What should I do if my baby with severe EB flu is prone to catching a cold? Don’t make these 5 stupid mistakes

Recently, both Moments and WeChat groups are forwarding a notice from the \”National Health Commission/Health Bureau\”: \”A very serious EB influenza has recently appeared… If you want to prevent it, you need to drink more water and keep your throat mucosa in check.\” Keep it moist, otherwise the virus can invade the body within 10 minutes!\” Many parents were frightened and left messages asking Doudehui what to do? Some parents even said that their babies have been \”succumbed to the disease\”! However, some parents have questioned the authenticity of this \”notice\” and asked Xiaokang Jun whether this is the case… In this regard, the centers for disease control and prevention in various provinces and cities have already made it clear: the Health Planning Commission/Health Bureau has never issued a The above-mentioned information is spread online, and there is no unusually high incidence of influenza this year. The so-called \”EB Flu\” is a rumor! CCTV News also issued an article long ago to refute the rumor: This false \”notice\” is full of loopholes! Wang Yimin, a respiratory and critical care medicine doctor at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing, pointed out: This false “notice” contains many mistakes in traditional Chinese medicine! For example: Mistake 1: EB influenza does not exist medically, and influenza and EB virus are two different things. Influenza is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza viruses. There are only four types: A, B, C, and D. Among them, types A and B are the common infection types in humans. Epstein-Barr virus is the abbreviation of Epstein-Barr virus. It is a member of the herpes virus family and is commonly known as the \”kissing disease\”. It is mainly spread through saliva and is mostly sporadic cases that can occur throughout the year. To prevent children from being infected with EBV, the most important thing is to do this: Don’t kiss your children mouth-to-mouth! Avoid helping children chew and feed, sharing tableware, etc. Mistake 2: Drinking water to prevent influenza is useless, nor is smoked vinegar and diet therapy! The most effective preventive measure is vaccination to reduce the number of people staying in crowded places during the peak flu season. If you need to go to densely populated areas, you must wear a mask, pay attention to hand hygiene, and standardize cough etiquette. Mistake 3: Influenza is not common among children. Children, the elderly, pregnant women, and patients with chronic underlying diseases are all at high risk and should be paid great attention to. It is strongly recommended that the above-mentioned groups be vaccinated. Mistake 4: The infection of influenza virus requires a certain process and will not enter the body in ten minutes. The \”ten minutes\” in the article is untrue. Mistake 5: Out-of-season fruits do not “take the blame” and have nothing to do with influenza and can be eaten normally. (The above comes from: CCTV News) Therefore, all you mommies, please stop believing in those rumors on the Internet, and there is no need to panic! In fact, every autumn and winter is a period of high incidence of colds and various diseases. Especially for common diseases such as colds, many parents rely on their subjective consciousness and take it for granted to \”treat\” their babies. Have you made any of these 5 misunderstandings that may cause your baby to catch a cold? Based on everyone’s daily feedback, I summarized that there are 5 common mistakes parents make when their babies have a cold. For example: Misunderstanding 1: Over-treating colds is a self-healing disease that will initially cause sneezing, congestion, and runny nose, followed by fever, sore throat, and cough. But most symptoms will gradually lessen or even heal within a week or so. Therefore, there is no need for special treatment for colds. Whether you take medicine or not, the course of a cold will not change. Because cold medicine does not promote recovery, it only relieves symptoms. Bring treasure frequentlyIf the baby sees a doctor, it will only lead to repeated medication and over-treatment, which is not beneficial but harmful to the baby. For parents, it will only make them feel even more… \”Oh, I feel so tired!\” Misunderstanding 2: Thinking that compound cold medicines are more comprehensive treatments. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearly states that children under 4 years old are not recommended to take compound cold medicines. . why? ❶ Compound cold medicines lack dosage standards for children. Most of them are calculated based on adult dosages, and the safety factor is very low. ❷ Compound medicines are actually a “hodgepodge”. A small pill contains a variety of effective ingredients for treating cold symptoms. This is actually not good because it will increase the risk of repeated medication and overdose of the baby. Therefore, before giving medicine to your baby, it is better to consult a doctor and ask the doctor to prescribe a single-ingredient medicine according to the baby\’s symptoms (that is, a medicine with only one active ingredient in the active ingredients item in the drug package insert). Misunderstanding 3: Covering the sweat to treat colds. Don’t think that covering a cold can cure a cold. Not only is this useless, but it will cause the baby to sweat excessively, leading to rapid loss of a large amount of water containing electrolytes, causing dehydration. Severe dehydration can also cause damage to the brain and other organs, and even be life-threatening! Misunderstanding 4: Use cold medicine to prevent colds. If you think that cold medicine can prevent colds, you are completely wrong! Because there is no specific cure for the common cold. Cold medicine only relieves symptoms, but cannot shorten the course of the disease or prevent colds. If parents want to prevent their babies from catching colds, they should wash their children\’s hands more often to avoid the spread of the virus. Misunderstanding 5: Misuse of Antibiotics Some parents use antibiotics when their baby catches a cold. In fact, antibiotics target bacterial infections, and most colds are often viral infections. Blindly taking antibiotics not only fails to cure the disease, but also causes bacteria to develop drug resistance. When bacterial infection actually occurs, the drugs may lose their efficacy. No mother wants her baby to get sick, let alone seeing her baby sick and uncomfortable. But while we are worried, we must also know how to distinguish the authenticity of the \”medical information/notices\” posted online. When the baby is sick, we feel sorry for the baby, but we must also learn to treat the baby\’s illness with a relaxed attitude and actively take care of and treat it.