Hello Sweet Moms,
We hope you are all well and remembering to take care of yourselves and keeping our God first on our growing to do lists! There are only TWO more MOPS meetings left this year, and we hope you can attend them as we break for summer. Our next meeting is THIS THURSDAY, May 2nd at 10 a.m. In the interim, I hope you enjoy reading the brief summary from Dr. Danny Price’s presentation last Thursday. He exuded pride as he introduced himself as Dr. “Snot” and gave us all eager moms the run down on the common ailments that many of us have lived and experienced this past winter!
The cold virus LIKES cold temperatures, and so they often
reside outside of our internal bodies, within our nasal passages causing
inflamed membranes. This often leads to congestion, post nasal drip, and
“snot.” He warned that as mothers, we SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID of fever as
it’s our body’s response to foreign entities (virus), fighting off the virus.
A cold generally lasts for TEN DAYS, and the color of nasal secretions, if green, is GOOD as that is the sign the cold is going away. “Green is good” when there is no fever, and your child is feeling good/happily playing. HOWEVER; if, as the cold progresses, and the production increases, then green is NOT good. If then a fever develops, this maybe a sign of sinusitis, and your child may need antibiotics, BUT this IS NOT the majority of the time.
Is it a cold or an allergy?
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If your child has a clear, runny nose and watery
eyes, if he/she feels good, no fever and secretions are clear, this could be
allergies. Sometimes an OTC antihistamine, like Claritin, will elicit a
quick response.
Not every red eye is pink eye. Pink eye is mostly caused by a virus, but if it is green and goopy it may be bacterial and require antibiotic drops.
According to Dr. Price, there is NO SCIENTIFIC CORRELATION
between immunizations and risk of developing autism. You may read and
research more about this very important topic on AAP.org (American Academy of
Pediatrics)
We hope you are all having a good week, and hope to see you all this Thursday, May 2nd!
Debra Bochow
Discussion Group Coordinator
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