Tips for the prevention of colds and winter diseases

Dr. Mohammed Desouki, pediatrician and neonatologist, advises mothers to help protect their children from colds and winter diseases.

The tips are:
– Teach the child to wash their hands with soapy water before and after meals, after playing and after sneezing or coughing.
– Each child receives personal toiletries and each member of the family has their own towel and keeps their utensils and cutlery clean.
– Teach the child not to put pens or coins in the mouth.
– Teach the child to use towels to sneeze or cough.
– Keep your home clean and ventilated permanently and open the windows to enter the sun.
– No smoking inside the house.
– Be sure to provide a drink of cold water to your child before going to school in the morning because the water cooler helps to slightly reduce the body temperature and does not undergoes no sudden difference in temperature.
– If your baby is still a baby, badfeeding is the most important factor to increase immunity in children and if your child is tall, be sure to feed him or her properly.
– Do not always heat the living room near the heater because the exit from the room to the outside or even the entire house may be suddenly exposed to drafts and to the air. different temperatures.
– When the baby shower is worn in the bathroom, if possible, especially if the bathroom is hot because of the heat of the water and steam, it is best to dry the hair before to leave the bathroom.
If you are a baby and you will need to wear it outside the bathroom, you should warm the room before the bath, after the shower, wash the baby well and leave quickly for the room.

– No to excessive use of antibiotics "except as a doctor" because most winter diseases are viral infection.

– Rest at home for your child and do not send him to school if he is hit with a cold so as not to increase fatigue and also protect his comrades from the school of infections.
If you catch the common cold, the infection occurs by breathing, sneezing, coughing and surfaces contaminated by the rejection of the infected child.
– Provide your child with plenty of fluid during illness to compensate for fluid loss in cold and sweat, as well as very useful drinks like orange juice, lemon and kiwi as well as hot herbs like ginger, anise, coriander and guava leaves, preferably honey or black honey.
– Make sure to vaccinate your child against the seasonal flu the first 10 months each year to prevent the flu virus throughout the winter.