How to treat recurrent respiratory tract infections?

The baby is the center of the family, the treasure of the parents, and the focus of the grandparents. If the baby has any health problems, all three families will be worried. Although the family members have taken good care of the baby, the baby still got sick. First he had a runny nose and cough, but no one took it seriously. Later, it developed an upper respiratory tract infection. What should parents do with repeated respiratory tract infections?

Recurrent respiratory infections are common during early childhood and have become a problem for many parents. Causes: Temporary decline in immune function, poor nutritional status, the presence of chronic bacterial lesions, lack of outdoor exercise, poor environment, improper care, colds, incomplete treatment of respiratory diseases, and many opportunities for infection in childcare institutions are all causes of respiratory infections.

Children are young and have relatively poor resistance, so catching colds and fevers is inevitable. However, if respiratory tract infections occur too frequently in a year, exceeding a certain number of times, it is medically known as recurrent respiratory tract infections in children. The so-called respiratory tract infection includes respiratory infectious diseases such as nasopharyngitis, tonsillitis, bronchitis, bronchiolitis and pneumonia, which are usually divided into upper and lower respiratory tract infections based on the trachea. Upper respiratory tract infections are commonly known as "colds", and common ones include acute rhinitis, acute pharyngitis, acute laryngitis, and tonsillitis; lower respiratory tract infections mainly refer to bronchitis and pneumonia. How to determine whether your child has recurrent respiratory tract infections? The number of recurrent respiratory tract infections in children of different age groups each year is used to determine whether they are children with recurrent respiratory tract infections. Parents can make a preliminary judgment based on the following standards: Children aged 0 to 2 years have more than 7 upper respiratory tract infections per year, or more than 3 lower respiratory tract infections per year; children aged 3 to 5 years have more than 6 upper respiratory tract infections per year, or more than 2 lower respiratory tract infections per year; children aged 6 to 12 years have more than 5 upper respiratory tract infections per year, or more than 2 lower respiratory tract infections per year.

Western medicines such as interferon aerosol inhalation, nasal drops or intramuscular injection, and immunomodulators such as thymosin, bacillus Calmette-Guérin, levamisole, transfer factor, etc. have certain therapeutic effects. Traditional Chinese medicine has great advantages in preventing and treating recurrent respiratory tract infections in children. During the infection period, the emphasis is on differentiation of symptoms and treatment of the symptoms, while during the remission period, the root cause is treated. Parents should arrange their baby's daily routine according to their age characteristics. Arrange diet properly so that your baby can get comprehensive and balanced nutrition and have a strong physique. Strengthen exercise to improve children's disease resistance.

Parents should vaccinate their babies on time, and also pay attention to conditioning and consolidation during treatment to prevent recurrence. When the seasons change and the weather changes, parents are always worried that their babies will be cold or hot, so they rush to add or remove clothes for their babies. This is wrong. The baby should be cooled appropriately, and covered in spring to enhance the baby's resistance.