Delhi: The weather is continuously changing in North India at this time. Sometimes it is a little cold and sometimes people suddenly feel hot. Due to this, elderly people are also falling ill, but at this time especially newborns and small children are falling ill the most. It has also been seen that this time there has been an increase of 20% to 30% in the OPD of children in government and private hospitals of North India. When we talked to Dr. Tarun Singh, the most famous child specialist and newborn specialist of Delhi-NCR on this subject, let us tell you what important things he told on this.

First of all, Dr. Tarun told us clearly that the way the weather of North India is changing day by day. Elderly people are falling ill due to it, but small children and newborn babies are falling ill the most. He said that while the virus is rapidly affecting children, most of the children are suffering from cough and cold.

Reason behind not giving medicine
But after this he said the most shocking thing. He said that even if the children are suffering from cough and cold at this time, his advice to the parents is that if the children do not have any major problem for three to four days and there is only cough and cold, and that cough and cold is not bothering them much, then they should not give any kind of medicine to the children. Giving the reasoning behind this, he also said that the guidelines of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics all over the world and in India are that if children fall prey to the virus due to bad weather, then they should not start giving medicines as soon as possible. Should wait for a few days. If they do not have any major dangerous symptoms, then the virus will disappear on its own after completing its time limit.

what needs to be taken care of
Dr. Tarun said that the guidelines directly say that giving medicines to children should not be started immediately because something like viral takes time to go away. Even if you give medicines, they will leave the body only after completing their prescribed time. Apart from this, he said that it has also been said in the guidelines that giving excess medicines can affect the health of children and medicines also have side effects.

He also said that not giving medicines does not mean that parents should stop paying attention at all. They must ensure that the child is not suffering from any major problem due to the virus and if it is, then they must take the child to the doctor. But if there is no much problem then they can also give steam to the children at home and can also put nozzle drops in the nose of the children. Apart from this, they should keep the children in a normal temperature at home.