How did the cold get better

When people have a cold, they often have symptoms, and when they recover from the cold, they also have symptoms. Moreover, if you want to completely recover from a cold, it takes a process, because a cold cannot be cured overnight. You need to treat it seriously and take medication. Now let’s take a look at the process of recovering from a cold.

The process of self-healing of a newborn's cold

Colds can be divided into bacterial colds and viral colds. Generally speaking, a cold will last for 7 to 10 days. For babies with weaker resistance, it will take longer, sometimes lasting about 2 weeks. When your baby has symptoms of nasal congestion and phlegm, it means the cold is coming to an end, and cough is often the last symptom to disappear, and it usually lasts for a few weeks. Babies who often play with older children usually get 6 to 10 colds in the first year, and may even have a runny nose all winter.

How to deal with newborn colds

(I) Doctor’s advice

Newborns are too small, and sometimes improper treatment of colds can cause a series of problems. Therefore, if you find that your baby has cold symptoms, you should seek medical attention immediately and go to a professional children's hospital for examination. Follow the doctor's diagnosis and take medicine as prescribed. Remember not to give your baby any medicine at home.

(2) Take your temperature regularly

Babies are most likely to have a high fever when they have a cold. If the temperature is too high, it will cause a series of major problems such as pneumonia. Therefore, you must measure your baby's temperature frequently at home, preferably once every half an hour, to keep track of your baby's temperature at all times.

(III) Drink more fluids

If a baby has a cold and his throat is dehydrated, it will feel uncomfortable and it will not be conducive to the elimination of viruses from the body. You should feed your baby more water, thinner milk powder, or breast milk to ensure that the baby's body is not lacking in water. Through continuous urination, the virus can be excreted from the body, the symptoms of the cold can be relieved, and the further development of the cold can be inhibited. This will make the baby feel more comfortable.

(IV) Relieve nasal congestion

The most painful thing for a baby is a stuffy nose after a cold. The baby is too young to speak or blow his nose by himself. Nasal mucus blocks the nasal cavity, causing breathing difficulties, restless sleep, crying, and especially when falling asleep, which can easily lead to suffocation. Parents must clean their children's nasal cavity in time to relieve nasal congestion symptoms. They can use baby nasal drops, apply hot towels to the nose, massage the Yingxiang acupoint and other methods to help the baby.

(V) Change the feeding method

After a child catches a cold, due to nasal congestion and difficulty breathing, the baby will feel suffocated when drinking milk, and often spit out the pacifier while crying before finishing the drink. At this time, you need to change the way of breastfeeding. Don't let the baby lie down to drink milk. It is best to hold the baby up and feed him with a spoon.

The chance of a newborn baby getting sick is very low, but the resistance of a newborn is much weaker than that of an adult. The baby may catch a cold due to poor care by adults or infection from the parents' cold. Mothers do not need to panic. They should go to the hospital in time for medical treatment and follow the doctor's advice. Do not give the child medicine at random at home. The common cold can heal itself for newborns, and it can also build up the baby's resistance, so it is not completely without benefits.