SARS in infants: treatment, symptoms, consequences. Effective antiviral drug

Why are ARVI doctors diagnosed in infants very often? Treatment and symptoms, prevention are the main issues that parents are interested in.

Carrying a baby for 9 months inside herself, the mother protects him from various infectious and viral diseases thanks to her immune system. As soon as the baby is born, his body must defend itself, adapt to those viruses, infections that affect it.

Since the baby’s immune system is not yet fully formed, parents are faced with a problem: the baby is sick with a cold. What to do? How to help your baby? What effective antiviral drug to choose? Consider these issues.

What diseases are included in the ARVI group?

Having diagnosed acute respiratory viral infections in infants, the doctor selects an individual treatment in each case. This situation is simply explained. ARVI is the name of a group of diseases that caused viruses in the respiratory tract.

As medical directories show, the ARVI group includes the following diseases:

• Adenovirus infection. It affects the eyes, upper respiratory tract and intestines of the child.
• Influenza and parainfluenza. There is a general intoxication of the body, inflammatory processes in the larynx.
• Inflammatory processes in the upper and lower respiratory tract.
• A respiratory syncytial infection that causes inflammation in the lower respiratory tract.

As medical statistics show, babies get SARS from 1 to 7 times in infancy. And here it is very important to get qualified help, proper treatment, since the consequences of acute respiratory viral infections in infants can be serious. It is also proven that excessive use of drugs can cause blocking the production of their own antibodies to the virus.

Features of the course of acute respiratory viral infections in children up to six months

In the first six months of life, it is important to think about how mom can not infect a baby with a cold. In general, contact with viruses occurs through the mother or guests who come to the house.

SARS in infants, symptoms and treatment have their own characteristics. Firstly, the disease manifests itself gradually. The child becomes lethargic, can be capricious, the body temperature rises slightly. Symptoms of acute respiratory viral infections are mild, and many parents attribute such manifestations to teething, changing weather, and slight hypothermia.

If you do not consult a doctor in a timely manner and do not start treatment, then the clinical picture appears brighter. The baby refuses to eat, ceases to suckle, is rapidly losing weight. A mild cough, nasal congestion, which manifests itself in wheezing in a dream, may begin. Vomiting is also a common symptom.

Treatment features

Having established the development of acute respiratory viral infections in infants, treatment should be started as soon as possible, since serious inflammatory processes in the ear or lungs, bronchi can begin. Also common are inflammatory processes in the larynx. This is caused by the anatomical features of children up to a year when the cough is strong and paroxysmal does not allow the child to fully breathe.

The presence of acute respiratory viral infections in the first 6 months of life in infants Komarovsky regards as positive, natural stress, helping the immune system to fight viruses and bacteria in the future.

What you need to pay attention to young mothers in the first 6 months of a baby's life with SARS

When treating acute respiratory viral infections in infants, Komarovsky draws the attention of parents to the following:

1. Kids are strictly forbidden to get vaccinated. Those vaccinations that are scheduled should be delayed for at least 1 month. After the illness, the baby’s immune system is weakened, so vaccination will be an additional blow, the consequences of which are difficult to predict.
2. Do not contact people with symptoms of the virus and infectious disease for 1-2 months. This will help avoid re-infection.
3. The room in which the baby is located should be regularly ventilated. Air temperature should not exceed 22 degrees. Airing should be carried out at least 5 times a day, despite the weather, which is outside the window.
4. Do not increase the intensity of feeding the baby. After recovery, the body is weakened, so the crumbs may lack appetite. For a full recovery, mother's milk is enough for the established diet.
5. Do not overdo it with clothes for the baby. It should allow the skin to breathe. It is strictly forbidden to put the child in warm clothes or wrap. Sweat is moisture that will cause weight loss after recovery.
   
6. It is strictly forbidden to use throat sprays in the first 6 months of life. There are many cases when a child develops a spasm of the larynx and suffocation occurs.

What drugs can be used in the first 6 months of life?

An effective antiviral drug for the baby in the first 6 months has not yet been found. Doctors advise against using medications at all, especially antibiotics, as they can cause allergic reactions and disorders in the intestines.

Medications are used only when the baby's condition is critical, and it will not be possible to cure in another way.

Doctors say that ARVI drugs are not needed for children of the first year, it is enough to create optimal conditions and seek qualified help on time.

Among the useful recommendations are the following:

1. Optimum air temperature and humidity in the room. This helps protect the baby from overheating, sore throat and dry cough.
2. Do not force-feed your baby.
3. Use as much fluid as possible. If the baby refuses water, then it is better to use drugs for oral rehydration.
4. Clean your nose regularly. A saline solution may be used for this. By removing regularly accumulated mucus, you can not only reduce the concentration of viruses, but also improve the baby's breathing, sleep and nutrition.
5. Do not use vasoconstrictor drugs for the nose, they can cause rapid addiction.
6. Always accompanies the temperature in the baby ARVI, but to fight it with the help of drugs is necessary only with indicators from 38.5 degrees. All means to lower the temperature should be based on paracetamol or ibuprofen.

Features of the treatment of children from 6 months to a year

In the period from 6 months to a year, the chances of ARVI in babies increase. In this case, treatment will already include certain medications prescribed by your doctor. But each of these drugs gives high efficiency if it is used in the first 2 days after infection.

The incubation period of acute respiratory viral infections in infants can vary from 1 to 3 days, while the symptoms will gradually manifest.

High fever is always an indication for hospitalization of a child whose age does not exceed 1 year. Procrastination is dangerous to his life.

What parents need to know!

At this age, it is already necessary to bring down the temperature from 38 degrees, since many children have a high convulsive threshold. In the case when the child has a history of severe diseases of the nervous, cardiovascular or respiratory systems, then a rise in temperature above 37.5 is very dangerous.

To lower the temperature, it is better to use candles based on paracetamol. Pharmaceutical drugs that contain acetylsalicylic acid, analgin are strictly prohibited . These components can cause serious and serious side effects. The most dangerous is Reye's syndrome or agranulocytosis.

Doctors in children of this age category can prescribe nasal drops, but not more than for 2-3 days. They will be effective only if the baby will have a nose wash with soda or saline.

With a strong cough, agents may already be prescribed to thin the sputum and expectorate it. To speed up recovery, kids are recommended juices and fruit drinks from such plants: viburnum, black radish (with honey), lemon (with honey), raspberries.

An important stage will be the natural stimulation of the immune system. Doctors recommend the use of multivitamin complexes, ascorbic acid, echinacea tinctures, ginseng.

Any treatment should be prescribed only by a doctor! It is strictly forbidden to use drugs at their discretion, you can not treat ARVI with medicines that were used in previous times of the disease. Their effectiveness will be low, because the body is always getting used to and adapting the virus to certain drugs.

In what cases is it necessary to immediately call an ambulance

A child under the age of one year cannot talk about his feelings during SARS. Parents can only see the symptoms, moods, apathy of the baby. But there are cases when it is necessary to immediately call an ambulance, otherwise the child may develop serious complications. We list the most common cases:

1. Severe chills, high fever that has not strayed with drugs for more than 45 minutes. This condition can trigger convulsions.
2. Sudden loss of consciousness.
3. Rapid breathing, accompanied by wheezing, inability to inhale to the full chest.
4. Diarrhea and vomiting that do not stop. Many parents attribute such symptoms to poisoning, but they can also be a sign of intoxication during acute respiratory viral infections.
5. Severe throat inflammation, accompanied by laryngeal edema.
6. Purulent discharge, which appeared with sputum.
7. Strengthening cough, paroxysmal in nature.

What serious complications can SARS lead to?

Unfortunately, not all parents understand how serious the consequences of ignoring medical care during acute respiratory viral infections can be. Self-treatment, the use of medications at your discretion or on the advice of a pharmacist, traditional medicine can cause the development of such complications:

• False Croup. Under the age of one year, such a complication can pose a threat to the baby's life. Due to the narrowing of the lumen in the larynx, the normal passage of air is blocked. The baby may develop asphyxiation.
• The most dangerous was always allergic stenosis. It develops rapidly after the use of a certain medication. The most important task of parents is to cope with their own panic. The child needs to be taken to fresh air and immediately call an ambulance.
• Bronchiolitis. This reaction is a common occurrence in infants with SARS. In children, in the first 5 days of the disease, severe respiratory failure may be observed. Viscous discharge comes from the nose, which does not go well. Cough - dry and paroxysmal. The child cannot breathe fully, and the exhalation is long and intermittent. In its course, bronchiolitis resembles an attack of bronchial asthma in an adult. Treatment of such children is carried out only in the hospital, as the baby may urgently need oxygen therapy.
• Pneumonia. If the baby is joining infections, then the condition worsens sharply, and the inflammatory process descends into the lungs. Treatment is carried out only in a hospital setting.
• Otitis and sinusitis. This complication mainly occurs after the cure of SARS. A healthy child has anxiety, a scream, he shakes his head, the temperature rises again. Treatment will also be carried out only in a hospital under the supervision of a doctor.
• Sinusitis It manifests itself on the 6-7th day after SARS. The child begins to cry, turn his head, his sleep is disturbed. Discharges with an unpleasant odor and impurities of pus begin to come out of the nose. There are clearly signs of puffiness on the face. With light pressure on the sinuses and cheeks, the baby begins to cry. Sinusitis always requires emergency treatment, since the anatomical structure of the newborn is the minimum distance from the nasal, ear sinuses to the lining of the brain. With a strong inflammatory process, the probability of inflammation of the meninges is always high.

Prevention of acute respiratory viral infections in infants, how to protect a child from infection

It is not necessary to wait until the child becomes ill. Prevention of acute respiratory viral infections in infants always helps to solve several problems. Firstly, the risk of infection is minimized, and secondly, the body gains resistance to re-infection. Choosing exactly an integrated approach, you can protect the baby not only in infancy, but also in the following years of stay in kindergarten and school.

By following these simple recommendations, you can always get a lasting effect and a strong immune system.

1. Minimize the number of contacts the baby with sick people. You need to understand that infection of the baby is possible not only at home, but also when traveling in public transport, in the queues of a hospital or store. It is also worth protecting the child in the event that one of the relatives is sick. In this case, the sick person should wear a bandage that will reduce the number of viruses spread by coughing and sneezing.
2. Regular ventilation of the room. Fresh air from the street is useful for a person at any age. It will help to humidify the air in the room, lower the temperature to optimal levels, and avoid stagnation.
3. Viruses have the peculiarity of being stored for a long time indoors, not only in the air, but also in things and interior items. The key to health is daily wet cleaning. Every day, items of frequent use should be wiped: handles on the doors, switches.
4. Before contact with the baby, wash your hands with soap.
5. If there is an infant in the family, then it is recommended that all other family members receive prophylactic vaccination. Many doctors recommend vaccinating parents before planning a pregnancy. This will help develop a child’s powerful immunity against SARS viruses.

SARS in infants, symptoms and treatment, preventive measures - these are the basic concepts that all parents should have. Awareness, the ability to timely identify the symptoms of the disease and qualified medical care are the basis for a quick recovery and good health afterwards.