The higher rates of winter respiratory infections occur in the child population.

Give children vegetables, fruits and especially citrus decrease the risk of infection respiratory.

Winter is the season in which changes occur sudden temperature appear most diseases and infections affecting the respiratory tract of the population. There are over 200 viruses that can affect humans and the child population is particularly sensitive and presents each year the highest of this type of infection rates.

The pulmonologists recommend eating plenty of fruit and vegetables, have correctly to take to the streets not to go to sites contaminated with tobacco smoke and children with asthma or prone to acute respiratory infections to attend the pulmonologist to review treatment as usual.

There are many factors that lead to the emergence and escalation of typical diseases of winter in the child population: sudden temperature changes, pollution in big cities and coexistence in public places such as malls, nurseries and link that facilitates infection. Most of these typical diseases of winter are caused by viruses and affect the respiratory system, that is why they are called viral respiratory diseases (ERV). In this category come from the simple constipados and colds flu, or more serious diseases such as pneumonia and bronchopneumonia. Almost all begin with a cold-like symptoms and can easily be confused with him.

From the Spanish society for Pneumology and thoracic surgery, the DRA. Amparo Escribano, neumóloga pediatrician advised the most useful measure against winter infections is prevention following some basic recommendations to help children overcome the months coldest of the year with good lung health ”.

Eat fruits and vegetables, especially if they contain vitamin C and entertain correctly

It is also very important to eat fruits and vegetables rich in vitamins A and C as orange or tangerine to strengthen the Agency. These measures include: washing frequent hands, avoid the use of common elements such as toys, vases, plates and other utensils of food, wash them and disinfect them when appropriate; avoid venues closed and very crowded, polluted areas, avoid a very high heating which dry the atmosphere and the respiratory tract, and frequently ventilate spaces where remains child.

Shelter for children to prevent sudden exposure to cold is important, for example the scarf which cover nose and mouth, heats the air children breathe breathing. The ideal is to keep the House warm and entertain just as to leave the Agency to use its own regulatory mechanisms to adapt to the cold.

The SEPAR pulmonologists insist on the importance of prevention because acute respiratory infections are one of the most frequent causes of Pediatric hospitalization and cause a large number of consultations, both emergency and primary care ”, argues the scribe Dra there are more than 200 different viruses that can affect humans andalso a same virus can cause various diseases ”. These viruses include respiratory syncytial virus which affects 85 per cent of children before the age of 2 and leads, at this age, more than half of hospitalizations for bronchiolitis; virus parainfluenza responsible, among other infections, most of the laryngitis in children under 5 years old, adenovirus that produces up to 10% of respiratory infections in children, the virus of influenza, and others, recently described, such as rhinovirus, bocavirus or metapneumovirus, like the previous ones, can cause both acute infections and recurrent respiratory pathology, and even relate to the further development of asthma.