China News Service, Beijing, August 13 (Xu Jing Du Yan) Recently, confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in children have appeared in Nanjing, Yangzhou, Jiangsu and other places, and there are many cases of clustered disease on a family basis.
How should parents protect their children daily?
What age of children are not suitable for wearing masks?
When should Shuanghuanglian and Banlangen be eaten?
Hao Jing, chief physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, answered the above questions in an interview and gave advice on child protection during the epidemic.
Hao Jing, chief physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, was interviewed.
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Are children more "susceptible"? How to do daily protection
Hao Jing introduced that the younger the children, the more likely they are to develop infectious diseases.
This is because in the growth and development of children, the heart and lungs and other organs, immune functions, etc. are not yet perfect, and the risk of infection is greater.
In addition, children are very active and have weak awareness of protection, especially when children are in contact with children, they are more likely to spread respiratory diseases.
Therefore, for children, especially infants and young children under the age of three, many protections against the new crown virus require the assistance of parents.
How should parents assist children to protect themselves?
In this regard, Hao Jing gave the following suggestions.
First of all, parents must ensure personal health and hygiene.
Usually try not to go to crowded places. If symptoms such as dry cough or low-grade fever occur, try to isolate yourself from your child, and carry out nucleic acid testing and seek medical treatment in time; pay special attention to personal hygiene when taking care of your child: change your clothes after you get home Hold your child, wash your hands before touching the child, etc.
In terms of diet, use public chopsticks and spoons or separate tableware for children when eating at home to reduce the chance of infection due to contact.
In addition, she also reminded that some parents are used to blowing with their mouths to cool down when feeding their children, and that such behaviors should be avoided as much as possible.
In terms of exposure, parents should pay attention to protection in public places.
If you really need to go out, in addition to wearing a mask and washing your hands frequently, you should also reduce your children's contact with public goods, such as railings, handles, etc.; when taking elevators, try to choose escalators and use box elevators less to reduce the spread of the virus in confined spaces. Opportunity: When visiting the supermarket, avoid touching the items placed on the counter, especially avoid touching the goods transported through the cold chain.
For school-age children, pay attention to less gathering and fighting between children; try to stay at two points and one line on the way to school, and do not stop at other places; try to walk or private cars to and from school to reduce the children's stay time on public transportation.
Outside the Beijing Children's Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, parents must fill in the screening form and scan the health treasure before entering the hospital.
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How to wear a mask? How to pick children's masks
The correct selection and wearing of masks is a key measure for the prevention of the new crown epidemic.
What should children pay attention to when wearing a mask?
Hao Jing reminded that infants under one year old are usually not recommended to wear masks.
Because the mask will affect the baby's ventilation to a certain extent, it may cause hypoxia and even suffocation after being worn for a long time.
Children of two or three years old should also try not to wear masks. If they do need to be worn, parents should observe them in time. If they are holding their breath while wearing a mask, they should take them off in time.
For infants and young children who are not suitable for wearing masks, parents can wear transparent isolation screens for their children for protection, which can ensure ventilation and reduce the chance of contact.
Children over three years old are recommended to wear a child mask.
Parents should choose different models according to the child's age and face size, so that the mask fits the child's face, has a protective effect, and has a certain degree of ventilating comfort.
Hao Jing also specially reminded that if children have respiratory diseases such as cough and asthma, parents should take off their masks after wearing them for a period of time (half an hour to an hour) and try to keep the children breathing smoothly.
If necessary, for children with a history of cough and asthma, parents should take medication in time to avoid the disease.
In terms of mask purchase, children under the age of 14 are not suitable to wear N95 masks, just wear medical surgical masks.
Because the N95 mask is more airtight, wearing it for a long time may affect the breathing and cause damage to lung function.
In addition, the air valve device on some masks will not only greatly reduce the protective effect, but also easily cause trauma after the child falls.
Recently, many businesses have introduced cartoon masks, which are favored by parents and children because of their distinctive appearance.
Hao Jing said that parents are advised not to buy masks that are too fancy dyeing (such as printing with cartoon patterns) for their children, because such masks are more prone to quality problems during dyeing and drawing, and it is difficult to judge whether they are qualified.
It is recommended that parents purchase solid-color, formal masks.
The Internet diagnosis and treatment consultation desk in the outpatient building of Beijing Children's Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University.
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Which symptoms should you watch out for? Children’s "medicine box" should be complete
As the chief physician of the Children's Hospital, Hao Jing treats children from all over the world every day.
She said that during the epidemic, parents are not recommended to take their children to “run to the hospital at every turn” because the hospital is a crowded place and there is a greater chance of cross-infection.
However, if children have obvious symptoms of fever, cough and wheezing, or infants and young children often have symptoms such as crying, holding their breath, and severe nasal congestion, parents should bring their children to the hospital in time.
She also mentioned that it is particularly important to note that children are prone to gastrointestinal symptoms when they have respiratory infections.
Some patients with new coronary pneumonia will also have gastrointestinal symptoms. Therefore, parents should bring their children to the hospital in time after their children have gastrointestinal symptoms, such as vomiting and diarrhea.
For parents and children who come to Beijing for treatment in long-distance transportation, in addition to conventional protective measures, Hao Jing recommends that parents carry disposable disinfectant and alcohol disinfection supplies with them, so as to disinfect their children at any time, and take care to avoid contact with children’s eyes, Snout.
In addition, if the child has a cough, nasal congestion, runny nose or sore throat, parents should monitor their temperature in time.
If touching the child’s forehead, hands and feet are hot, take a thermometer to measure the body temperature in time, and take medicine to reduce the fever when the body temperature reaches 38.5°C or higher.
For children with fever, parents should bring a thermometer and antipyretic medicine with them when they come to the hospital.
At present, Beijing Children's Hospital can register through online appointment registration and on-site self-service machine registration.
Hao Jing suggested that parents who come to Beijing for medical treatment pay attention to the hospital's official account and the information released on the "Beijing Children's Hospital" APP, and pay particular attention to whether there are any changes in the specific requirements for epidemic prevention and control to ensure smooth medical treatment.
For some chronic diseases that require long-term follow-up, online diagnosis and treatment can also be used.
She introduced that at present, Beijing Children’s Hospital can conduct online registration and diagnosis and treatment in the APP, using graphics and video consultation and other methods. After the child is examined in the local hospital, the examination results are transmitted online, and the doctor can prescribe online. Parents can buy medicines locally based on prescriptions, or mail-order them home from the hospital, to simplify and facilitate the medical treatment process as much as possible.
How to use Shuanghuanglian and Banlangen? Pay attention to your daily diet
During the epidemic, some parents have given their children drugs such as Radix Isatidis and Shuanghuanglian to "enhance resistance."
Under what circumstances should this type of Chinese medicine be taken?
What aspects should children pay attention to in their daily diet?
Hao Jing said that from the perspective of Chinese medicine, this type of Chinese patent medicine has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification.
For some children with overeating, gastrointestinal stagnation, and heavier internal heat, such as thick tongue coating, dry stools, and bad breath, you can take a proper amount of Chinese patent medicine for clearing away heat and accumulating to reduce the chance of internal heat and external sensation, but it is not suitable Jiufu.
Children’s viscera are delicate, and long-term use of these drugs will affect their digestive functions of the spleen and stomach.
If it is taken improperly, not only will it fail to prevent it, but it will reduce the child's appetite and resistance.
Especially in summer, in the daily diet, parents should pay attention to their children’s food hygiene, health and nutrition, and prevent children from eating too much, especially high-calorie, high-fat foods, and less refrigerated and frozen foods. Eat less ice cream, chocolate, sugar-sweetened beverages, etc., and it is not advisable to eat too much fruit to avoid affecting the child's gastrointestinal function. (Finish)