Harmattan period : Precautions to preserve health, especially in children

Hot during the day and cold at night until the early hours of the morning. Here we are with the characteristics of the harmattan, a very dry wind and most often loaded with dust and harmful particles. It begins in October and lasts until March. Its harmful effects require preventive measures to maintain good health throughout the period.

This period is accompanied by several cases of illness, especially respiratory infections that manifest themselves, among others, by sneezing, sore throat, cough, runny nose and fever. Children are particularly susceptible to these diseases. Parents must therefore take precautions to protect them. So, children should therefore be washed with lukewarm water in the morning to prevent them from catching cold, wear them warm clothes and hats, favor closed shoes and add socks according to the intensity of the freshness.

otherwise, parents are required to wear mufflers for children to prevent them from inhaling dust and germs from the harmattan wind.

To go to bed at night, parents should put socks and blankets on them to prevent them from catching cold at night.

Regarding their diet, the meal should be hot during the harmattan period. It is also necessary to ensure that children do not take frozen products.

Raïssa N’tcha (Coll)