 The common cold involves an array of symptoms including runny or stuffy nose, congestion, fever, sore throat, cough, hoarseness, red eyes, and swollen lymph nodes in the neck. A cold or URI is a viral infection of the nose and throat.
Cold viruses are spread from one person to another by droplets through hand contact, coughing, and sneezing, not by cold air or drafts. Since there are up to 200 different cold viruses, healthy children still commonly contract six to ten colds each year. A typical course of cold symptoms may include a fever that lasts 3 days, nose and throat symptoms that last 1- 2 weeks, and a cough that may linger for 2 to 3 weeks. The main things to watch for are secondary bacterial infections such as ear infections, yellow drainage from the eyes, sinus pressure or pain, or difficulty breathing. Home care remedies usually do not impact how long a cold lasts, but can relieve many of the symptoms. Examples of home treatment for associated symptoms include:
The older child should try to gently blow his nose after instilling the saline drops. Use nasal washes 2-4 times per day or whenever your child is having trouble breathing through his nose. When your child sleeps you may use a cool mist humidifier in his or her room. The most effective steam room, however, is your smallest bathroom with the shower running on hot. Sit in the steamy room with your child for 20 minutes three or more times a day.
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There are two important parts of taking your child's temperature. Knowing how to take it (click here for Is It a Fever and What to Do), and knowing what it means (click here for What Temperature is a Fever?).
Step 1: Place the tip of the thermometer in a dry armpit. Step 2: Close the armpit by holding the elbow against the chest until the thermometer beeps. Step 3: If you’re uncertain about the result, check it with a rectal temperature. There are two important parts of taking your child's temperature. Knowing how to take it (click here for Is It a Fever and What to Do), and knowing what it means (click here for What Temperature is a Fever?).
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Step 1: Use a flexible digital thermometer. Do not use a mercury thermometer. Step 2: Be sure your child has not taken a cold or hot drink within the last 30 min. Step 3: Place the tip of the thermometer under one side of the tongue and toward the back. Note: An accurate temperature depends on proper placement. Step 4: Have your child hold it in place with the lips and fingers and breathe through the nose, keeping the mouth closed. Step 5: Leave it inside the mouth until the thermometer beeps. There are two important parts of taking your child's temperature. Knowing how to take it (click here for Is It a Fever and What to Do), and knowing what it means (click here for What Temperature is a Fever?).
Step 1: Have your child lie stomach down on your lap. Step 2: Before you insert the thermometer, apply some petroleum lubricating jelly (such as Vaseline) to the end and to the opening of the anus. Step 3: Gently insert the thermometer into the rectum about to 1 inch. Never try to force it past any resistance. Step 4: Hold your child still while the thermometer is in. Step 5: Leave the thermometer in your child’s rectum until it beeps. |
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