Okudingayo ukwazi ngezingane kanye nemifudu.
Ngempelasonto emva kukaKhisimusi, zonke izingane zami ezine zahlatshwa umkhuhlane. Kuzingane ezinkulu, umkhuhlane wathinteka kanzima, kodwa izimpawu zaziphathekayo. Bangangitshela lokho okubuhlungu, balala kakhulu, futhi bakwazi ukuphuza amanzi amaningi. Nokho, nginezinyanga ezinhlanu ubudala, umkhuhlane wangisesaba kakhulu . Ngangingakaze ngibe nomntwana ogulayo ngaphambi kokuba ngisemncane futhi noma ngabe ngingumhlengikazi obhalisiwe nomama abane, ngazizwa sengathi ngangingazi ukuthi ngenzani.
Kuyini umkhuhlane?
Izinto zokuqala kuqala, ngabona ukuthi ngidinga inkambo yokuvuselela ngalokho okushiwo umkhuhlane ezinganeni. Umkhuhlane ezinsaneni uchazwa njengento engaphezu kwezingu-100.4 degrees F ngokweqile noma ngaphezulu kuka-99 degrees ngomlomo. Ngiyaphinda, akuwona umkhuhlane uze uhlasele 100.4. Lokhu kunzima kwabaningi bethu ukugaya, kepha abantwana banamazinga aphezulu okushisa kunabantu abadala, ngakho gcina lokhu engqondweni ngaphambi kokuba usabe.
Uhlola kanjani izinga lokushisa lomntanakho?
I-American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) incoma ukusebenzisa i-digital thermometer yezingane ezivela eminyakeni engu-0-3 ukuze uthole ukufunda okuthembekile kakhulu. (Futhi, qiniseka ukuthi ungalokothi uphinde usebenzise i-thermometer emaceleni emlonyeni)
Okudingayo ukwazi ngezingane kanye nemifudu
Uma ungakwazi, zama ukuhlukanisa imbangela yomkhuhlane. Imfiva enamandla ingabangelwa igciwane, kanti imifudu ehlala isikhathi eside ingaba umphumela wesifo. Ngenxa yokuthi izimpawu eziningi zokwenza izinto zingalinganisa ukutheleleka kwezindlebe, kungasiza ukukhumbula ukuthi ukuvama ngokuvamile akubangelwa umkhuhlane ngaphezulu kuka-degrees F.
(Ngokujulile, tuck ukuthi i-nugget yolwazi away for ukusetshenziswa esizayo, abazali.)
Ubudala buyinto ebaluleke kakhulu uma kuziwa ngomkhuhlane ezinganeni. Uma ingane yakho ineminyaka emibili ubudala noma encane futhi ikhula nomkhuhlane, ingaba yingozi kakhulu futhi ingase ibangelwe ukutheleleka kwebhaktheriya, ngakho mngenise kudokotela ngokushesha.
Futhi ekugcineni, kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi ayikho izincomo ezicacile ezivela odokotela ukuthi ukunciphisa imifudu kunesidingo sempilo. Ngokusho kwe-American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), "abukho ubufakazi bokuthi ukunciphisa umkhuhlane kuncipha ukunciphisa noma ukufa ngenxa yokugula okunzima." Kodwa-ke, ukutholakala kwesifo se-febrile kungenzeka, ikakhulukazi ezinsaneni ezingaphezu kwezinyanga eziyisithupha ubudala kuya eminyakeni emihlanu ubudala. Futhi njengabazali, sifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izingane zethu zikhululekile ngangokunokwenzeka. Njengomdala, angithandi ukuba nomkhuhlane futhi njalo ngizwakala ubuhlungu ukubona izingane zami zihlupheka kabi.
Ukwelapha umkhuhlane
Uma ukhetha ukwelapha umkhuhlane wengane yakho futhi ufuna ukusebenzisa imithi ukuze uyinciphise, izingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kwezinyanga eziyisithupha zizodinga izincomo zokulandelela zemithi ezivela kudokotela wazo njengoba umthamo uzohluka ngokususelwa eminyakeni yobudala nesisindo somntwana. Ezinganeni ezingaphezu kwezinyanga eziyisithupha, i-acetaminophen ne-ibuprofen ngokuvamile isetshenziselwa ukunciphisa umkhuhlane, kanye nemihlahlandlela yokulandelana esekelwe isisindo emithini.
Iyini imithi engcono kakhulu ongayisebenzisa?
Ijaji lingekho kuloluhlobo oluhle kakhulu lwemithi yokunciphisa umkhuhlane wengane. I-APP ibika ukuthi kukhona "ukukhathazeka okuphawulekayo" ekudluleleni ngokweqile ngamanani angapheli we-acetaminophen, eyaziwa ngokuthi iTylenol, isimo esingase senzeke uma uphatha isifo sakho ingane enezinyosi njalo emahoreni amane noma ayisithupha, njengoba kuchaziwe emibhalweni yelebula.
Eqinisweni, bachaza ukuthi ukudlula ngokweqile kwe-acetaminophen yi-# 1 yokuvakasha kwegciwane eliphuthumayo lokuvakashela izinsana.
I-APP iphinde ithi ibuprofen ingase iphumelele kangcono ekunciphiseni umkhuhlane nokuthi akukho zifundo ezibonisa noma yikuphi umehluko wokuphepha ku-ibuprofen ngokuhambisana ne-acetaminophen kwabantwana abaneminyaka eyisithupha kuya kweziyishumi nambili. Futhi ngenkathi ukushintsha le mithi emibili kuyindlela ethandwayo, i-APP ayincomo umkhuba, ngoba kungaba lula kakhulu ukudlula ngaphezulu usebenzisa leyo ndlela.
Nginike phansi:
Ukwelapha imfiva i-APP itusa:
- Ukwelapha imbangela yomkhuhlane, hhayi nje umkhuhlane ngokwawo (futhi khumbula, ama-antibiotic AKAWUSIZA usizo lokugula okungaka).
- Ukugcina ingane ikhululekile futhi ihlanjululwe ngezinyathelo zokudambisa ezifana nokuncelisa ekudleni kanye nokugeza okulula okudingekayo.
- Ukuqapha izimpawu nezimpawu ngokucophelela, ubukele ukugula okujulile.
- Ukuqapha ngemithi.
- Zonke izinsana ezineminyaka emibili ubudala futhi ezincane ngomkhuhlane kufanele zihlolwe ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka ngumhlinzeki wezempilo.
Imithombo
UJanice E. Sullivan, MD, uHenry C. Farrar, MD, iSigaba se-Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, iKomiti Yezidakamizwa. I-Fever ne-Antipyretic Ukusetshenziswa Kwezingane. Umbiko wezokwelapha we-American Academy of Pediatrics. (2011). Kufinyelelwe ku-intanethi: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/3/580.full.
UHannah F Smitherman, MD, no-al. Ukuhlola kanye nokuphathwa komkhuhlane ebantwaneni abathandekayo nabancane (ezingaphansi kwezinyanga ezintathu ubudala). Kusesikhathini. Kufinyelelwe ku-intanethi: http://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-and-management-of-fever-in-the-neonate-and-young-infant-younger-than-three-months-ofage
Indlela yokuthatha ukushisa kwengane. HealthyChildren.org. I-American Academy of Pediatrics. Kufinyelelwe ku-intanethi: http://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/fever/pages/How-to-Take--Childs-Temperature.aspx