This strain of flu is an extremely contagious and dangerous ailment, and in some cases it causes severe complications, even death, so parents need to exercise maximum caution and, as far as possible, protect their child from this virus. In order to prevent the disease, you should stop visiting crowded places, wear protective medical masks, maintain immunity in various ways, and use special antiviral medicines.
If you can not save the child from swine flu, you should immediately consult a doctor and observe all of his recommendations, which in most cases are reduced to the appointment of antiviral medicines. In this article we will tell you how to recognize swine flu, and what antiviral drugs for this ailment are used for children.
How does swine flu develop in babies?
The H1N1 flu does not have a specific clinical picture, so it is very often confused with an ordinary cold and does not give it the proper value. Meanwhile, with this disease the state of the child is rapidly deteriorating, and traditional medicines and traditional medicine do not bring relief.
As a rule, general signs of colds, which do not cause great concern to young mothers, persist for 2-4 days after infection. During this period, crumbs may be troubled by nasal congestion, runny nose, perspiration and discomfort in the throat, as well as a slight general weakness and malaise.
A little later the sick kid has a very sharp increase in temperature, up to 40 degrees, there is a strong chill and fever, there are pain in the eyes, as well as head, joint and muscle pain. The child feels simply awful, he becomes listless, does not want to eat or drink, and constantly fusses. In a few hours usually there is a paroxysmal cough and runny nose. Additionally, disorders of the digestive tract can accompany, accompanied by abdominal pain and diarrhea.
How to treat swine flu in children?
By and large, the treatment of this disease is almost no different from the fight against ordinary seasonal flu. A sick child must be assigned bed rest, copious drink, adequate antiviral drug therapy, as well as taking medications that are aimed at removing symptoms of malaise and alleviating the condition of a small patient.
Proven efficacy against swine flu has the following antiviral drugs that can be used to treat and prevent this ailment in children:
Tamiflu is the most popular and effective antiviral drug against swine flu for children over 1 year old. - Relenza is a potent antiviral drug in the form of a powder for inhalation, which is used to treat and prevent illness in girls and boys over 5 years of age.
In addition, other drugs, in particular Arbidol, Rimantadine, Laferon, Laferobion and Anaferon, are successfully used as antiviral agents against swine flu for children.