In summer, mothers need to be vigilant with
5 children diseases below
Dehydration
Hot summer, hot weather makes the body
dehydration, especially children because of their hyperactivity, so the body
excretes more sweat lead to dehydration. Mild and medium dehydration can cause
body fatigue, drowsiness, urinating less, constipation ... Serious illness
increases risk of throat, respiratory air infections because the air through
nose is not dampened, irritating the lungs to be sensitive to smoke, dust, chemicals,
allergic rhinitis.
Dehydration
can make children fatigue, drowsiness...
Therefore, adults should actively provide
water for children. Each day children should drink about 50 - 60ml of water per
kg of body weight. Demand of drinking water increases in some cases as they
excrete a lot of sweat after physical activity or much exercise...
Food poisoning
Hot weather is very easy to make food
rancid, infectious disease-causing microorganisms (such as bacterial flagellum,
cholera ...). While the fact that child's digestive tract is not fully
developed so as to receive the rancid food, infection will adversely affect
health, and even make it get risk in more severe cases.
Therefore, when cooking for children, try
to buy fresh food. With frozen food, please pay attention to expiration date on
the packaging. Absolutely do not buy the foods have strange tastes.
When
cooking for children, try to buy fresh food
Mosquito
Summer is the season against mosquitoes
most for the whole family, especially children. Usually, children’s skin is
very soft, mosquito bites leave deep pain and difficult to self-healing, easy
to create deep scars. If not treated properly and promptly, scars can survive
1-2 years or even permanently. Also, when the mosquito bites, children also
face the risk of many serious diseases such as dengue fever, encephalitis.
"Use mosquito spray, to prevent
mosquito, especially in the early morning or early evening," said Dr.
Rebecca Baxt - dermatologist. Especially when you find the bites have strange
phenomenon of swelling, take your child to a pediatrician for advice promptly
and avoid risks pity.
"Use
mosquito spray, to prevent mosquito, especially in the early morning or early evening,"
Rash, prickly heat
Rash, prickly heat occurs when sweat is
stagnant inside the sweat glands. "Best drug to treat rash, prickly heat
is to cool baby’s skin for stagnant sweat glands to be clear" said Dr.
Joshua Zeichner. So, let's create a healthy cool playing environment for your
baby and choose sweat absorbent clothing.
Drowning
Children with drowning rates are highest in
summer. The reason is that hot summer, parents usually take baby to go to swim
but be neglect, off guard.
Parents need to know not every child can
swim. The following children should not participate in swimming activities:
·
For children with bronchial asthma, when being
exposed to cold water, they are easily to be attacked by wheezing,
breathlessness, sometimes life threatening.
·
For children with chronic respiratory diseases
such as allergic rhinitis, nasal discharge, chronic sinusitis, swimming will
make them worse.
·
For children with atopic dermatitis, chemical
mixed in water of the pool causes many adverse effects on health.
