These children need to provide bed rest, drinking plenty of fluids, proper nutrition and follow all the recommendations of a physician. This disease can cause a lot of complications to the organs of the child.
- When the symptoms of tracheitis.
During this disease in children, inflames the mucous membrane of the trachea. The reason for this inflammation can be viruses, bacteria, viral diseases, dirty air, a certain allergen.
Children suffer from a severe, paroxysmal cough that is worse at night and in the morning, the nose is constantly stuffy from it are mucus, while riding temperature. It may be the normal, high. Some of the children in such cases indicate the burning sensation in the chest, persistent headaches that are worse from the coughing attack.
If left untreated bronchitis at an early stage, it may become chronic, and treatment will last for months.
- The symptoms of bronchitis.
Cause the development of bronchitis, the child becomes a viral or bacterial infection. Precipitating factors are hypothermia or chemical irritation of the bronchi. Given the characteristics of the child's body, bronchitis, as an independent disease, does not occur. Basically it runs parallel with laryngitis, rhinitis, tracheitis, and is necessarily accompanied by a high fever.
Bronchitis is characterized by a strong and dry cough, which with proper treatment can quickly navigate in the wet.
If you do not start treated, the mucus can stagnate in the bronchi and go to festering, causing various complications.
- Symptoms for obstructive bronchitis.
Obstructive bronchitis diagnosed in children up to 5 years, this is due to the development of the organism. The clinical picture in children is as follows: difficulty breathing, audible dry and wheezing, a fever, associated with allergic inflammation, rhinitis. In such cases, hospitalization and therapeutic measures to eliminate swelling of the Airways.
- The symptoms of laryngitis.
This disease is the inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx, in children, there is hoarseness, there is a dry cough, runny nose. In childhood this disease requires immediate treatment, because in most cases it causes a variety of complications. The worstis the stenosis of the larynx when you need emergency medical care, or the child could die from suffocation.
- The symptoms rhinitis.
Rhinitis in children is also a cause of infection or virus that enters through nasal mucosa. If you do not hold the correct treatment of the common cold, already on the third day, will appear cough, shortness of breath, the temperature rises.
To define rhinitis at the initial stage is easy: as soon as the child begins to complain of pain in the throat, to cough a little in the morning, hard to swallow saliva, it is necessary to begin to wash the nose soda and salt solutions. It is not necessary to wait until the snot flow as it happens in a couple days.
Rhinitis in children requires proper treatment, as it can cause complications: chronic swelling of the nasal mucosa or the growth of the adenoide.
What you need to treat cough, runny nose in children?
Nasal discharge is very important for a quick recovery. The nasal mucosa contains a special substance that helps to neutralize the viruses. Starting treatment, every parent should remember not to allow complete drying of the mucosa. It is necessary to provide a comfortable temperature in the room where the patient. It should not exceed 21 degree centigrades. To provide the child drink plenty of liquids: it could be just water, tea or breast milk, if baby less than 1 year. As a moisturizer for your nose you need to use the drops.
One of the most affordable and safe means for moisture is saline. It is necessary to drip into each nostril 2-3 drops. It is not necessary to resort to oil solutions, especially if diagnosed obstructive bronchitis. They contain extracts of various herbs that can also become an allergen for the baby.
If runny nose is caused by the presence of the virus, it is not necessary to bury vasoconstrictor drops. In addition, they few hours will make breathing easier, they will not help in the fight by the virus.
Do not immediately bring down the temperature of the patient. This is the body's response to infection, and he tries to fight with her.
A mistake many parents lying self-administered antibiotic.
If the symptoms are caused by a certain virus, he will not have any effect and will only kill the intestinal microflora which is necessary to maintain immunity.
To ease the cough, to remove high temperature by using rubdown. For this purpose, solutions of vinegar or alcohol.
Cough, temperature, runny nose in a child can indicate the presence of a cold. Therefore, onlycorrect, timely and efficient treatment will help to eliminate and relieve the symptoms. In addition, it will prevent the development of complications after recovery.