Baby contact with someone with a viral flu

If your baby comes into contact with someone with a viral flu, they can be infected, and because viral influenza is contagious, it is recommended to take precautions. If your baby is infected, you need to seek medical attention in time to avoid worsening your baby's condition.

1. Reasons:

Viral influenza is caused by infection with viruses such as rhinovirus, coronavirus, influenza virus, parainfluenza virus, etc., which can be transmitted through droplets and the air.Therefore, if you come into contact with a person with a viral flu, you may inhale air with the virus, which will cause the baby to have a viral flu;

2. Symptoms:

Babies may have symptoms such as fever, runny nose, nasal congestion, sore throat, cough, and in severe cases, symptoms such as dyspnea and dehydration. It is recommended that parents take their babies to the hospital in time and give antiviral drugs under the guidance of doctors.

3. Treatment:

1. General treatment: parents need to let the baby pay attention to rest, drink more water to increase metabolism, and also need to keep the room ventilated. If the baby has a fever, it needs to be physically cooled, such as ice, warm water scrub bath, etc.;

2. Drug treatment: For babies with viral influenza, they can take drugs according to their condition under the guidance of doctors, such as antiviral oral liquid, ribavirin granules, etc.If the baby has cough and sputum symptoms, you can take cough and phlegm drugs according to the doctor's instructions, such as ambroxol hydrochloride oral solution, ambroterol oral solution, etc. If you have fever, you can take fever-reducing medications such as ibuprofen suspension, acetaminophen oral suspension, etc., as prescribed.

Because viral influenza is contagious, it is also important to take care to disinfect your baby's personal belongings regularly during treatment to avoid infecting your baby.