Essential nutrition for children with fever

When a child has a fever, in addition to treating the child, paying attention to the child's diet and providing nutrients is necessary and important.

When a baby has a fever, the need for energy increases many times. Therefore, the nutritional regimen during this time must still ensure adequate components (mainly protein and fat). At the same time, when a baby has a fever, the body also loses a lot of water and electrolytes through the skin, so it is necessary to give the baby enough water. In addition, when a baby has a high fever, digestive enzymes are inhibited, the baby loses appetite, skips meals, so it is necessary to give the baby foods that are easy to digest and provide adequate nutrients.

Breastfeeding exclusively for infants:

When a baby has a fever, only breastfeed the baby completely but increase the number of feedings, at least 10-12 times/day. The duration of each feeding should be longer (when the baby is sick, the baby will be tired, so the baby's ability to suckle is reduced). For babies with a stuffy nose or too tired to breastfeed, the mother should express milk and feed the baby with a spoon. At this time, it is necessary to clean the milking tools, cups, spoons... to prevent bacteria from entering and causing diarrhea in the baby.

The appropriate diet for children with fever is to exclusively breastfeed.

Choose a soft food diet

For older children, feeding them soft, liquid foods and dividing them into many meals will help the stomach not be irritated or uncomfortable. Boiled eggs have protein and can be easily digested, which is a good choice for mothers. Besides, adding cereal powder with milk after a few days. Provide soft fruits such as bananas or add watermelon juice for the baby to easily absorb water, vitamins and minerals.

Give your child plenty of water and fresh fruit juice.

Give your child plenty of water, especially fresh fruit juice, or eat more fruit to compensate for the amount of water lost due to fever. Provide more vitamin A and vitamin C because infections can cause loss of vitamin A through feces and urine, leading to the risk of vitamin A deficiency, especially for malnourished children.

Mothers can choose fruits rich in vitamin C such as oranges, lemons, tangerines, grapefruits, etc., rich in provitamin A such as yellow and red fruits (gac fruit, papaya, mango, tomato, etc.) and dark green vegetables (malabar spinach, water spinach, amaranth, etc.) which are both rich in provitamin A and vitamin C, all of which are essential for children, especially children in the weaning stage.

Add fresh fruit juice to your child's diet when he or she has a fever.

Foods to avoid

Do not add hard, difficult to digest and difficult to absorb foods to your baby's menu. Stay away from foods that are high in fat such as butter, oils and fried foods, such as french fries. Children with fever should not eat foods high in carbohydrates such as cakes or biscuits. Avoid giving your baby foods that are too fibrous such as beans, corn and broccoli. Do not give your baby spicy foods such as salsa or curry./.

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