Is it possible to bathe a child with a cold?
When a child falls ill, parents seek to help him by any means available, but often doubt the acceptability of the use of certain types of procedures. For example, are baths allowed if a child has a cold? Does it not harm the bathing with such indisposition, causing complications?
Can I bathe?
If a runny nose is the only symptom, the ban on bathing is not justified. On the contrary, the baths will help alleviate the condition of the baby, it is important only to follow some rules:
- The optimum temperature of the water in the bath is about +37+38°WITH.
- You need to avoid drafts, but the air in the room before swimming is advised to warm up a little (for this, more often than not, some hot water is poured into the bath).
- If the baby is sitting in the bath, his upper body needs to be watered from a dipper, to smooth the difference affecting the top and bottom of the body temperature.
- Immediately after swimming is necessary prevent hypothermia therefore, the child should be dressed in pajamas or other warm clothing.
- Best to immediately after the procedure, the baby went to bed.
- In the absence of such a need no need to wash the baby’s head, because due to wet hair may increase rhinitis.
- Bathing a child is often not recommended - enough baths every other day.
- The optimal duration of bathing with a cold is considered 7-10 minutes.
Bath as the simplest inhalation
What else is useful bath?
- When the disease toxins and waste products are released not only through the respiratory tract, but also through the pores in the skin. AND thanks to bathing, the baby will be more efficient to get rid of such harmful substances.
- After the bath, kids quickly fall asleep, thanks to which fully relax and gain strength. This is especially valuable for children who have suffered all day due to snot and inability to breathe through their nose.
Baths with sea salt or herb decoction
If sea salt or herbal decoction is added to the water, it will increase the usefulness of the procedure. While bathing, water droplets with such additives will in any case be taken by the baby in the nose. It will have a beneficial effect on the mucous membrane and stimulate blowing out., as a result, the nasopharynx will be easily cleaned from mucus and viruses.
This bathing is a great substitute for rinsing the nose in cases where the child does not like the procedure. Besides, the child will breathe in fumes from herbal decoction or sea water, and this will have an antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect.
To make a bath with salt, you need to prepare 500 g of sea salt without any additives and pour it into a bath filled with warm water, waiting for complete dissolution.
Brewing for a therapeutic bath a succession, chamomile, eucalyptus, lavender or other medicinal plants, decoction is added to the water just before bathing.
When can not swim?
Bathing at a cold should be abandoned if:
- The baby has a fever.
- The child has tearing.
- Breath crumbs broken.
- The child refuses to swim.
Tips
- Directly before bathing, the child should not be fed, and also you should not give the baby medicines and drink a lot. Food and any liquid should be given to the child no later than one hour before the procedure.
- Deciding to bathe your baby in a decoction of herbs, it is worth consulting with a pediatrician. If the child has a tendency to allergies, with the use of medicinal plants need to be very careful.
