It is another year of flowers, willows flying season, parents usually take their children out on a green outing, and for sensitive children, this gorgeous April day on earth, it is not easy to say that they love you. No, there have been a lot of nasal congestion, nasal itching, itchy eyes, coughing, and wheezing in pediatric clinics recently, and a considerable part of them are not because of upper respiratory tract infections, but because of allergies. The "culprit" of sensitization is precisely the pollen, willow wool and various dusts floating in the air.
What are the manifestations of children's allergies?
1. Skin manifestations: such as eczema, atopic dermatitis, urticaria, etc. Most of the common skin allergies in spring are caused by skin direct contact with corresponding allergens such as pollen, willow silk, etc. Skin flushing, itching, and even the appearance of wheals.
2. Allergic rhinitis. Sneezing, nasal congestion, nasal itching, and runny watery nose are the main clinical manifestations, and some of them may be accompanied by decreased sense of smell.
3. Allergic conjunctivitis. It is mainly manifested as itchy eyes, tears, photophobia, foreign body sensation, repeated redness, viscous discharge in the morning, etc., of which itchy eyes and foreign body sensation are the main symptoms, and infants and young children take eye rubbing and tears as the main complaints of parents.
4. Allergic cough (asthma). Recurrent coughing and wheezing are the main clinical manifestations, and the night and early morning are the most severe. During the attack, both lungs may hear a widespread wheezing sound dominated by the expiratory phase.
(Source: Tencent Medical Code)
How can spring be effective in preventing allergies?
1. Identify allergens and avoid allergens
Children who are allergic to pollen, parents should avoid taking their children to places where there are flowers, reduce going out, avoid contact with dust, willow silk, etc., even if they are outside, it is best to wear a mask. For children who are allergic to dust mites, clothes and sheets should also be washed in time to maintain cleanliness and hygiene. Children who are allergic to cat hair and dog hair should try not to have pets.
If your child's allergen cannot be identified, but your child often has symptoms, you can go to the hospital to improve the allergen test.
2. Wash the nasal cavity
Children with allergic rhinitis should wash their nasal passages every day, wash away the dust, willow wool and other things in the nasal cavity, and keep the nasal cavity clean.
3. Proper outdoor exercise
Even if the child is allergic to pollen, dust or has allergic rhinitis, it is still necessary to take the child to carry out some appropriate exercise, enhance physical fitness, improve immunity, when going out to play, you can wear a mask for the child, avoid going to places with more flowers, and choose a sunny and windy or rainy weather.
(Source: Tencent Medical Code)
4. Use the drug under the guidance of a doctor
If your child has allergies, he should go to the hospital in time and use anti-allergic drugs under the guidance of a doctor to alleviate the discomfort caused by allergies.
As long as you do a good job of daily care and protection, babies with allergies can also embrace the warm and warm spring!