Many things affect baby's health. In addition to the consumption of food and drink full of good nutrition will be the development of nutrition, rest, and get enough affection, babies also need immunizations that can protect babies from dangerous diseases. Immunizations given to babies can form the immune system that can protect infants to later grow up. Regular immunization was held at the Hospital of the child or IHC organized by a group of mothers of households in the nearest health centers.
A mother should consider immunization schedules and at what age is given to the infant immunization. Information on immunization can be obtained at the nearest health center and hospital. Newborns up to 1 week old should get BCG immunization as soon as possible to avoid transmission of TB disease.
While the 3-month-old infants who acquire polio immunization 1, 2, and 3 and provided with a distance each week. Polio immunization is given along with DPT that can protect babies from tetanus disease. The age of 9 months, infants should be immunized against measles.
Immunization is useful as a deterrent infants exposed to smallpox disease recurs, it means taking into immunized against measles, a baby will be exposed to smallpox only once in his life. At 1 year old baby, all immunizations were repeated once again by giving the exact same distance as before.
Immunization in infants should also be supported by improvement of the diet so that the durability and the baby's immune system is very strong. One more thing to note is the emergence of a fever in infants who had just immunized. Mothers need not worry about it, just give febrifuge as recommended by your doctor or compress to your baby fever down. If the heat does not go down in 3 days, then bring your baby to the doctor or nearest hospital.
IHC and hospitals poly children usually also provide monitoring services while holding your baby's health immunizations. Monitoring is based on infant weight and length charts that are written in green on the Card Towards Healthy (KMS). You can discuss problems and also get information and solutions to solve problems that arise. Towards Healthy card is used to monitor infants from birth to age 5 years.
Common Diseases in Infants and Handling
Just like human adults, infants can also get sick. A mother should be able to recognize the characteristics of a disease that often affects infants because infants can not tell what she feels. Usually when feeling sick, babies will cry more often and fussy and would not eat. No need to panic, try to check first whether the baby is suffering from minor ailments such as below.
The disease is often suffered by the baby is cold. This can happen because the baby is placed on the floor too long or too long exposed to the wind in the outdoors. In addition to frequent crying, traits that are easily recognizable abdominal bloating. Give telon oil liniment like that baby feel warm and the wind in the baby's body out faster. Give a warm and cozy clothing and blankets are thick enough so that the baby is no longer catch a cold.
Babies are also frequently affected by itching and prickly heat. It is actually very reasonable because we live in a tropical country. But if it happens too often, you should pay more attention to good hygiene or dress your baby's skin for prickly heat up because the baby is often left in a wet state.
Baby's skin is exposed to milk should also be wiped as soon as possible. To eliminate the prickly heat that appears you can sprinkle itching powder into the area continuously until the prickly heat prickly heat is lost. Bathe your baby is also 2 times a day to keep it clean, but not too often because the baby can be exposed to colds.
Change wet diapers as well and do not be left too long. In addition to causing itching, wet diapers can also cause skin infections in babies. Fever is also a disease that often affects infants. There are so many causes of fever and the mother should be able to recognize certain characteristics of the fever. Babies who have had a fever after being immunized sufficiently enough febrifuge or compressed.
Usually the fever will disappear after 1 or 2 days. Fever can also occur at the turn of the weather. Temperature changes are too sudden causing the baby's body responds by increasing body temperature. Fever is usually not very high temperature and will disappear in 1-2 days when the mother immediately responded fever in infants with appropriate measures such as warm the baby and mengompresnya.
How to compress a baby with a fever can be done by putting a wet cloth that has been soaked in cold water on the baby's forehead and a damp cloth soaked in warm water on the baby's feet. Fever also can arise when your baby food poisoning. Beware if the heat baby does not fall within 1-2 days, especially when the infant convulsions. Immediately brought to the hospital or the nearest pediatrician for medical help to your baby. Similarly Consult your doctor if your baby will not eat. Do not be late to recognize the characteristics of the disease suffered by the baby.
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