Acute upper respiratory tract infection, how to take care of it

Acute upper respiratory tract infection refers to acute inflammation of the nasal cavity, pharynx, or larynx! For most people, you may not have heard of "upper respiratory tract infection", but you must have heard of "cold"! Regarding the causes of this disease, the medical community currently believes that it is closely related to many factors such as bacteria and viruses. If guardians do not pay attention to taking preventive measures for children in daily life, the probability of them suffering from this disease will increase significantly. So what kind of treatment and care measures should we take after an upper respiratory tract infection occurs? Next, let me lead everyone into the world of medicine to learn about upper respiratory tract infections!

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1. Things about upper respiratory tract infection!

In a broad sense, it is a large family, including the common cold, viral pharyngitis, laryngitis, herpetic pharyngitis, pharyngoconjunctivitis, bacterial pharyngitis, and in a narrow sense, it is the common cold in our daily life, also known as "cold", which is the most common acute respiratory infection. In other words, the common cold is a type of upper respiratory tract infection. Influenza refers to a highly contagious upper respiratory tract infection caused by influenza virus. The common cold is one of the most common types of upper respiratory tract infection and is a common respiratory infectious disease caused by a variety of viruses or bacteria. There are inducements such as cold, rain, excessive fatigue, and malnutrition. The patient's nose, saliva, and sputum contain pathogens, which are spread into the air through sneezing, coughing, talking, etc., and infect others. Healthy people may also get sick from contact with the patient's towel, washbasin or tableware.

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2. How to prevent upper respiratory tract infection?

Rest at ease, avoid emotional tension and excitement. Avoid catching cold and excessive fatigue, and keep warm. Keep the indoor air fresh and sunny, and do not go to crowded public places. Patients with mild symptoms should take proper rest, pay attention to the combination of work and rest, strengthen physical exercise, improve physical resistance, and enhance the ability to resist cold. Drink more warm water, and the diet should be light, soft, less greasy, and refreshing. People with high fever and poor appetite are suitable for liquid food and semi-liquid food. If the appetite is good after the fever subsides, you can change to soft food. Eat more vegetables, fruits and other foods to make up for the nutritional loss caused by fever and enhance disease resistance. Vegetables and fruits can stimulate appetite, help digestion, and at the same time, they can supplement a large number of vitamins and various trace elements needed by the human body. Avoid improper diet: Improper diet is not only bad for colds, but also makes colds persistent and difficult to treat. Colds should not eat cool fruits and cold drinks. During the period of cold fever, avoid eating greasy meat and sweets; during the recovery period of wind-heat colds, it is not suitable to eat hot foods such as peppers, dog meat, and mutton. When respiratory infections are prevalent, especially in autumn and winter, people should wear masks when going out, fumigate indoors with vinegar, and isolate the patient's respiratory tract. Patients should avoid facing others when coughing or sneezing, and cover their mouths and noses with tissues. Tableware and spittoons used by patients should be disinfected daily or recycled and incinerated with disposable utensils.

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2. How should we care for people with upper respiratory tract infections?

As for the treatment of this disease, it is mainly based on drug treatment. At the same time, it is very necessary to supplement it with professional nursing measures! First of all, health education. Medical staff should issue health manuals to patients so that they have a correct understanding of the disease, fully understand its causes, basic symptoms and precautions, and actively cooperate with the work of nursing staff; psychological comfort. During the treatment process, various adverse reactions are prone to occur due to the influence of symptoms, which leads to resistance to treatment. In order to effectively solve this problem, medical staff must pay close attention to the patient's mental state, take psychological comfort measures regularly, and strictly control their tone and attitude.

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If it is a child, the medical staff can choose to play their favorite cartoons to distract them. Adjust the ward environment. In order to promote the patient's recovery as soon as possible, the humidity and temperature of the ward must be adjusted according to the patient's actual needs to ensure good air circulation in the ward; daily care. Adjust the dietary structure and try to focus on light liquid food; the secretions in the patient's respiratory tract must be cleaned regularly to avoid affecting normal breathing; cooling measures. Pay close attention to body temperature and be prepared to take cooling measures for the patient at any time. If necessary, physical cooling can be used, such as ice compresses, but avoid ice compresses on the auricle, precordial area, abdomen, and soles of the feet. Change clothes in time if you sweat a lot after cooling down. You can also massage the limbs and back meridians to promote detoxification and heat dissipation. Those who can tolerate it can take a warm bath appropriately, preferably within 10 minutes. The weak who cannot tolerate it can take a warm bath with warm water and warm compress pads. People with colds can take ginger and ginseng tea orally.

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Conclusion

Cold is an extremely common disease. On average, each person will catch a cold about 200 times in his or her lifetime. Therefore, humans can be said to know colds very well. Cold is also another name for upper respiratory tract infection. Generally speaking, different conditions of upper respiratory tract infection have different prognoses. Most patients have a good prognosis and can recover within a week. However, some patients with complications, such as pneumonia, may delay for a period of time. A small number of elderly and weak patients and patients with more basic conditions may have a poor prognosis due to complications of colds. Therefore, in order to avoid the occurrence of adverse events, professional care is required. In summary, it is to avoid emotional tension and excitement. Avoid cold and excessive fatigue, and keep warm. Keep the indoor air fresh and sunny, and do not go to crowded public places. It is necessary to pay close attention to the patient's mental state, take psychological comfort measures regularly, and pay attention to their tone and attitude. If it is a child, medical staff can choose to play their favorite cartoons to distract their attention. The above is the relevant content about upper respiratory tract infection, I hope it can help you!