Phakathi nenkathi yeholide, sikhunjuzwa ukuthi inkathi ebanda kakhulu neyomkhuhlane iyagubha ngokugcwele. Singase sidlule emhlabeni jikelele we-holiday kanye ne-eggnog, kodwa futhi sidlula emhlabeni wonke ama-virus namabhaktheriya angenza izinyanga zasebusika lutho ngaphandle kwe-jolly.
Uma ungumzali omusha noma umzali wengane entsha, ungase uzibuze ukuthi ungakuvikela kanjani kangcono ingane yakho ngenkathi yonyaka kabandayo nowomkhuhlane.
Kufanele ulandele imihlahlandlela ye-American Academy of Pediatrics mayelana nendlela yokugcina ingane yakho iphilile ngokusebenzisa amaholide kanye noNyaka Omusha.
Uma ingane yakho ingaphezu kwezinyanga eziyisithupha ubudala, i-AAP incoma ukuthi ingane yakho ithole ukuqhuma komkhuhlane ngaphambi kokuphakama kwenkathi yempukane, eqala ngoJanuwari. Ukuze uthole ukuvikelwa okungcono, kufanele futhi uqiniseke ukuthi bonke abanakekeli nabamalungu omndeni nabo bathola umgomo wokugoma uma bekwazi.
Umntanakho angathola umuthi wokugoma emntwaneni wakhe ohlolwe kahle noma kuye ngokuthi uhlobo luni lomshuwalense onalo, kungcono kakhulu ukuhlela yonke imishanguzo yakho ndawonye. Ungaphinde uvakashele emitholampilo eminingi yokuhamba, ngisho nasezindaweni ezinjengezitolo zokudla zasendaweni yakho, ukuthola izindleko eziphansi kakhulu noma imishanguzo yamahhala yomndeni wonke. Uma uncelisa ingane yakho, kuphephile ukuthola umuthi wokugoma.
Ngonyaka we-2016, i-AAP iphinde ikhuthaze ukuthi akekho othola ifomu le-nasal ye-flu shots, njengoba atholakala ukuthi engasebenzi ngokumelene nemifucuza yemifucuza, ngakho ngeke anikeze ingane yakho noma wena ukuvikelwa okudingayo.
Izimo Ezikhethekile
Esinye isincomo esisha: i-AAP manje iphetha ngokuthi imishanguzo yegciwane iphephile ngisho nabantu abanezinyosi ezimhlophe zamaqanda. I-AAP ithola ukuthi ukugoma komkhuhlane kubhekwa njengokuphephile kubantu abanezifo ezinamaqanda abamhlophe, njengoba inani lamaprotheni amaqanda amhlophe atholakale emgodleni alizange landise noma yiliphi izinga lokuphendula kwe-anaphylactic.
I-AAP iphinde ikhuthaze ukuthi abazali bezinsana abanezimo ezikhethekile zezokwelapha, kuhlanganise ne-sickle cell anemia, i-asthma, i-HIV, noma izinkinga zesistimu ye-immune, banakekele ngokucophelela ukuqinisekisa ukuthi bonke abanakekeli nabamalungu omndeni bagonywe ngokugcwele.
Abazali abaningi bayazibuza ukuthi kuphephile yini ukuba ingane yabo ithole umkhuhlane wokushisa uma umntwana egula futhi ephethe umkhuhlane. I-AAP ichaza ukuthi iphephile ukuthola umuthi wokugoma uma umntwana enesifo esincane, njengomkhuhlane, enomkhuhlane ophansi. Uma ingane yakho inesifo sokugula noma "fever" noma "fever", "noma kunjalo, kufanele ukhulume nodokotela wakho ukuthi ubone ukuthi ngabe ukhuthaza ukugoma komkhuhlane ngaleso sikhathi.
Ukuvimbela imfudu
Yini enye ongayenza ukuze unciphise ingozi yengane yakho yomkhuhlane, ikakhulukazi uma ingaphansi kwezinyanga eziyisithupha ubudala? Ungalandela lawa macebiso wokuhlala uphilile:
- Ukubeletha, uma kungenzeka, njengoba kuthuthukisa umkhuhlane wengane yakho futhi kungasiza ekulwa nesifo sofuba uma kwenzeka.
- Geza izandla zakho njalo nge-soap kanye namanzi avamile. Insipho yokulwa ne-bacterial ayikhuthazwa.
- Hlala ezindaweni kanye namathoyizi ingane yakho ehlangana nayo ngokuhlanjululwa nokuhlanza njalo (ungabheka uhlu lwe-AAP lwamanzi ahlongozwayo aphephile futhi aphephile okuzosebenza ezindaweni ezizoxhumana nomntanakho).
- Ukugeza izandla nge-sese namanzi kuyindlela ekhethiwe yokuhlanzeka, kodwa uma kungekho ezinye izindlela ezitholakalayo, isisetshenziswa esisekelwe ngokuphuza utshwala singasetshenziselwa izingane ezineminyaka engaphezu kwengu-24. Kuzinsana ezineminyaka engaphansi kweminyaka emibili, ukusula okumanzi noma ngisho nethawula lephepha elenziwe ngamanzi lingasetshenziswa ukuhlanza izandla uma kunesidingo.
- Cabanga ukusetshenziswa kwe-diffuser ekhaya lakho. Ucwaningo oluthile lwathola ubufakazi bokuthi ama-ola amafutha abalulekile angasiza ekunciphiseni igciwane lesandulela ngculazi. Nakuba akufanele usebenzise i-diffuser egumbini lapho ingane ilele khona noma ivele ishiye ingane yedwa ekamelweni ene-diffuser noma uyibeke noma ikuphi eduze komntwana ngoba ingabangela izinkinga zokuphefumula noma ishise ingane, isebenzise ngokujwayelekile indawo ekhaya lakho, njengekhishi, ingasiza ekuvimbeleni ukusabalala kwamagciwane ngaphambi kokuba umkhuhlane uthinte wena nomndeni wakho. Hlola nodokotela wakho ngaphambi kokusebenzisa noma yimaphi amafutha abalulekile, ikakhulukazi uma ingane yakho inezinkinga zokuphefumula, njenge-asthma.