Diseases transmitted through the psychological system and the skin are considered the most contagious diseases that affect the child, as they reach boil through infection, and therefore the mother must be keen to protect her child from them because some of them are dangerous to the child’s health, and she must know how to treat and deal with Therefore, “Madam” presents you with this meeting with the family doctor, Muhammad Al-Nadi, who will give you the following advice about the infectious diseases prevalent among children.
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Cold and influenza are among the diseases that the child does not stop contracting throughout the year, and it increases in the winter season especially.
Cold and influenza are infectious diseases whose virus is transmitted through lets by the coughing or sneezing of a person infected with the virus in the place, or by touching things contaminated with it.
When the cold affects infants, they suffer from a runny nose and the inability to breastfeed, and the mother notes a slight rise in the child''s temperature.
The child feels tired, tired and inactive.
He must rest and stay in bed, and must drink hot drinks, and if symptoms develop, he must go to the doctor.
Measles
It is a contagious viral disease that greatly affects children and may affect adults and even pregnant women. The disease is transmitted from contact with those infected with it, and symptoms of infection begin two weeks after the transmission of the virus from the patient’s body to a healthy child.
If measles is not treated, the child will develop several complications, including ear infection, pneumonia, bronchitis and pharyngitis, as well as dehydration due to fluid loss in addition to serious meningitis, low blood platelet count and thus anemia.
The measles vaccination can be obtained from a young age, as well as avoiding travel to places where the disease is considered an epidemic
chicken pox
Chickenpox is a skin disease that is transmitted by touching or touching the patient''s own things, such as towels and clothes, and using them afterwards.
Chickenpox is a highly contagious viral disease that is also transmitted through coughing.
Before the appearance of the rash, the following symptoms appear on the child: fever, loss of appetite, headache, as well as general fatigue and tension.
head lice
The louse is a very small insect that lives on the scalp, where it lays its eggs and can easily pass between the hair of the head from one child to another due to contact.
They are irritating, cause severe itching, and transmit diseases.
It also feeds on the child’s blood, which causes anemia, in addition to the psychological pain that afflicts him due to the association of lice with animals, as well as poor hygiene, but often infection is the cause.
Head lice can be treated with safe medical preparations, and a special shampoo can be used for chrysanthemum flower, and anise oil, which is a cheap but effective popular oil.
