What should I do if my child is infected with both viruses and bacteria?

A child's body is in a developmental stage during the growth process. During this period, the child's body resistance is not high, so it is easy to be infected by external bacteria or viruses, which can easily lead to fever or viral colds, etc., which are very detrimental to the child's health. Children with mixed viral and bacterial infections need to be treated in time, and some antibiotics can be taken.

What should I do if my child is infected with both viruses and bacteria?

The treatment of viral and bacterial co-infection is not difficult. In addition to the rational use of antibiotics, antiviral drugs should be used in combination. You should also pay attention to changes in body temperature. When the temperature exceeds 38.5°, give medication to reduce the temperature. The interval between two doses is 6-8 hours. If the body temperature rises again within 6-8 hours and exceeds 38.5°, physical cooling can be used. Areas for physical cooling include forehead, armpits, neck, and both sides of groin. In summer, you can give your child a warm bath, which has a good cooling effect. Apply cold compress for 20-30 minutes each time.

How to prevent viral infections in children

1. Drink plenty of water

There are many benefits to letting children drink more water on a daily basis. Water can help the body accelerate metabolism and reduce the occurrence of diseases. Drinking more water can also help children's skin become elastic.

2. Keep the room well ventilated

During cold seasons, many parents choose not to open the windows because they are afraid that their children will catch a cold. In fact, this is wrong. Poor air circulation will increase the risk of virus infection. Therefore, parents are advised to open windows for ventilation when their children are indoors to avoid the spread of the virus.

3. Improve nutrition and exercise

A child's physique determines the chance of being infected with the virus. The better the physique, the lower the chance of being infected with the virus. If you want your child to have a good physique, both nutrition and exercise need to be strengthened. The first thing is to meet the child’s daily nutrition needs, and the second is to supervise the child to strengthen exercise, so that they can better resist viral infection.

What is a virus?

A virus is a non-cellular form composed of a nucleic acid molecule (DNA or RNA) and protein. It is an organic species between living and non-living things that lives by parasitism. It is a special organism without a cell structure. It is a stretch of DNA or RNA wrapped in a protective shell. Through the mechanism of infection, these simple organisms can use the host's cell system to replicate themselves, but cannot grow and replicate independently. Viruses can infect almost all living organisms with cellular structures. The first known virus was the tobacco mosaic virus, discovered and named by Martinus Beijerinck in 1899, and more than 5,000 types of viruses have been identified to date. The science that studies viruses is called virology, a branch of microbiology.

Viruses are made up of two or three components: all viruses contain genetic material (RNA or DNA, prions composed only of protein are not viruses); all viruses also have a capsid formed by protein to wrap and protect the genetic material within; in addition, some viruses can form a lipid envelope surrounding them when they reach the cell surface. Viruses vary in shape, from simple spirals and icosahedrons to complex structures. Virus particles are about one hundredth the size of bacteria. The origin of viruses is still unclear, and different viruses may originate through different mechanisms: some viruses may originate from plasmids (a circular DNA that can replicate within cells and be transferred between cells), while others may originate from bacteria.