Influenza in children, influenza in infants
Influenza is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract often mistaken for a regular common cold due to similar symptoms.
In infants and children, influenza can manifest itself with:
a significantly increased body temperature (fever can reach as high as 40°C in a short time),
shivering,
a feeling of weakness,
a loss of appetite,
a tiring cough,
rhinitis,
vomiting,
and even diarrhoea.
Treating influenza in infants and children consists, above all, in alleviating the symptoms of the infection by giving the following medications:
Analgesic and febricide – containing paracetamol or ibuprofen; depending on the age of your child, you can give this medication in the form of suppositories or syrup.
Tonsilitis in children and infants
Treating bacterial tonsillitis in infants and children often requires using antibiotics which can be prescribed only by a physician.
In order to temporarily alleviate acute throat pain in children you may use:
painkillers and anti-fever medication (containing paracetamol or ibuprofen) in the form of suppositories or syrup (depending on the age of your child),
inhalations from a saline solution using a nebulizer,
rinses for the throat (sage brew or common salt solution) and lozenges for the throat – for older children (prior to giving the medication to the child, read the instructions carefully).
Antibiotic therapy for pneumonia. Applying probiotics
Fatigue and weakness
Fatigue
It is a feeling of lacking energy (having little strength) to continue work. It can be caused by the intensive metabolism in the body. Metabolic changes take place due to saccharides (being essential reactants) which are used for energy production. »
Sore throats in children and infants
Pills, vitamins - what to take for fatigue
What to take for fatigue?
Supplements for fatigue should contain:
Vitamins and microelements (particularly magnesium) since they have an influence on many processes taking place in the body, including processes of the nervous and muscular system.
Ginseng – increases stamina.
Ginkgo biloba – enhances memory processes and makes memorising easier ( you spend less time on learning and, thereby, reduce your mental fatigue).
Sinus - types (jaw, paranasal sinuses, etc)
What are sinuses?
The sinuses are the so-called pneumatic spaces (filled with compressed air) located in the bony part of the face. »
Constant (protracted, chronic) fatigue - symptoms
Constant (protracted, chronic) fatigue – symptoms
Chronic fatigue syndrome, the proper name of the above mentioned condition, is an alarming syndrome of many accompanying diseases. It manifests itself in feeling continuously tired - even just after waking up - lack of energy, difficulties in falling asleep, and apathy. If you have had such symptoms continuously for over half a year, it is recommended that you consult your doctor. »
Sinus inflammation (chronic sinus inflammation)
Sinus inflammation – divisions according to sinus type
What we mean by sinus inflammation is the presence of inflamed membranes in any paranasal sinus. The paranasal sinuses include: frontal, ethmoid, sphenoidal and jaw sinuses. »
Sinus treatments - antibiotics for congested sinuses
Antibiotics
Antibiotics are well known drugs that are not always correctly prescribed for the type of infection they can effectively treat. The therapeutic effect of antibiotics is observed only in cases of bacterial infection. »