The immunity of the child is very fragile. It is necessary to watch it carefully and if necessary to raise. If the kid constantly has a cold, flu, viral diseases, it is necessary to pick up homeopathic or immunomodulatory means for full therapy. Selection medicine needs to be carried out very carefully, it is desirable together with the professional.
The immune system of the child – very thin mechanism which is easily broken under the influence of negative external factors. The children subject to hyper guardianship or genetically inclined to the increased incidence, suffer from a lack of immunity. The deficiency is expressed in the frequent outbreaks of cold, SARS, respiratory viral diseases.
Those who aged up to 5 years are ill more than 5 times in a year reckon with the lowered immunity as children, and from 5 – more than 4 times. If the lowered immunity was revealed in your child, it is impossible to disregard a problem. It is necessary to drink a rate of medicines or vitamins which will restore natural protection of an organism and will help to be ill less often. How to choose medicine and to help the child simply to strengthen immunity, it is told below.
Types of the means increasing immunity
Before purchase of medicines it is necessary to be defined first of all what medicine is necessary for the little patient. Different types of therapy have various impact on the child's organism. Immunomodulators classify by a form as follows:
- Tablets (immunomodulators, homeopathic medicines). These drugs are taken inside, acquired within 1-2 hours. The reception course usually makes 2 weeks or month. Differ in average efficiency. It is recommended to use only after consultation with the doctor. Help children whose immunity is reduced as a result of improper feeding, heredity.
- Vitamin complexes are not always capable to help the child. Will not suit kids whose protection weakened because of a new growth, a disease of kidneys or other internals. Are effective at avitaminosis.
- Immune injections. A cardinal measure which is appointed only to patients with extremely weak protection. It is forbidden to use in house conditions so pricks are carried out only in a hospital or in medical institution.
- Folk remedies. Tea with a lemon, honey, garlic or couples of horse-radish and potatoes will suit children with temporary decrease in immunity owing to a short virus, a bad situation.
It is necessary to select immune means according to the recommendations of the doctor. First of all it is necessary to have examination during which the therapist will establish the main reason for an immunodeficiency. It can be an acute disease of bodies, oncology, genetic predisposition, virus infections, a lack of hardening, etc. Each reason demands the way of treatment.
Homeopathic medicines
The homeopathy is good the fact that it suits practically all patients. Means of such orientation seldom cause allergies, have almost imperceptible side effects. They suit allergic persons and the weakened children (except for cases when the individual intolerance of components of medicine is observed).
The leader is considered children's means Otsillokoktsinum. This means will be pleasant to children thanks to the unusual form. Active agent is created in small balls which to taste are as close as possible to sugar. They can be rassasyvat under language or to part with water. Medicine is ideal for kids who overeat or incorrectly eat, seldom go outside, - that is for those whose problems with immunity are not caused by genetics or a third-party illness.
Other popular option – Immunal. Medicine is based on calendula extract, has the specific taste reminding coffee. It will be more difficult to be given to the child, especially whimsical. However its structure contains more useful substances. A pill is taken several times a day according to the instruction. It is recommended to give to children of school age, and for kids to choose softer means.
Immunomodulators
Children with serious diseases or genetic predisposition cannot fill a lack of immunity with plain vitamins or by means of homeopathy. They will need more cardinal therapy. Immunomodulators – ideal means for long increase in immune protection. Medicines influence the child's organism at the structural level, closing a gap in it "the protective field". Such therapy allows to increase significantly the level of resistance to cold, drafts and stresses for the long period of time. Immunomodulators are many times more effective, than nutritional supplements.
Parents can choose one of a set of medicines:
- Likopid;
- Timogen;
- "Имунорикс";
- Taktivin;
- and others.
Preference should be given to those means which are created on the basis of secretion of a thymus.
Folk remedies
At house treatment it is possible to apply some plants, vegetables and herbs which are not dangerous to the child, but have the antiseptic and strengthening effect. The main thing that at the child there was no allergy to the used subject. Traditional medicine offers many options how simply and cheap to carry out strengthening of immunity at children:
- Tinctures and teas. Tea from a camomile, grass collecting from various herbs, the made melissa and mint well help from viral diseases and increase endurance. They are easily drunk, do not cause side effects.
- Couples of vegetables. Warm potatoes, polished horse-radish or the cut onions it is possible to take some time near a nose to destroy all microbes in the field of mucous and thus to prevent a disease. Such way helps to reduce sensitivity by cold. But it is impossible to assume that the child breathed horse-radish or onions too long. It can lead to a burn of mucous. If the kid protests, says that to him sick even twice to inhale fumes, it is necessary to stop the procedure immediately.
- Juice of a lemon can be added both to tea, and to salads, muesli. It in a large number contains vitamin C.
- Oranges and grapefruits should be served in the fresh cut look. It is impossible to give too many fruit, the child with bad immunity very often has a diathesis.
The specified national recipes can be used without consultation with the doctor as they are based on inclusion in food of widespread harmless products. But if someone offers you more sophisticated methods of house medicine, then preliminary consultation is obligatory.
Breast milk as a way to improve immunity of babies
Level of immune protection is put in the early childhood when the child still drinks mother's milk. With it the main mechanisms of protection are transferred. If the kid was separated from mother for various reasons, and at the moment still drinks artificial milk and began to be ill too often, he should offer natural liquid. If mother simply has no milk, it is possible to employ the wet nurse.
Children who passed through breastfeeding are ill 3-4 times less, than their peers drinking artificial mixes.
Increase in immunity – business not simple, and sometimes it is impossible to achieve noticeable results without injections and serious medicines. In that case it is not necessary to continue to accept usual homeopathic remedies and weak antiviral medicines. It is necessary to see a doctor because the chronic, not responding to treatment decrease in immunity can be symptom of a serious illness urgently.