Cold Do not let children go to school early

To cure the cold: Do not send children to school too early

02/17/2015

Especially for children, it is important to cure a cold properly. If the kids are sent back to school or daycare too soon, this can be too much of a burden on the weakened body. There are serious consequences.

Cure colds properly
Especially for children, it is important to cure colds properly. If the kids are sent back to school or daycare too soon, this can be too much of a burden on the weakened body. This is indicated by the Professional Association of Paediatricians (BVKJ) in a message from the news agency dpa. There are serious consequences. In the worst case, this could lead to lung or heart muscle inflammation.

Heart muscle inflammation due to delayed cold
Basically, of course, applies to adults, a supposedly harmless cold not too „abduct“, but to rest until you are fit again. The signs of myocarditis are often very inconspicuous, making timely diagnosis difficult. If you find stress such as climbing stairs unusually exhausting, this could be a clue. Other signs may include chest or limb pain, heart stomping, increased fatigue, or an irregular heartbeat. In the early stages of pneumonia, symptoms such as severe cough, mild fever, and headache and body aches can be observed. Patients should consult a doctor in such cases.

Doctors advise rest and high hydration
The BVKJ recommends resting in the dpa report, drinking a lot, moist air and for a few days decongestant nasal sprays. Parents should be at night for fresh air and a room temperature of about 18 degrees. A cold usually takes a week, according to the medical profession. When toddlers have a cold, parents should seek advice from their pediatrician, for example, about which drugs to administer and which ones better.

More fathers take care of sick offspring
The frequent infections of the offspring often cause working parents a dilemma. The children need care and attention, but the fathers and mothers have limited resources available. Although parents are sick days for the children, but these can be quickly exhausted, especially in small children. At least it is pleasing that the care of the offspring seems to have been taken over more by men. More and more fathers stay with the sick child at home, a statistical analysis of the health insurance DAK health revealed.

Caring networks or grandparents
Parents who are not allowed to miss work, have to find other care options. For example, they can form care networks with other families or rely on their grandparents. In some areas, a childcare service can be a solution. The emergency maternity service, for example, offers this in the Greater Frankfurt / Main, Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne. „Working parents can request supervisors from us, who then take care of the sick child by the hour or around the clock“, Birgit Rosenbaum from the emergency maternity service in Frankfurt. The parents have to pay the costs out of their own pocket. „Only if mother or father are sick themselves, we can settle our achievement over the health insurance.“ (Ad)