A quarter (25%) of Russian parents go to the doctor only when their child is seriously ill. While 33.8% of parents shift planned exams to schools and pre-school institutions. This was demonstrated by the AlfaStrakhovanie survey, the results of which were reviewed by socialbites.ca.
41.4% of the respondents stated that their children do not get sick more than once in six months. 29% of respondents indicated that the child does not get sick more than once a year.
Among the symptoms that the parents did not consider it necessary to go to the doctor, the parents named cough, runny nose and low fever. While 39% prefer to give the child more to drink and rest, 28.5% turn to folk remedies. Only 19% said they had seen a doctor.
Parents do not panic if the child fills a mound. 35.5% will only apply cold to it and 11% will observe more.
The most common folk remedies in the treatment of children are decoctions of medicinal herbs, rubbing, inhalation. One-third of parents admitted that they prefer these methods.
And only when strange symptoms appear, for example, pink spots appear for no apparent reason and in undiagnosed allergies, half of the parents will go to the doctor with the child. Another 16.7% will self-medicate and give allergy medicine to their children. 11% will continue to monitor the child’s condition.
1,341 parents participated in the survey. 58% are male. The majority of survey respondents – 76% – are between the ages of 26 and 35.
Formerly socialbites.ca Wrote about folk methods that are dangerous for treating children.