How to make a compress to the child in the ear, on the throat, on the neck, on the chest, on the lymph nodes? How much to keep a compress with coughing, otitis media, bronchitis?

How, from what and from what diseases you can make compresses to children? What compresses are shown to infants up to a year?

Perhaps, each of us had to either feel the action of the compress on ourselves, or to carry out such manipulations on our relatives and friends. As you know, in some cases, such a technique is the most optimal and acceptable method of treatment.

The benefits of the compress

The benefits of the compress

• Compresses can be used for completely different purposes and overlap on almost all parts of the body
• It is important to know which compress should be used in a particular case
• If you do not own the exact information about what compress is needed in your situation, it is better to consult on this issue with doctors. After all, various kinds of lotions can not only benefit, but also harm if they are incorrectly used

Varieties of compresses

Compresses can be the following types:

1. Warming. Such compresses are most often used to get rid of joint pain, muscles and internal organs (brain, stomach, heart, liver and kidneys)
2. Water warming. This type of compresses, as a rule, is used to combat inflammatory processes, arthritis and respiratory tract diseases (larynx, lungs and bronchi)
3. Dry or cold. Dry compresses have found their application in the protection of open wounds, burns, abrasions and scratches from infections and environmental influences. Cold compresses are often used to eliminate pain for bruises, sprains and open wounds. It is also customary to use them in the fight against high body temperature and heart rate disorders

How to make a warming compress to a child in an ear with otitis media, alcohol, camphor oil?

Compress on the ear with otitis media

• The use of a warming compress for a child with otitis media must be agreed with an otolaryngologist. Indeed, in some cases, especially with acute purulent otitis media, it is strictly prohibited to use heat
• The main task of such a compress is to relieve inflammation and get rid of a child from painful pain
• In compresses on the ears with otitis media for children, as a rule, diluted alcohol, vodka or camphor oil are used
• A compress with camphor oil is supposed to make babies up to four years old. The fact is that the skin of very young children is very sensitive and delicate, because under the influence of alcohol it can be damaged
• A child from four years old can already make alcohol lotions

What do you need for a compress in the ear with otitis media?

For a warming compress in the ear, the following accessories will be given:

• The bandage is wide (non -sterile)
• Compressive paper (in case of its absence, you can cope without it)
• Vata
• Gauze
• Camphorite oil or alcohol solution
• Scissors
• Butter
• Scarf, scarf or cap for fixing

The procedure for applying a compress in the ear to the child

When all of the above things are prepared, you can undertake to put the compress directly. The procedure for creating a compress based on camphor oil is identical to the procedure for creating a compress based on alcohol:

1. We take gauze and fold it in 6-10 layers
2. In the middle of the resulting gauze square with scissors, cut the hole in the shape of the ear
3. We moisten the resulting matter in warm camphor oil or alcohols with a temperature of about 37 degrees so that the liquid does not run out, but the gauze was not dry
4. We attach the soaked layer to the sore ear so that the ear is flowed into a special hole. Thus, the compress will affect the area around the ear, while without touching it
5. We take compressive paper with sizes a couple of centimeters more than a gauze square and cut out the same hole in the center
6. We put the paper over Marley so that the gauze does not protrude beyond the edges of the parchment, and the ear is clearly in the hole
7. We take cotton wool and do the same ear for the ear in it
8. We apply the last cotton layer and fix everything with a bandage
9. On top of the bandage you can put on a down scarf, woolen scarf or warm hat

Cough compress for children: recipe with dimxide, potatoes, honey, alcohol, vodka, camphor oil

Coughing compresses for children

Cough compresses for children are applied to the chest area and on the back. The technique of performing such compresses is no different from the technique of performing the compress on the ear:

1. We heat the active substance in a water bath (potatoes need to be welded and compressed from it while it is warm)
2. Wet gauze or bandage (only without a hole inside) in it and put it on the baby's body
3. We fix gauze with compressed paper
4. We insulate from above with something woolen or down

When performing an alcohol compress, it is necessary to be careful with the age of the crumbs and concentrations of alcohol. The alcohol content in the solution should not exceed forty -five degrees. Also, a compress based on vodka for children under four should not be used.

• When selecting a suitable compress, it is necessary to take into account the nature of the cough. If the cough is dry, then it is necessary to dilute sputum so that it comes out faster. If the cough is moist (it is also called productive), then it is advisable to eliminate the source of irritation
• With dry cough, it is best to use honey, potato, alcohol or camphor compresses
• With a productive cough, you can use the compress of their cabbage or paraffin

Cough compresses for children

• Separately, it is worth saying about compress with dimxide. This drug may not be known to everyone. But those who are familiar with him know that dimxide is an excellent antibacterial,
  Anti -inflammatory and analgesic. In addition, he is able to extremely quickly penetrate the skin and mucous membranes to the focus of the disease
• When using a compress from dimexide, it is extremely important. It is properly diluted. Indeed, in a concentrated form, this drug is capable of provoking a bore. It is also not recommended to use such a compress to children under twelve years of age, patients with cardiovascular diseases and diseases of the kidneys and liver
• By applying a compress from coughing to children of all the above funds, it must be taken into account that the compress should not be located on the heart of the heart
• The use of any warming compresses at elevated body temperature is also contraindicated
• Kids up to a year of any compresses are prohibited

How to dilute dimexide for a compress for a child?

Compresses with dimexide

• If for adults you can use a solution of dimxide with water one to one, then in the case of a child, such a concentration will be too saturated
• As a rule, for compress, children use the ratio of dimexide to water one to three, or even by four
• That is, it is necessary to take a certain dose of dimxide and dilute it with the amount of water three or four times more
• Dimexide cannot be warm. In order to make a solution of dimxide warm, warm water is taken for its dilution

Compress on the neck, on the throat for the child: vodka, alcohol, honey, with camphor oil

Compress to the neck for children

The child is customary to do the compress on the neck of the child for the following diseases:

• Angina
• Tonsilitis
• Swelling of the larynx
• False cereals
• Laryngitis
• Pharyngitis

The use of a compress in the throat area must be discussed with a pediatrician. After all, this is a place in which, with an allergic reaction or incorrectly selected compress, swelling can form, which sometimes leads to a deterioration in the condition or suffocating the baby.

Sore throat compresses

The compress on the throat is contraindicated in the following cases:

• A fever of body temperature above 37
• Allergy to one of the components of the compress
• Diagnosis of the tumor
• Vodka and alcohol solution is not recommended for children under four years old

The procedure for performing a compress on the throat is an identical procedure for performing other compresses. The only retreat can be called the power of fixation. The fact is that the neck is such a place, having passed which, you can easily harm the baby.

In this case, a poorly fixed compress will not have the proper effect. Therefore, you need to lick your neck not tight, but so that the bandage tightly adjacent to the skin. The best option is considered when the bandage passes through the head. Thus, the neck and cheeks are immediately covered.

Compress on the chest of a child from bronchitis: with dimxide, potato, vodka, alcohol, butter

Compress for the chest for bronchitis

In the treatment of bronchitis, you can use the same compresses that were described in the point on the treatment of cough compresses. After all, bronchitis is a disease that is always accompanied by a strong cough. In order to facilitate this cough and eliminate the foci of inflammation with it, and compresses from dement, vodka, potatoes and vegetable oil are used.

The main condition when performing a compress from bronchitis is the avoidance of its applied to the region of the heart. This should never be forgotten and ignored.

Compresses for lymphazils to the child

Compress for lymphausla for a child

• The heating of the lymph nodes in children using compresses is still a controversial issue. Some doctors argue that warming up an inflamed lymph node can lead to its suppuration and break through
• Other pediatricians, having groped for a seal on the baby’s neck, immediately write compresses from dimexide, alcohol or camphor oil
• Such compresses are made in the same way as compresses on the neck. It is desirable to fix them through the head - the neck and part of the cheek will be completely closed

Setting a compress from magnesia for children

Setting a compress from magnesia for children

Magnesia is extremely rarely used in medical practice as a basis for a compress. It is used only in an isolated case - when you need to get rid of the cone after injection.

The algorithm of actions when setting a compress from magnesia for children:

1. We take cotton wool or special tissue for compresses and urinate it into the drug Magnesia
2. Squeeze all excess fluid from cotton wool
3. We apply cotton wool to the injection site
4. We cover the cotton wool on top of the larger compress paper
5. We warm the compress with a layer of cotton
6. We fix the compress with adhesive plasterer

Under the influence of magnesia, the bump from the injection should be much faster to resolve.

What compresses can be at a temperature of a child?

What compresses can be at a temperature of a child?

• High body temperature is the first contraindication for the use of hot compresses. Their use can provoke an additional increase in temperature
• In turn, to knock down high temperature (above 38.5 degrees), cooling compresses can be used. Until recently, vinegar compresses were considered the most effective compresses against the temperature. Today, many pediatricians oppose their use. In their opinion, vinegar can penetrate through the skin of the baby inward and provoke the intoxication of the child's body
• Therefore, it is still better to use the cool wiping of the skin of the child. To do this, you can use cotton fabric or cotton wool moistened with room temperature. Such a fabric is recommended to wipe all the bends (elbows, armpits, zones under the knees, on the neck). You can also apply a cool compress to the baby on the forehead. This will relieve headache and reduce the heat in the temple area

Compresses for knocking down temperature in children

• If you still decide on a compress with vinegar, then try to dilute it as much as possible with water. This is especially true for very young children. Their poisoning vinegar is most likely
• In order to make a vinegar compress, it is necessary to wet a cotton fabric or special tissue for compresses into a solution of vinegar at room temperature

Attention! The solution should never be cold. Cold compresses are able to provoke cramps in the child.

• The vinegar bandage can be applied to the baby on the forehead. You can also with a rag soaked in a solution of vaulting, make wiping described above
• The vinegar compress will work much faster than the water. If the effect of ordinary water wiping becomes noticeable only after half an hour, then vinegar compresses act almost instantly

How much to keep the compress to children?

How much to keep the compress to children?

• The compress in the ear is put for children for four to six hours once a day. The most successful time for this procedure is the doctors call the segment from 14:00 to 16:00. After removing the compress, it is advisable to wipe the baby's skin around the ears with a cotton wool moistened in warm water. Then you need to dry this area of \u200b\u200bthe skin and put on the baby on the head of the hat
• The compress of cough for children based on dimexide should be left on the baby’s chest for no longer longer than forty minutes
• The compress of cough with potatoes is kept until the potatoes cool down
• It is advisable to keep the compress of coughing with honey for no more than twenty minutes (if there is alcohol in it)
• It is recommended to remove the compress from coughing alcohol or vodka in two hours, since during this time almost all of alcohol disappears, and there is no more sense in keeping such a compress
• The compress of coughing with camphor oil is allowed to leave at least for the whole night. The minimum exposure time should be at least two hours
• Compresses on the throat based on alcohol, honey and camphor oil, it is advisable to keep at least two hours. You can repeat such procedures about three times a day
• Compresses for lymph nodes, as a rule, withstand as much as compresses on the throat
• A compress based on magnesia must be changed as the substance evaporates (approximately two hours later)

How to put and what compresses can a small infants up to a year?

What compresses can a small infants up to a year?

• In principle, if there is an opportunity to do without a compress, then in the case of children up to one year it is better to do so
• If you still have to make a particular type of compress, then it is best to refrain from compresses based on alcohol and dimexide
• Other types of compresses are best done in a less concentrated form and keep them on the skin twice less time
• The only compress shown and recommended for babies is a compress based on magnesium sulfate (the same magnesia). Such a compress is prescribed for child mastitis five days after birth

How to put a compress for a baby for up to a year in mastitis?

Here's how to make such a compress:

1. We take one ampoule of magnesia for ten milliliters and heat it in a water bath to 38 degrees. It is forbidden to use a cold or warm drug - this can cause even more inflammation
2. We take two cotton pads or two pieces of gauze and moisten them in magnesium sulfate
3. We apply discs on the nipples and cover with polyethylene on top
4. On top of the oilcloth we apply a warming layer of cotton wool at least two centimeters
5. We fix the cotton wool with a conventional pharmacy bandage, wrapping it tightly around the entire chest. It is strictly prohibited to use an elastic bandage - it can provoke the transfer of the chest, which can lead to difficulty breathing
6. It is advisable to cover a baby with a compress with a blanket
7. The compress must be removed in an hour and a half

In rare cases, the doctors are prescribed by a newborn alcohol compress with a concentration of 1 to 20 (1 - alcohol, 20 - water) to relieve seal after vaccination. You can keep such a compress for no more than twenty minutes.

In no case should the place of injection of BCG vaccination be processed in any case.

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