Summer is coming. In order to make children spend the summer healthily and happily, we should master some knowledge of children's summer health care to ensure that our children spend the hot summer happily.
1, beware of children getting sunburned.
When the weather is fine, parents are always willing to take their children outdoors to bask in the sun, thinking that on the one hand, they can let their children breathe fresh air, on the other hand, they can promote the absorption of calcium, which can kill two birds with one stone. This view has some truth, but parents should also be reminded that sunbathing should be moderate. Once the body's natural defense function is poor, it can't stand the exposure of the sun, leading to sunburn. Therefore, parents should pay attention that children can only stay in strong sunlight for about 15 minutes.
2. Calcium should be supplemented in summer.
Children spend too much time in the sun in summer, and the ultraviolet rays in the sun will promote the synthesis of vitamin D in children and accelerate the calcification of bones. However, a large amount of blood calcium will precipitate in the bones, which makes the quality of calcium absorbed by the intestine relatively insufficient, resulting in a decrease in blood calcium and an increase in neuromuscular excitability. At this time, if children don't get enough calcium from food, or can't supplement calcium in time, it will easily lead to hypocalcemic convulsions, upturned eyes, facial muscle tremor, limb convulsions, and even incontinence. Therefore, children should be given more calcium-rich foods in summer. Such as milk, bean products, shrimp skin, kelp, fish, bone soup and so on. In addition, protein can promote the absorption of calcium, and should eat more foods rich in protein, such as bean products and eggs.
3. It is not advisable to shave your child's head in summer.
Many parents think that children shave their heads in summer, but they don't know that this method is not good for head health care. In summer, the sunshine is strong, and the child's bald head loses its hair shading barrier. Children's skin defense function is not perfect. Shaving the head increases all kinds of injuries and abrasions on the scalp, thus increasing the chances of all kinds of bacterial infections on the scalp. If bacteria invade children's hair roots and destroy hair follicles, it will affect the normal growth of hair. So children should not shave their heads in summer.
4. Use mosquito-repellent incense with caution
There are many mosquitoes and flies in summer, so parents often order a plate of mosquito-repellent incense to protect their children to drive them away. However, it should be noted that mosquito-repellent incense, especially inferior mosquito-repellent incense, is mixed with organophosphorus pesticides such as dichlorvos, which is easy to be poisoned if used improperly. Mosquito control products suitable for children should be used.
5. The more water you drink, the better.
People can't live without water, but drinking too much water will be toxic. As we all know, water accounts for about 65% to 70% of body weight and is relatively stable in the body. Therefore, in hot summer, it is best for children to put some salt or drink salty soda when drinking water. If you are not used to drinking salty drinks, stir-fry the vegetables and eat them salty. This can effectively prevent water poisoning.
6, drinks should not be drunk.
Various drinks, such as soda, fruit juice, cola, etc. Because they contain more sugar and electrolyte, too much sugar will affect your baby's appetite and digestive function, and too much sugar will also make your baby fat. Therefore, children sweat a lot in summer, so it is best to drink boiled water and replenish water.
7, watermelon to cool off the heat, but it is not appropriate to eat more.
In hot summer, watermelon is a favorite summer product for children, but now eating watermelon should be careful to cause "disaster". According to reports, watermelons with hormones and pesticides generally have uneven yellow-green stripes on the watermelon skin. From the inside, the pulp is red, but the melon seeds are white and have no sweetness, so you must not give more.
8. Eating too many cold drinks affects nutrient absorption.
Eating too many cold drinks will dilute gastric juice, affect digestion, stimulate the intestine, make peristalsis hyperactive, shorten the time for food to stay in the small intestine, and affect children's absorption of nutrients in food.
9. The diet should not be too light.
In hot summer, parents often only give their children a light diet for fear of getting angry. In fact, this is not good, because the baby is in the growth and development period, and the demand for nutrition is large. A light diet can lead to malnutrition in children. In summer, the baby's diet should be diversified. Fresh fish, meat, eggs, pork liver, etc. Should eat, can be made into porridge, convenient for the baby to digest, nutritious.
10, raw and cold food is not edible.
There are many kinds of fruits and vegetables in summer, so parents often make some refreshing cold dishes. When a family eats at the same table, if the baby eats too many cold dishes and fruits inadvertently, it will often make the child's digestive function disorder and even vomit and diarrhea, which requires special attention.