The baby health is what parents always worry about; Especially when new parents find some disorders in their beloved child. Accordingly, these are a list of top 10 diseases in an infant or 1-year-old children for parents to know and be prepared.
1. Cold
The most popular disease in children is a condition where the body temperature raises higher than 37.5 degrees Celsius. And if let the fever goes over 38.5 degrees Celsius may lead to a seizure. The good way to solve this problem is rubbing the child body with warm water on the face, neck, arms, legs especially on the foldable joint and groin, where the temperature is high to reduce a heat around the areas. However,
wiping the pores will help cooling down a body temperature better. Then put a shirt on and put a wet or damp cloth on the forehead, a way to reduce a body temperature as well.
2. Diarrhea
When the baby starts defecating more than 3 times a day, presumed as diarrhea. Letting children become dehydrated may cause shock. In fact, diarrhea is caused by several reasons: gastrointestinal infections that come with food or water that has germs, gastrointestinal inflammation, milk allergy, rash or rotavirus from the hands or surfaces and food.
3. Flatulence
Baby is crying and feeling uncomfortable wonder if there is too much gas in their stomachs.
Try holding the little baby close to your chest, his or her chin must be over the shoulder. Then rubbing the back lightly to reduce some gas. Or do a massage around the center of the abdomen with a direction of clockwise rotating 2-3 times to stimulate the blood flow within the bowel.
4. Rash
Certainly, after birth sweat glands of an infant is still incomplete causes a rash, blistering, or a small pus blisters. However, overwrapping the infant body can increase a heat, humidity and uncomfortable feeling to a baby; calamine and baby powder should be provided to reduce itching. Especially, around the groin and the bottom. The best way of protection is to change a diaper more often in order to avoid the accumulation.
5. Over feeding
This is due to the fact that children drink or intake the breastmilk with large quantities or too quick. Causing gas within the stomach and choke after feeding. While a baby is burping or drooling. The milk often flows back to the esophagus and come out later with bad breath. Therefore, after milk feeding recommend carrying your children in sitting straight posture, raise the head for at least 30 minutes, do not let the baby sleep immediately.
6. Oral thrush
For infants, white spots are often found on the tongue, mouth, cheekbones. Symptoms are usually caused by oral thrush or cleaning pacifier unproperly. However, after the baby done eating recommend to drink water after that. and it still not working. Use a towel to moisten to clean the oral area after eating.
7. Colic
“Children see ghosts” or colic is a disease that often occurs in young children under the age of 3 months who like to cry with no reasons. Sometimes crying with a red face, tenderness, arms twisting and legs twisting, Which usually happens in the evening, or in the middle of the night for 3 – 4 hours.
This may due to the intestinal stimulation by some stimulants. Found in children who are fed with artificial milk or milk protein. Try walking around the house and rub the baby back lightly. Or lying the body down then press on the knees by bending to curb the gas.
8. Constipation
Breastfeeding for an infant barely causes constipation. Usually, a baby takes defecation 6 to 7 times a day with a liquid yellow stool, but if the child has an artificial milk may cause constipation and uncomfortable feeling. However, a mother should let the baby have some water or water mixed with boil water and prune water to stimulate excretion.
9. Asthma
Usually caused by chronic coughing with sputum during the night, breathing faster, or abnormal breathing.
For bad condition, a baby may have green lips, green nails, which is mainly caused by a respiratory disease,
Allergy or a family history of having allergies. If the baby has asthma, should urgently take him or her to a pediatrician immediately.
10. Kernicterus
Symptoms usually appear within 3 to 4 days after birth due to hemolytic anemia and the liver function in the newborn is not good enough. However, this case often occurs in premature confinement due to blood type of a mother and child are not compatible. Parents should always keep an eye on. If symptoms are left for too long may cause a severity, go see a doctor for an accurate diagnose as soon as possible.
