When a child gets a cold, is it safe for his health?

Many people rely on scrapings when they catch a cold. Not only adults, parents sometimes let their children catch a cold relieve symptoms with scrapings. However, is scraping on children safe to do? Check out the following reviews.

Is scraping safe for children?

A cold is actually a condition characterized by the appearance of a number of symptoms, such as fever, body aches, stomach nausea and bloating, to congestion.

The feeling of "not feeling well" due to colds is allegedly due to too much wind entering the body. Scrubbing is a common way, both for adults and children, to relieve it.

According to dr. Andi Khomeini Takdir Haruni, Sp.PD, as quoted from the website Vice Indonesia , scrapings cause comfortable suggestions on a person. That is why, many believe that feeling "unwell" can be cured with scrapings.

In the world of medicine itself, scraping on children or adults is allowed. However, Prof. Dr. dr. Didik Gunawan Tamtomo, PAK, MM, MKes in published articles detikHealth mentioned there are things that need to be considered before doing scrapings on children.

The professor of the Faculty of Medicine, State University of Sebelas Maret said that babies and toddlers should not be scraped with too strong friction. The reason is that the skin tissue in children, especially infants and toddlers, is still weak and vulnerable.

The solution, Prof. Didik suggested using onion slices when you want to do scrapings on children.

This is to avoid the pain and irritation of the skin due to coin scratches, the object commonly used for scrapings.

According to Prof. Didik, scrapings with onions have a vasodilating effect, namely blood circulation and a calming effect. This is what makes many people believe in the "efficacy" of onion scrapings.

Another way to deal with colds in children

Common colds have the same symptoms as the flu, such as body aches, headaches, and fever.

Kids Health says that you can give acetaminophen or ibuprofen to treat these symptoms. However, make sure the dosage is according to the child's age and weight.

In addition to scraping children, there are several other ways you can reduce discomfort due to colds, namely:

• Enter the salt water (saline wash) into the nostrils to reduce nasal congestion.
• Use cool-mist humidifier to increase humidity.
• Apply it petroleum jelly under the nose to relieve congestion.
• Give throat lozenges to relieve sore throats (only for children over 6 years).
• Use warm water in the shower to relieve aches.
• Taking a hot shower to create a steamy bathroom can help the child breathe freely.

In addition to scrapings, you can also give your child warm chicken soup when he catches a cold.

There is no scientific evidence about the efficacy of chicken soup in treating flu, but it has been used for generations to relieve "unwell" tastes.

Chicken soup contains a mucus-thinning amino acid called cysteine. A published study CHEST also mentioned that chicken soup has anti-inflammatory effects that can reduce upper respiratory tract infections which are a symptom of the common cold.

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