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Never Give Your Baby These Cold Medicines – Happiest Baby

By Dr. Harvey Karp, MD, FAAP

'Tis the season for the sniffles! And your little one will likely suffer from a cold sometime in her first winter. While it can be tempting to break out the big guns when your little one is suffering, it’s important to remember that babies can’t handle the same cold remedies that work for us grown-ups. Many adults don’t think twice about treating runny noses and hacking coughs with over-the-counter medicine, but we have to be much more careful with babies.

When Can a Baby Have Cold Medicine?

The FDA strongly advises against giving over-the-counter cold or cough medicine to children under the age of 2. And in most cases, it’s recommended to avoid using these medications until children turn 4! Current evidence even points out that cold and cough medicines do not help cold symptoms and may pose health risks for your infant.

Here are cold and cough medicines that you should never give your infant.

Cold Medicines You Should NEVER Give to Your Baby:

1. Over-the-counter zinc nose spray or drops.

Zinc spray or drops may damage the nerves in the nose and hurt your baby’s ability to smell.

2. Honey in anything for babies under 1.

While honey is believed to have medicinal benefits that help alleviate adult coughs and sore throats, in babies it poses a potentially fatal risk. Honey may contain bacteria that can cause infant botulism...so hold off on giving your little one the sweet stuff until after she turns 1!

3. Vicks VapoRub.

Chest rubs can get in the eyes and be VERY irritating. Plus, a 2009 study found it actually increased mucus production and inflammation. For babies and toddlers, that means it may worsen their breathing.

4. Cough and cold medicines for children under 4.

Research shows they don’t help little kids much, but they have the potential for serious side effects and overdose.

What Medicine Can I Give My Baby for a Cold?

As mentioned above, over-the-counter medications pose risks to your baby. So what can you give your sniffling sneezing little love bug?

I recommend the following cold remedies for your baby:

  1. Nose Washers
  2. Nose Suckers
  3. Humidifiers

Read more about these and other baby cold treatments.

An FYI about antibiotics:

The American Academy of Pediatrics has advised doctors against prescribing antibiotics for viral respiratory illnesses, like sinusitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis. They don’t work, and they lead to antibiotic resistance in the community, which can harm us all. In fact, 23,000 people die in the US from infections caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics.

On the other hand, getting the flu shot can really protect a child—as well as the rest of the household—from getting slammed with high fever and chills…or worse!

If your baby does get a cold, try these safe, natural remedies instead. Stay healthy!

About Dr. Harvey Karp

Dr. Harvey Karp, one of America’s most trusted pediatricians, is the founder of Happiest Baby and the inventor of the groundbreaking SNOO Smart Sleeper. After years of treating patients in Los Angeles, Dr. Karp vaulted to global prominence with the release of the bestselling Happiest Baby on the Block and Happiest Toddler on the Block. His celebrated books and videos have since become standard pediatric practice, translated into more than 20 languages and have helped millions of parents. Dr. Karp’s landmark methods, including the 5 S’s for soothing babies, guide parents to understand and nurture their children and relieve stressful issues, like new-parent exhaustion, infant crying, and toddler tantrums.

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Disclaimer: The information on our site is NOT medical advice for any specific person or condition. It is only meant as general information. If you have any medical questions and concerns about your child or yourself, please contact your health provider.

How and how to treat a child for seasonal flu, effective and ineffective medicines

11/09/2022 11/09/2022 health

Another cold season and eternal snot, coughs and flus. How to treat a child? Do immunity drugs work? What medicines for fever and sore throat are actually effective? How to beat a runny nose? We have made a guide on drugs for you, separating ineffective and working drugs from each other.

Immunity help

Ineffective

  • Antivirals. None of the antiviral drugs for ARVI and influenza (working antivirals for herpes virus types 1 and 2, viral hepatitis and HIV) have convincing evidence of effectiveness. All existing drugs to increase immunity are fuflomycins.

Effective

  • Moisturizing saline sprays and solutions. It is the nasal mucosa that is responsible for local immunity. By flushing the virus, removing mucus and keeping the mucosa moist, we increase its resistance and help the immune system.

Fever

Ineffective

  • Antivirals

Effective

  • Systemic NSAIDs: Ibuprofen or Paracetamol

Not recommended

  • Combination powders with paracetamol. Contains extra drugs. Pure Paracetamol is enough.

Sore throat

Ineffective

  • Any gargle solutions. Children do not know how to gargle correctly, most often the solution is simply swallowed.
  • Local anesthetics: lozenges, tablets, throat sprays. They act only locally, reducing the feeling of pain for 10-30 minutes. In addition, they should not be given to children more than 3-4 times a day.
    Throat tablets dissolve very quickly in saliva, which is why there is no important resorption effect necessary for the active production of saliva containing a natural natural antiseptic - lysozyme.

Effective

  • Systemic NSAIDs: Ibuprofen or Paracetamol. The drugs work systemically, anesthetizing the throat for 6-8 hours.
  • Any lozenges, preferably without sugar (the most favorite). The natural lysozyme in our saliva clears the throat with every swallow. Unlike drugstore lozenges, regular lollipops can be absorbed by children in unlimited quantities, at least every 15 minutes. For kids, lollipops or regular lollipops are suitable. Children from the age of five can already have barberries and any other variants of candies. The more vigorous the taste, the better.

From the common cold

Ineffective

  • Drops with antimicrobial and antibacterial action. Our task is to support local immunity so that the body can cope on its own. Antimicrobial and antibacterial drops do not have the desired effect, since the best support for the nasal mucosa is rinsing and moisturizing.

Effective

  • Moisturizing Salt Sprays & Solutions
  • Vasoconstrictor drops and sprays (if it is not possible to rinse due to congestion)

The most effective remedy for a runny nose is to wash the nose by moving. When the nose is very stuffy and it is impossible to rinse, you can use vasoconstrictor drops or sprays to relieve swelling.

Vasoconstrictor drops should only be used infrequently if the child is unable to breathe at all, otherwise addiction may occur. And yet it is important to relieve swelling, especially before going to bed: breathing through the mouth dries out the nasal mucosa even more.

Cough

Ineffective + harmful

  • Expectorants and antitussives. Expectorants can cause a more frequent cough reflex and more mucus. Meanwhile, due to the peculiarities of physiology in children, there are often problems with the outflow of mucus from the nasopharynx.
    Antitussive drugs, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, can cause complications in the form of pneumonia in children under 5 years of age.

Effective

  • Moisturizing saline sprays and solutions
  • Inhalations

Cough in young children most often occurs as a reflex from mucus flowing down the back of the throat. Rinsing your nose with saline will help the best.

When the cause of the cough is in the lower parts, the pediatrician may recommend inhalations with special preparations.

Only a doctor can determine the exact cause of a cough.

Cold and flu medicine for children - Anaferon for Children

What do parents usually do when they suspect that their child has an acute respiratory disease or the flu? Many first of all run to the pharmacy to buy cold medicine for children. There are plenty of such drugs today. A wide range, on the one hand, allows you to choose the right drug for each person, taking into account his state of health and age. But on the other hand, a huge choice confuses ...

Unfortunately, not all remedies are really as effective and safe as advertised.

In addition, there is no single "instruction" for choosing a cold medicine for children - parents are forced to rely on their own knowledge, the honesty of the advertiser and the advice of a pharmacy worker. And the latter, alas, are not always professional and objective enough. We hope that the simple rules below will help you make the right decision.

HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT COLD FOR CHILDREN

Let's figure out how to choose the right cold medicine for children. To begin with, I need to say a few words about the grossest mistake that many parents make. If your baby sneezed, you do not need to immediately run to the pharmacy for antibiotics and other aggressive pharmacological agents. Such a “treatment” will completely kill the immunity of the little man, and in the future the number of acute respiratory infections and acute respiratory viral infections will only increase. Better try this:

RULE 1 . Do not self-medicate - at best it will be useless, at worst - harmful. Your best friend is an experienced doctor, a pediatrician who knows the history of the baby's illness. Being aware of all the features of your child's health and understanding the principle of operation of different drugs, such a specialist will select the optimal treatment regimen. This approach will allow you to prevent all sorts of complications of infectious diseases.

RULE 2 . Control the process. Modern parents, as a rule, are very busy, so they often let the treatment take its course or shift the control of the baby's health to relatives or nannies. But remember: this is your child, and other people will not worry about his health the way you do. After you have chosen the methods and medicine for flu for children, see how your son or daughter's condition changes. It will not be superfluous to familiarize yourself with the instructions, in particular the dosage, the list of contraindications and side effects.

RULE 3 . Make sure the treatment is adequate. Do not overdo it, and do not interrupt therapy prematurely. Strictly adhere to the doctor's recommendations and instructions.

  • Do not bring down the temperature with antipyretics unless directed by a doctor (let the body fight off the viruses on its own).
  • Do not “prescribe” additional drugs to a small patient on your own, because you do not know how they will interact with each other.
  • If you notice that the child is much better, continue to follow the prescribed procedures to avoid complications. If the drugs do not help, tell your doctor about it so that he can choose another treatment. Please note that many products are intended for short-term treatment - if you take them longer, there is a risk of side effects.

RULE 4 . Check selected medications. If you buy medicines at a pharmacy at your own discretion, make sure that the manufacturer is honest (information can be found, for example, on the Internet at medical resources). Also check the authenticity and expiration date of each package.

THE BEST CURE FOR THE FLU AND THE COLD IS A STRONG IMMUNE

You will not find the perfect flu for children in pharmacies. But you can buy an effective and safe remedy that will help strengthen the immune system, thereby reducing the risk of infectious diseases. This drug is "Anaferon for children", which is recommended for both therapeutic and prophylactic purposes.

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