Can babies use electric fans?

When the weather is hot, if there is air conditioning at home, people prefer to use it to cool down, but many families do not have air conditioning, so they choose to use fans to cool down. However, we need to remind everyone that there are many precautions when using fans. For example, you must be very careful when using fans when sleeping at night. In addition, babies are very weak and have very poor resistance, so babies can use fans when it is hot, but you must pay attention to related matters.

Can babies use electric fans?

In the hot summer, some young mothers use electric fans to blow air on their babies to cool them down. This is not good for the children's health.

Unlike adults, babies have delicate skin and abundant capillaries. Their body temperature regulation center is not yet fully developed and has poor regulation function. Electric fans have a concentrated wind source and strong wind force. The capillaries in areas where the wind blows contract, and sweat evaporates faster. The capillaries in areas where the wind does not blow continue to expand, and the sweat pores remain open to dissipate sweat. This causes the body temperature regulation center and the blood circulation center to lose balance, which can easily cause colds, headaches, fevers, coughs and other symptoms. Therefore, do not use an electric fan to blow air on your baby.

If the weather is too hot and the baby sweats a lot, you can wipe the sweat with a dry towel or give the baby a bath with warm water. The blood vessels under the skin will expand when exposed to heat and the heat in the body will be dissipated. You can also use a fan to fan gently. This kind of wind is gentler and easier for babies to accept.

Babies can use electric fans, but don't let the fan blow directly at them, and don't let the wind source be too close to the baby. Just make sure that there is some gentle wind blowing on the baby. In addition, you must pay attention to safety issues when using electric fans and do not let your baby get close to or touch the fan. The fan should be placed out of the baby's reach, and it is best to purchase a fan safety cover to protect it.

In the hot summer, if the indoor temperature is too high, the baby's body temperature will easily rise with the temperature rising, which will manifest as irritability, crying, and decreased urine output. Some mothers are afraid that their babies will have a fever, so they blow electric fans towards their babies' bodies in an attempt to cool them down. Little did they know that the results were not as expected.

Because the baby's sweat will evaporate quickly on the parts of the body that are blown by the wind, while the sweat will evaporate slowly on the parts that are not blown by the wind, thus causing an imbalance in the body's sweat excretion. Because the baby's body temperature regulation system has not yet matured, it is in an unstable state. If this is coupled with uneven sweat excretion, which causes disharmony between the various systems and parts of the body, it is very easy to cause disease. In mild cases, it causes runny nose and nasal congestion, while in severe cases, it can lead to bronchitis or even pneumonia.