How To Treat The Flu In Newborns

1Keeping your baby away from sick people and smokers. Antiviral drugs are available to treat flu in children and adults.

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The NIH note that some of the most important ways of fighting the flu at home include.

How to treat the flu in newborns. Antiviral drugs can make illness milder and shorten illness duration. Getting lots of rest drinking plenty of fluids including juices and water taking acetaminophen or other. Injectable influenza vaccine IIV is given as an injection with a needle and is.

Acetaminophen Tylenol and ibuprofen Advil Motrin help lower fever in children. 2Always wash your hands before touching your baby to avoid exposing them to germs. Guidelines for using antiviral medications change periodically so check with your babys doctor about current recommendations.

If its positive and youve caught it within the first 48 hours of baby showing symptoms infants 2 weeks and older will likely be treated be treated with Tamiflu an antiviral prescription medication that can shorten the course of flu in babies by a day and lower the risk of complications says Gina Posner MD a pediatrician at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley California. Finally if your baby comes down with the stomach flu start washing your hands and sanitizing surfaces because if theres one thing thats certain about the stomach flu its that it spreads. Babies can be given paracetamol or ibuprofen in liquid form to relieve uncomfortable symptoms such as pain.

Oseltamivir Tamiflu in liquid form will likely be used. Eventually when he lets you spray a little in his nose you can try acting like it tastes good. Give acetaminophen or ibuprofen to reduce the fever if there is one and alleviate body aches but dont give ibuprofen to babies younger than 6 months old and never give babies or toddlers aspirin according to your doctors recommendation and the label.

They also may prevent serious flu complications. Other caregivers or family members should do the same. As disgusting as this sounds toddlers love the cocktail of salt water and snot dripping out of his nose.

It works best when they take it in the first day or two after they. Laugh make silly faces and ask him if hed like to try. Antiviral drugs are different from antibiotics that treat bacterial infections.

Colds and flu in newborns arent unusual but try to prevent them by. If your baby is at least 2 weeks old your pediatrician may prescribe the antiviral drug oseltamivir to prevent or treat the flu. During the current flu season CDC recommends annual influenza vaccination for everyone 6 months and older with any licensed age-appropriate flu vaccine.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics AAP antivirals work best if started within the first one to two days of showing signs and symptoms of the flu. The antiviral drug oseltamivir trade name Tamiflu is approved for treating flu in babies as young as 2 weeks and the CDC recommends it for preventing flu in children as young as 3 months. Make sure to read the label for the recommended dose.

After talking about the risk of side effects against the possible complications of the flu in your baby you and your provider may decide to use this medicine to treat the flu.

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