Cough and Colds Infection

Cough and cold, is a mechanism of the body, to release something that disrupt the airways, such as sputum, ripple, or a foreign object. Generally, the cause of cough and cold is a virus and highly infectious.

The disease is generally arise at the turn of the season. Cough and colds can heal itself, if no other accompanying germs coughs and colds, and highly dependent to the children immune system itself.

There are two types of coughs and colds, which who accompanied by fever, and who is not accompanied by fever. Cough without fever, usually happen because of irritation or allergic to dust and cold air. If children have allergies to things like that, it means that should be protected from it.

There is also a cough who is accompanied by infection, caused by a bacteria or virus, who causes a fever. This will make things worse, prolong illness, and require intensive treatment.

Cough to the children often become prolonged, especially to the cases of respiratory tract infection, and to the children who are sensitive. In this condition, the mucus that comes out is usually more and more viscous. It's just that children do not have who strong reflex to release the phlegm. Mucus who produced, could disrupt the process of oxygenation, and became growing place of germ, so that it becomes infectious.

Prolonged cough and cold, also result in complications. Complications of cough and cold illness, can cause ear infections. The symptoms, illness to the the ears, and accompanied by heat, for 2-3 days. If this happen, the patient must immediately taken to the doctor. If not immediately handled, children eardrum may be inflamed and rupture, and release of fluids like pus.

Other complications who can happen is the emergence of paranasal sinusitis in children who have large (to the baby and young children has not grown paranasal sinuses). Cough and cold symptoms, could be more severe and result in pain to the who infected sinus area. Nasal congestion, and sneezing can cause runny nose continuously. Especially small children who still can not release snot right. Never close both nostrils to release mucus, snot might even sucked into the nose, and cause bacteria to accumulate.

Eustachii channel closure is one of the complications cough and cold. Channel that is not blocked, causing symptoms of deafness and infection can penetrate directly into the middle ear and cause acute otitis media (middle ear infection). If not promptly handled, treated, and treated properly, the system will be damaged hearing.