Sunburn in a small child
Children's skin is less protected than adult skin. Children under 3 years of age are at greater risk of being burned than older children. A child can get a clear burn from just 5-10 minutes of exposure to the energetic sun. If a baby's skin is clear, he is even more susceptible to sunburn than a dark-skinned baby. Signs of burning can be seen on the baby’s skin in the evening or even the next day in the morning. At the same time, his skin turns red, and the child becomes very hot, the state of health worsens, an increase in body temperature can be observed, and the areas of the skin that are affected become quite painful. It hurts the child when he touches the bed or the skin of another person. The baby is crying, cannot sleep, and does not eat. Later, red spots with small pimples appear on the body, but not in all cases. After 2 days, the child feels better and the wounded skin begins to peel off.
How to help a child who has been burned by direct, clear rays
If your baby has received a minor burn, you can help him at home without turning to a doctor for help. But you must know correctly what first aid measures need to be taken. Remember that the first thing you need to do is apply a cool compress to the affected areas and change it as it warms up, while monitoring the baby’s well-being. There is a very famous folk remedy, such as applying sour cream or kefir to burns. Covering your baby's burned skin with these products will do a wonderful job of cooling it down. Cool green tea is also a wonderful remedy; they can also be used to treat children’s skin. It has long been known that products and herbs such as eucalyptus and chamomile moisturize, relieve itching and cool the skin (you can take baths with them or simply wipe the body with a decoction), cucumber juice and white cabbage leaves. In addition, today there are a lot of medicines, ointments and sprays that can be found in pharmacies, but it is important to know whether your child is allergic to certain drugs. If you notice an increase in the baby's temperature, it is better to bring it down with paracetamol, it will also help relieve pain and calm the child. Later, after the injured baby feels better, it is worth continuing to monitor his condition and offer plenty of fluids. However, if your health worsens, immediately seek qualified support from medical professionals.
If an infant has become restless, roars and has difficulty falling asleep, it is possible that his ears are simply disturbing him. It is often difficult for a mother to recognize what exactly is hurting her baby, because he cannot talk about his tasks. Therefore, you should be attentive to the whims; tea is often the cause of ear pain in infants due to various ear infections.
Symptoms of ear infections
To correctly recognize that it is pain in the ears that causes certain discomfort to the baby, you should gently press on the tragus. This is the name given to the part of the ear that covers the entrance to the canal. If you noticed that this procedure is unpleasant for the baby, he cried, shuddered, this means that there are still problems with the ears. You should immediately seek help from a professional medical institution if the baby has the following signs: - willful, has become crappier behave; - does not sleep well, only at night, screams, moans in his sleep; - has become restless and irritable; - greenish or yellow discharge from the ear, sometimes mixed with blood; - discharge from the nose; - the temperature has risen.
Personal experience
My youngest son and I had to endure an attack of acute toothache twice. The first time he had a toothache was when he was 3.5 years old.
I picked him up from daycare on Friday evening. I brought him a glass of strawberries to the kindergarten. The son began to eat it and suddenly asked: Mom, will my tooth go away? I asked which tooth, he pointed to the upper front incisor. At first glance, the tooth was absolutely intact. I assured him that it would definitely pass. Then my baby was left to play in the yard and we forgot about the tooth.
Diseases
Otitis externa occurs when infection gets on the surface of the skin of the external auditory canal while combing your hair or cleaning your ears. Signs of this disease: translucent discharge, redness around the ear canal. Erysipelas appears as a result of various skin damage and microcracks. Signs: blisters on the outside of the ear canal, red and swollen ear, chills, increased body temperature. Inflammation of the hair follicle or boil occurs due to a temporary drop in the immune system and microtrauma. Signs: enlarged lymph nodes, ear pain. The boil appears little by little, after which it ripens and bursts, releasing pus. Treatment of inflammation of the outer ear with a mild course of the disease can be carried out at home: with balms, ointments, lotions. If there are complications, the patient needs to be hospitalized and anti-inflammatory and antibacterial drugs prescribed by a qualified expert. As a result of complications later than ARVI, acute otitis media may appear. The infection from the nasopharynx travels through the auditory tube into the final outlet into the ear. In addition, the reason may be that formula or breast milk gets into the baby’s ear from the nasopharynx during feeding. Signs: lethargy, fever, ear pain, and occasionally diarrhea and vomiting. If pus comes out of the ear, this means that otitis media has turned purulent. With a number of complications, this disease develops into mastoditis - severe inflammation of the mastoid process of the temporal bone. Treatment for inflammation of the middle ear is prescribed exclusively by the attending physician. For acute otitis, the expert prescribes vasoconstrictor nasal drops, antibiotics, warming and compresses.
Headache is one of the accompanying signs of hypotension or chronically low blood pressure. Due to the tendency of patients to dizziness and fainting, headaches with hypotension have their own specifics.
Instructions
1. With low blood pressure, headaches can be of different types. It can be dull and pressing, or it can be paroxysmal and pulsating. A characteristic feature of headaches with low pressure is its moderate severity. More often than not, such pain occurs as a result of physical fatigue or later than waking up in the morning. 2. The headache does not have a specific location. Occasionally it covers the entire head, occasionally it appears more obvious in a specific area of the skull. May be accompanied by nausea and vomiting, fainting. 3. The peculiarity of headaches with hypotension is determined by changes in the tone of the vascular walls. According to research, when changing body position, patients experience steep fluctuations in blood pressure. 4. To stabilize blood pressure, patients are recommended to regularly consume caffeine in moderate doses. Small doses of alcohol can be used as a medicine. 5. Occasionally, frequent headaches with hypotension may indicate the development of a migraine. In this case, the pain appears in attacks for no apparent reason. The attack begins at the beginning of the day with nervousness and irritability, and luminous spots appear before the eyes. 6. Later, pain appears at a certain point of the skull, most often in the frontal or temporal. In rare cases, the pain has no distinct localization. The pain can radiate to the back or jaw, it is intense and has a pulsating character. 7. With migraine, blood vessels can both narrow and dilate. Depending on this, the patient’s face becomes red or pale. Nausea, vomiting, discomfort in the heart area, intolerance to brilliant lighting and loud sounds appear. 8. This attack lasts for several hours and often stops during sleep. The rest of the time a person feels unconditionally typical.
Problems with the abdomen in a newborn baby are not uncommon. And it’s easy to count the different types of pathologies. But any of them leads the young mother into a state of panic. And by no means all digestive disorders in a child are functional. So, say, loose stools with mucus can indicate quite serious problems with the baby’s health.
A baby's bowel dysfunction (also called diarrhea) can be due to various reasons. Very often this problem appears in breastfed babies. Doctors often assess the health of a child not only by the consistency of the stool, but also by various impurities that may be found in it. The presence of mucus in a child’s stool is not invariably a pathology. Occasionally this is quite unconditional. In this way, the child's intestines remove acids and alkalis from the stomach. However, you need to clearly understand when the situation is skeptical and the support of a doctor is required.
Causes of stool with mucus in a child
If the baby is breastfed, the reason for the appearance of stool with mucus may be poor nutrition of the mother. So, say, if a woman gets too carried away with sugary or fatty dishes, and also eats food that is contraindicated during breastfeeding, the child will begin to have problems with digestion. In some cases, mothers are recommended to have their milk tested for sterility. It is not uncommon for tea to contain pathogenic microflora that negatively affects the baby’s health. True, such a diagnosis does not mean that you will have to end lactation. It is quite easy to undergo treatment prescribed by doctors. Problematic stool in a child can also occur due to lactose intolerance. In this case, you have to give up breastfeeding, replacing it with lactose-free formulas. Often, the child develops problems with stool as complementary foods are introduced. So, say, if a baby cannot tolerate some vegetables or fruits, his intestines can quickly respond to this with a functional disorder. Mucus in the stool and diarrhea can progress after treatment with antibiotics. The immune system of a small child is still very weak, and therefore it is easier than ever to become infected with an infection that requires such serious treatment. In this case, the situation is corrected by taking bifid medications. Occasionally, doctors notice a disorder in the stool and the appearance of mucus in it against the background of various changes in the baby’s life. Let's say he is experiencing stress, is constantly excited, has changed the microclimate, the daily routine, is sick. Diarrhea can be a consequence of ordinary overeating. Tea: if a child receives an excess amount of food, his body is not yet able to adequately process the excess. So they manifest themselves in the form of loose stool and mucus fragments in it. Problems with stool can also be a sign of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, such as gastroenetritis or colitis.
Autonomic problems and vascular disorders
- If it is found that periodic painful attacks are caused by vascular spasms, then it is very important to normalize the daily routine, balance the work and rest schedule, and try to ensure that the load is dosed.
- If pain occurs during strenuous activities, it can be relieved by walking in the fresh air or by massaging the collar area.
- Herbal tea made from mint, chamomile, cloves, clover flowers and geranium also helps get rid of vascular spasms.
- Beetroot juice effectively fights spastic vascular phenomena - only it must be diluted with water in a ratio of 1/2.
- Sometimes distractions help: you can give the baby a menthol lollipop to suck. Medicines are needed only in severe cases.
It is necessary to relieve spasms, since the pathological condition can subsequently lead to serious vascular disorders.
When is mucus in stool dangerous?
The unsafe nature of mucus is indicated by its frequent occurrence in the baby’s feces. In addition, the number of such discharges is also important. So, say, if fragments of mucus are noticeable and quite large in size, this is a reason to show the baby to the doctor. If the child has the following signs: - green mucus in the stool; - watery and extremely loose stools; - frequent bowel movements (at least 6 times per day); - unpleasant smell of feces; - increased body temperature, which means it can be said that the baby has some kind of intestinal infection. In itself, it may not be as dangerous as the complications that the infection causes. Dehydration, which progresses quite rapidly due to the loss of fluid in feces, is extremely terrible for infants. Therefore, you need to pay special attention to the baby’s drinking regime. You will definitely have to add additional water or an electrolytic solution to correct the salts in the body. Treatment must be prescribed by a doctor.
What to pay attention to
Most children will be able to correctly describe their sensations only by the age of 4-5.
A mother can understand that babies have a headache only by indirect signs.
- sick children are capricious;
- often wake up;
- little hands are pulled to the head;
- they start spitting up like a fountain;
- the scream becomes monotonous, on one note, moaning.
In case of prolonged illness, protrusion of the large fontanelle may occur due to increased intracranial pressure.
At 1.5-2 years old, a child can already consciously raise his hands to his head, pronounce “bo-bo” or something similar.
But sometimes headache attacks are so severe that the baby will lie curled up in a ball and moan, covering his eyes from the light with his palms. Mom will have to figure out what is happening for herself.
