How to prevent frequent cold&cough in children?-Dr.Sanjeev Shrinivas Managoli of C9| Doctors' Circle

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Nowadays we are coming across children who are having recurrent coughs and cold. The parents are usually worried about the child having repeated episodes of cough and cold. They had a very nice cold and cough free duration of two years during the lockdown.as you come out and you get exposed to the society, you are exposed to different infections. As the schools are opening up, offline classes are starting, offline exams are starting, the children have started coming out and playing together in a play area, they are always exposed to one or the other infection. Whenever a child has an infection and he is playing with other children, he is likely to transfer it to other children. These are common phenomenon and absolutely nothing to be worried about. As the child comes out and get these viral coughs and colds, there is nothing to panic about. A simple seasonal flu is actually an exercise for our immune system. A child suffers a bit, a couple of days, 3 days of fever, followed by 7-8 days of cough. But they all develop immunity to this over a period of time, they get used to it so what we call it as a herd immunity. All the children will get these infections. They will all infect each other. Over a period of time they get used to it and none of them will cough. This initially when you come out in a place you have been not exposed to those infections, then you will get all those infections and slowly all will settle down. So a new infection whenever this comes in the society, the same thing happens. Pre monsoon times when the schools again open up, these are the times when the child gets repeated coughs and cold. There is absolutely nothing to worry about. These can very well be prevented by taking some vaccines and the common vaccines that we recommend are the flu vaccine and all the routine vaccines, they help in avoiding these infections including the DPT, BCG, Measles, and Rubella. All these vaccines help in prevention of some or other form of cough or cold. Some of the coughs and cold can also be prevented by not sending your sick child to the school. If your child is not well he should stay at home till he is better so that he doesn’t infect other children. Adolescents who know they have symptoms which are similar to Covid-19 symptoms. They should also stay at home until they feel that they are completely alright. They are not coughing anymore. They should test themselves, isolate themselves if the need arises. Majority of the cough and cold can be taken care by good nutrition and proper hydration. The best cough syrup is lot of water to drink. Hydration i9s one of the best cough syrup. If your child is dehydrated, he will cough a little more because the secretions become sticky. Good hydration and good nutrition help in preventing complications that can occur with cough. Good nutrition in the form of fruits and vegetables. Avoid junk foods. This improves the immunity of the child and helps in improving the endurance of the lungs. Helping them to use their own clearing mechanism by reducing obesity, exercising, doing lung exercises in the form of pranayama.
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