The majority of winter diseases are caused by infections, that is, microbial diseases. They occur as a result of the cooling of the air during the winter months, the increase in air pollution, living in crowded and crowded environments, and the constant transmission of colds, especially those to which children are exposed.
With the end of autumn, in schools. There is an increase in infections that spread as epidemics. During the winter months, as the weather gets colder, body resistance decreases; upper respiratory tract infections, which start with cough, sneezing, runny nose and nasal congestion and continue with fever, are encountered more frequently. If care is not taken, children can easily become infected. The healing process of winter diseases that affect the child may sometimes take a long time, and sometimes these infections may cause the development of more severe infections such as otitis media, sinusitis, bronchitis, and pneumonia. Therefore, what needs to be done is to prevent the diseases before they occur
Protect Children from Winter Diseases To protect;
1. Breastfeed your baby to strengthen the immune system
2. Make sure your child gets a balanced diet of protein, carbohydrates and fats, without allowing him/her to have a one-sided diet.
3. Keep away from sugary foods; Sugary foods pave the way for microbes to develop comfortably in the body. Therefore, keep your children away from this type of food
4. Establish a correct diet; Group meal times at schools can be encouraging for children with poor appetite. However, the diet should be continued in the same way at home. Having breakfast as a family in the morning and coming together for dinner is very important in maintaining a healthy diet.
5. Take vitamin and mineral supplements; It may be necessary to give vitamin and mineral supplements to children who are not well nourished to protect them from winter diseases
6. Increase your child's consumption of fruits and vegetables
7. Make sure he eats fish 1-2 times a week
8. Keep away from junk food habit
9. Maintain a sleep routine; Healthy sleep is of great importance in protecting against winter diseases. A child with a healthy sleep pattern increases both his academic success and his resistance to diseases. This is why Make sure your child sleeps 8-10 hours with this
10. Dressing appropriately for the weather is of great importance in protecting against diseases. Therefore, dress your children neither too thick nor too thin.
11. Teach him to close his mouth; Teach your child to cover his mouth and nose with a disposable tissue when he sneezes and coughs. If the hand or palm comes into direct contact with the mouth, it becomes easier for the droplets coming out of the mouth to spread everywhere with our hands. Especially when hand washing is forgotten, germs can easily be picked up from wherever our hands come into contact and diseases can spread rapidly.
12. Avoid direct contact with sick people and avoid close respiratory contact
13. Have him wash his hands; Teach your child to wash hands frequently. Check the cleanliness of hands, especially after going to the toilet. Children constantly touch places such as the edges of stairs and desks with their hands in schools. They may also be in contact with sick children while playing. For this reason, the risk of children contracting the disease is always high. When hands are not washed. In such cases, winter diseases spread rapidly. It should not be forgotten that the most important way to protect children from winter diseases is 'washing hands'
14. Never smoke in the environment; Even though smokers smoke and change their clothes away from babies and children, the smell on their breath and on their clothes continues after they finish smoking. Cigarette exposure increases susceptibility to allergic respiratory diseases, especially in infants and children
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