If the child has swollen eyes
Content:
- Puffiness of the eyes in a child, what to do?
- Types of edema and their symptoms
- Treatment of the disease
- Secrets of traditional methods of treating edema
Puffiness of the eyes in a child, what to do?
If you notice swelling near the eyes in your child in the morning, do not panic right away, but it is better to calmly sort out the problem that has arisen. After all, edema is different, and the reasons that cause them are also. Therefore, you should not worry in advance.
And if the morning swelling of the eyelids, moreover, by the evening passed without a trace and the next morning the child got up in good health - forget about the problem. But this does not always happen, therefore, as they say, you need to understand the topic.
Types of edema and their symptoms
It is known that edema is of two types: general and local.
How to check what type of swelling? Easier than ever - for this you need to press the skin fold between the fingers, or on the front of the lower leg with your finger. If the dent lasts for a while and the place where the finger is pressed is well visualized, then this is general edema. And most often it is formed due to urinary retention in the body.
To make sure that kidney disease in a baby is not the cause of everything, it is necessary to observe his weight, how often and what daily amount of urine. If his evening weight is significantly higher than the morning one with normal fluid intake, and urination is rare, urine is cloudy, then there is a reason to immediately consult a doctor. Because an organ such as the kidneys is called upon to perform the function of removing fluid from the body, and if they cannot cope with this, then this means that they are sick.
Although it quite often happens that children eat salted food, while drinking a lot of liquids, and even sit at the computer or TV all day. In such a situation, no kidneys can cope!
Another serious cause of general swelling can be heart disease, but here the manifestation of an external factor is always accompanied by shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, or heavy breathing.
If such symptoms occur, you should immediately call a doctor at home! After all, these may be the first bells of such formidable ailments as renal or heart failure.
In addition, the reasons for fluid retention in the body are:
- non-compliance with the daily routine;
- motionless lifestyle;
- unbalanced diet;
- consumption of salted food;
- the initial stage of diabetes mellitus;
- allergy to medicines.
Local edema appears after prolonged crying of the baby, with conjunctivitis, when the skin of the eyelids comes into contact with an allergen, for example, eye drops. In this case, by eliminating the local cause, we will also eliminate the swelling of the eyelids.
At the same time, the swelling under the eyes of a child can be explained by a genetic predisposition and, apart from unaesthetic external manifestations, does not pose any threat to health. And a similar condition is necessarily observed in any close relative of the baby.
Edema also occurs from overwork, when, after a long sitting in front of the monitor or reading books, the eyes begin to inflame or itch.
Adequate sleep is essential for the good health of children. If the baby does not get enough sleep, he may have bags under his eyes. And if, by your standards, he sleeps a sufficient amount of time, this does not mean that the child is getting enough sleep. It happens that he needs much more time to sleep, because each individual organism is strictly individual. Try not to wake him up and watch when the natural awakening comes. This is the time the baby needs to sleep.
Hot weather can also affect eyelid edema. Therefore, before making any decision, it is necessary to clearly understand the cause of the swelling of the eyelids.
Treatment of the disease
In the case of edema after sleep appears systematically, a thorough examination by a pediatrician is necessary. The doctor will prescribe the necessary tests, the results of which will tell you about the existing pathology. In this case, hospital treatment is necessary.
If the doctor does not find any pathology or disease, then the parents should completely reconsider the baby's lifestyle and nutrition. Most likely, the child does not get enough sleep, or is little in the fresh air, and, possibly, does not eat well.
First of all, it is necessary to limit the child's stay in front of a computer or TV monitor, to instill in him the need for an active lifestyle. After all, it is not without reason that the saying goes: "Life is in motion!"
Nutrition should be taken seriously:
- First, limit your intake of salty foods.
- Second, introduce whole cereals, fresh fruits and vegetables into the diet.
- Thirdly, it is imperative to introduce vegetable and cereal soups, vegetable stews into the baby's menu.
Try to introduce more stewed, boiled vegetables into your diet. Consider the fact that a healthy child's body needs about 1.5 liters of fluid per day.
In addition, teach your baby to go to bed at the same time, preferably before 22-00. It is the period of time until 12-00 in the morning that is extremely important for maintaining health, since at this time the largest amount of the hormone melatonin is formed, without which the body cannot exist.
It is noteworthy that not a single period of time of the day can claim the same intensity of production of such an important neurohormone, the lack of which leads to many diseases.
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Secrets of traditional methods of treating edema
Traditional medicine, due to age-old traditions and experience in the treatment of edema, has a number of effective recipes, namely:
- brew a tablespoon of horsetail, chamomile and centaury in one glass of boiling water. Let it brew for half an hour and drink in three doses.
- In season, eat 1 glass a day of wild strawberries.
- Insist 2 tablespoons of birch buds in half a liter of boiling water for 5-6 hours. Drink 150 mg three times a day until recovery.
- Brew hawthorn flowers or fruits like tea and drink without the norm. It normalizes the activity of the heart muscle and prevents the appearance of edema associated with a failure of the heart.
If you adhere to all the above recommendations, then you will forever save your baby from ailment, and he will grow up healthy and active.
The author of the article: Sokolova Praskovya Fedorovna | Pediatrician
Education: Diploma in the specialty "General Medicine" received at the Volgograd State Medical University. A specialist certificate was immediately received in 2014.
