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Cough, runny nose, high body temperature are all signs of respiratory infections (ARI, pharyngitis, tonsillitis), we rarely understand what the child’s illness, compiling all of these concepts in one – a cold, it is one of the most common diseases of children. The cause of the disease might be harmful germs, infections or viruses.

Children usually get through catarrhal condition without complications, if the symptoms were detected on time and your child gets adequate therapeutic support. If the cold is not treated, the complications do not pass, it could go with a more severe form and become chronic.

Children’s body is most vulnerable during the cold season of the year and especially the period of early spring or late autumn. It is rarely cold in summer. Just a small exposure of temperature and viruses and infections’ in the air (the main route of transmission of diseases cold – the air-filter) introduced in the mucous membranes and begin to actively develop. For example, a child drinks cold juice or eats too cold ice cream, when hot and sweaty after the game, the child ran into the street, wet feet, etc. Sometimes it takes only a few minutes to viruses and bacteria, causing inflammation of the breathing organs to start its operation.

The main symptoms of cold diseases

Cold can be easily identified on a variety of symptoms: cough, throat ache, pain when swallowing, runny nose, increase of body temperature (38 degrees).

Pay attention to all of these symptoms. Cough may be “dry”, “barking”, with expectoration, spasmodic. “Dry” and “barking” cough are symptoms of upper respiratory tract (pharyngitis, laryngitis, tracheitis). Long, spasmodic cough with expectoration is a symptom that the disease descended further and reaches the bronchi and lungs.

Cough is a natural reaction to a stimulus falling in the respiratory system. Cough accompanied by allergies, stress is expressed (usual cough, with a nervous tic in nature). The nature of cough can help you put a more accurate diagnosis of ill child and save him from the cause of cough.

Runny nose may also be allergic in nature, stuffed up nose can be an expression of stress and to be a consequence of excessive consumption of allopathic drops for the nose.

In light cold temperature can rise dramatically, and also drop sharply after some time. If the temperature does not drop below 37 degrees for several days, it is a serious reason to call a doctor.

Despite all the parenting done during pregnancy, despite weeks of feeling movement within and fantasizing about your baby, despite months of having strange dreams, worrisome thoughts, and musings about what kind of parent you will be, the first time you hold your baby in your arms and call yourself mother or father, mama or papa, mommy or daddy, an awareness floods over you that life will never be the same again. Another human being is now dependent upon you for survival. More than anything else, you want to be the best parent possible.

As parents, you want the best for your child, but caring for your new baby is not always easy. From soothing your newborn to common health concerns, here’s where you can get information on a wide range of baby care topics.

Becoming a good parent means much more than knowing a lot about babies. Ask pediatric doctors or nurses what it was like for them to be new parents. They will tell you that all their knowledge about babies was not enough to keep them from being over whelmed by their own babies. All new parents feel the same way. All new parents work at knowing, understanding, and loving their babies. Your baby will work just as hard at learning to know, understand, and love you. This is the process of attachment-the work that parents and babies do together to form a deep and lasting love. It is what becoming a family is all about.

As a child grows, parents are forever faced with new issues and concerns. Check out our older baby care section for parenting tips during the later months following the birth of your baby.

Whether you’re a new parent or a baby veteran, knowing the health benefits of proper baby and child nutrition is one of the best ways to ensure a healthy start for your children. Good eating habits can be formed as soon as your child begins to eat solids, but knowing just when that time has come may not be so clear. Check out for information on your child’s diet.

Your child’s first meal is one of many milestones on the journey through baby development. Learn more about developmental steps such as potty training and toddler development so that you can help support your child throughout these various stages.

Many women struggle with being able to shed extra pounds after a pregnancy. Some women do not have any problems with losing the extra weight and it seems as if their pounds melt off as soon as the baby get’s out of the oven. We wonder what makes the difference between these two extremes? Admittedly, some women have a more difficult time with weight issues than others, but after a pregnancy it seems that these issues are magnified all the more. This is a serious issue because when you are preparing to have a new baby the extra weight can affect the health of the child as well as that of the mother.

Some doctors advise that overweight moms considering another pregnancy try to lose the extra pounds first. The reason is that the baby may become larger as a result of the mom being larger and this in turn could make the delivery of the baby more difficult due to the baby’s size.