How Do You Protect Your Child From Diseases in the Winter?

In winter, the immune system weakens and people get sick more often. Factors such as malnutrition and improper dressing are among the most effective reasons for weakening the immune system. Therefore, because children are not well protected, they suffer from common infectious diseases at least 2-3 times a year. When these diseases are not treated timely and correctly, depending on the region they spread; It can cause serious health problems such as middle ear infection, pneumonia and rheumatic fever.

However, experts state that you can protect your child from upper respiratory tract infections to a large extent, if not completely. The most important detail to protect your child from diseases is to prevent close contact with sick people and to protect him from cold climate conditions so that his body resistance does not decrease.

How do I protect my child from diseases in winter? What should I do to prevent my child from getting sick? My children get sick very often, what is the solution? We have compiled the answers to all these questions for you with the information we collected from experts' articles and scientific articles. Experts warn parents to protect children from winter diseases; It gives recommendations to prevent children from getting sick frequently during the winter months and to avoid or minimize the complaints of fever, cough and throat inflammation, which have become a nightmare for families.

Hand Washing is Important

As with many diseases, the most important way to protect yourself from winter diseases is to wash your hands frequently. This very easy method is not applied properly, so the hands, where germs spread most easily and quickly, carry a great risk of diseases. You should make sure that your children are as careful when washing their hands as you are when washing your own hands, and if necessary, you should wait on them. Because when it comes from outside, games etc. He is likely to forget to wash his hands when he gets busy with things. However, after mothers change their children's clothes or blow their nose; He must wash his own hands. Care should be taken to wash the child's hands before and after meals, after coming from outside and from school, or after playing. It is very important to teach the child the habit of washing hands. Since you cannot always be around and control it, the child needs to make this a lifestyle. Washing his hands while you are away only makes this habit possible.

Avoid Contact with Your Child When You Are Sick

Avoid close contact with your child while you are sick. If you are of breastfeeding age, do not start breastfeeding without washing your hands, gargling your mouth and cleaning your nose. In fact, using a mask while breastfeeding will reduce the risk of transmission of the disease. When you cough or sneeze, be careful to cover your mouth and nose with a tissue to prevent the spread of viruses. If you cannot find a tissue at that time, cough or sneeze by covering your mouth with the inside of your elbow, not with your hand. In this way, you prevent transmission through contact.

Take Precautions to Avoid Contact with Sick Children

When your child is sick, do not send him/her to school if necessary to protect other children. If one of the siblings is sick, do not allow him/her to contact, hug or kiss the other sibling and, if possible, have them sleep in separate rooms.

Take Off Clothes When Coming Out

As soon as you come from school or from outside, especially from the park where germs are most contaminated, you should take off your child's clothes and wash both your own and the child's hands. Have your child rinse his mouth from time to time, let his nose run water and clean it thoroughly. If he has difficulty inhaling water into his nose, you can use nasal sprays.

The Room Should Be Ventilated Frequently

Care should be taken to ensure that the room temperature and humidity are at appropriate levels. Therefore, you should ventilate the children's room frequently. Room temperature should be between 22-24 degrees. It is of great importance to humidify the room, especially in the winter months, as the air is drier and the room dries out more with various heaters. Additionally, containers filled with water can be placed on the honeycombs or various devices that humidify the room air can be used. Regular ventilation and humidification of rooms will minimize the risk of disease transmission within the home.

Attention Should be Paid to Hygiene in Toys

Children's toys should be cleaned regularly, especially when they are sick, and those that can be washed should be washed carefully. When guest children arrive, more care should be taken to clean after shared use. Otherwise, you need to be ready for diseases that may be transmitted to your child.

Body Resistance Should Be Increased

In order to increase body resistance, care should be taken to eat sufficient amounts of all kinds of foods, not just one type of food. It is also necessary to increase the consumption of foods rich in vitamin C such as orange, tangerine, carrot, spinach, kiwi and cauliflower. Consuming these foods not only when you are sick but also when you are not sick will be of great benefit to your health. Care should be taken not to consume packaged foods as much as possible and instead focus on fresh foods. Especially fish should be consumed 1-2 times a week. In addition to the vitamins it provides, fish consumption also contributes greatly to body resistance. Necessary precautions should also be taken against conditions that weaken the immune system, such as allergic rhinitis and passive smoking, which occur due to humidity and climate changes.

Pay Attention to Clothing

It is of great importance to dress correctly, especially in winter. You need to take care of your clothing to avoid getting sick from exposure to extreme cold and to prevent various skin diseases. This issue should be taken into consideration, especially in children with weak immune systems. When dressing in winter, it is more beneficial to wear medium-thick and several layers of clothing instead of thick and single layers of clothing. When children enter hot environments, they should take off their top clothes to prevent them from catching a cold by sweating. In cold and snowy weather, care should be taken to use scarves and berets. If possible, scarf and gloves should be washed every day.

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Sleep Quality

One of the most important factors that increase the immune system is; Getting enough rest and sleeping regularly. For this reason, sleeping hours should be regulated and it is necessary to sleep as much as the body needs. It is especially important for children to sleep at least 9-10 hours. The child should not be allowed to play games on the computer or watch TV until late hours. In addition, you can also benefit from medical sheep fur products that help regulate your sleep and whose numerous benefits have been proven as a result of scientific research.

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