Red throat in a baby: what to do

A red throat in a newborn often causes panic in mothers, because not all drugs are allowed to treat a baby's throat. This symptom accompanies a variety of diseases. The most important thing is to determine the cause of the baby's suffering and start treatment in a timely manner. First of all, you need to call a pediatrician at home, self-medication is categorically contraindicated. An experienced doctor will help you determine what caused the reddening of the throat, and will tell you how you can treat the baby's throat according to his age.

Causes

Redness of the throat is a reaction of the child's body to all kinds of irritants. Inflammation can be caused by viruses, bacteria, allergens, or mechanical damage to the throat. An experienced pediatrician can easily recognize the nature of the infectious process based on the examination of a small patient, according to possible concomitant symptoms, and will advise on how to treat a baby's throat. In difficult cases, additional laboratory tests may be required. Mothers are strictly forbidden to rely on their own intuition and make a diagnosis on their own, such actions can lead to sad results.

Redness in the throat in infants often occurs during teething. Basically, this symptom goes away quickly and does not require special treatment. But sometimes the process of the appearance of teeth is accompanied by an increase in body temperature, a runny nose and a cough, and some children endure it painfully. With constant pain during eruption, it is important to prevent the infection from joining and getting on the mucous membrane. To do this, babies are shown a number of preventive procedures, which your doctor will tell you about.

Acute respiratory illness can be recognized by the presence of accompanying symptoms such as fever and intoxication, refusal to breastfeed, restless sleep, and a nervous and weakened baby.

Urgent medical attention is needed if:

acute pain in the throat bothers the child for more than 7 days, but there are no symptoms of a viral disease;
the baby has other symptoms in the form of severe attacks of coughing, plaque and ulcers on the tonsils;
the baby cries a lot, refuses to drink and breast;
the newborn wheezes on inhalation;
severe manifestations of intoxication: pain throughout the body, the child's refusal to move.

Angina is a very common cause of red throat in children under one year old. It often has minimal associated symptoms. Babies are worried only about a red throat and sore throat, while a complex bacterial infectious process develops in the throat.

Only a doctor can recognize this insidious condition, so do not hesitate to contact the pediatrician at the slightest concern of the child. With the right timely actions, you will save your baby from suffering and prevent the development of complex diseases.

First aid

The first and foremost action of the mother when she detects a red throat in a child is to call the pediatrician at home, even if there are no serious reasons for worry. An accurate diagnosis by doctors will dispel your doubts about more complex diseases.

If an infant is sick with ARVI, drug treatment is not prescribed, but recommendations for care are prescribed:

Plentiful warm drink. This will soften the neck, help quickly relieve the symptoms of intoxication and quickly remove the infection from the child's body.
Moderate temperature conditions and a sufficient level of air humidity. In dry air, viruses progress quickly, and dry air irritates the already inflamed mucous membrane of the child.
When teething, swollen gums are recommended to be lubricated with cooling ointments and pain relieving gels for children.
Frequent breastfeeding. Mother's milk is the best way to cure one-year-old babies, because the vitamins that milk is rich in are given by nature itself. Besides, it is an excellent psychological help.
If the baby's throat is red, and rashes appear on the body, this is a manifestation of an allergic reaction. Do not use household chemicals, wash clothes only with baby hypoallergenic powder or baby soap. For acute allergies, babies are prescribed antihistamines.

Preparations for children under 6 months

After examination and establishment of an accurate diagnosis, your doctor will give individual recommendations on how to treat the throat of a child under one year old. Medicines have strict age restrictions and will be effective if the underlying cause of the disease is established correctly.

For newborns and children under 3 months of age, herbal preparations are recommended for the treatment of acute respiratory infections.

Homeopathic remedies can be safely given to children from the first month of life ("Engystol", "Gripp-Heel", "Nervoheel", etc.) They have no side reactions and are effective in inflammatory processes at an early stage. The tablet is a convenient dosage form, it is easy to grind it into powder and give it to the baby.
Rectal suppositories "Tsefekon D" are indicated for the treatment of babies from 3 months. They have antipyretic and analgesic effects in acute respiratory viral infections and painful teething.
An effective antipyretic agent is Panadol-baby syrup, it is recommended for children from 3 months of age.
Since viruses often settle on the nasal mucosa, it is useful to irrigate it with sea water. You can use Humer for Kids aerosol from birth by instilling 3 drops into each nasal passage or making one spray several times a day. The sterile water of the Adriatic Sea contains the preparation "Aqua Maris". It can also be used from birth by instilling a few drops 3 times a day.

Preparations for children after 6 months

For the treatment of red throat in children, steam and ether inhalations are effective. They can be done with a large blanket. Add essential oils to water, three drops to 3 liters of water. Hot steam will warm up a sore throat, and essential oils will have an antibacterial effect. Steam inhalation is effective at night, as the warmth will remain in the warmed throat for some time.

At 7 months, homeopathy, such as Tonsilgon, is allowed to treat and prevent throat. Children 9 months old with viral and bacterial infectious processes are suitable for "Paracetamol", "Nurofen", "Grippferon", rectal suppositories "Viferon".

The drug "Tantum Verde" will help to cure a sore throat for a child of 10 months. Although this medication has an age limit of up to 2 years, it can be treated with small children by spooning the solution to the child without using a spray bottle.

A 9-month-old baby can already tolerate more "adult" medications, such as Miramistin, Efferalgan. Remember, infants are contraindicated in drugs based on aspirin and analgin. If the red throat of a 9-month-old child is caused by a strong cough, treatment with Ambrobene, Lazolvan, Ambroxol syrups is allowed.

Children 9-10 months old can smear the nipple with an oil solution of chlorophyllipt, it has a softening, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect on the baby's throat. If the baby does not take the nipple, wrap a bandage around the finger and soak it in the solution so that the one-year-old baby tastes it. Chlorophyllipt, mixing with saliva, will imperceptibly process the throat.

Babies 9 months and older are recommended to drink herbal teas and decoctions. They can also be given to younger children, but in this case, the concentration of the herbal collection should be lower, since the plants can cause allergies.

Using herbal medicine all summer, you will fill your baby's body with natural forces and properly prepare for the winter period.

Treat yourself playfully

All children get sick - it's a fact. Don't be discouraged, cheer yourself up and your baby by turning treatment into a game! In the process of inhalation, you can play the game "cuckoo". This will keep the child occupied and sit out the allotted time.

Use finger toys to persuade the baby to open its mouth for the medicine. Children especially like the idea of puppet shows. You will be able to painlessly carry out all the necessary procedures and have fun.

It is easier to cure a red throat in infants than to treat advanced forms of infectious processes, which, together with complex chemical preparations, will cause a serious blow to children's health.

Health to your children!