With the onset of autumn, almost every second mother can hear that her child is constantly ill. Despite modern medicines, parents' attention to children's health, the frequency of colds in children does not decrease. In the pediatrician's office, the complaint is growing: "A child is constantly ill, what should I do?"
This issue remains the most urgent for pediatrics. In general, it is normal for children to get sick. If your child carries up to five acute respiratory infections annually, then he is worried and there is no need to conduct additional studies. After all, this way the baby develops immunity. But if each year a child is struck by viruses and infections more than 5 times, parents should take action, since untreated diseases lead to complications in the form of intestinal dysbiosis, allergies, pneumonia, neurological disorders, rheumatism, etc.
Why often the child is sick?
Most often, parents, who are very often sick with a child, blame for this weak immunity. This is true, but only partly. The immune system in permanently ill children is really weakened. But in fact, the actions of the parents, dictated by the love of the native child, are leading to a decrease in the protective functions of the body.
Dry air and excessive room heating, short walks in the fresh air, coercion for food - all this affects the formation of the immune system. Often, parents dress a child so that it overheats, sweats and therefore falls ill for. Sometimes to reduce the protective forces of the child lead frequent treatment with antibacterial drugs.
Often parents complain that the child in the kindergarten is constantly ill. The fact is that when coming to a kindergarten, the child faces a completely unfamiliar atmosphere in which new viruses live. Painful, the child adapts to the new environment and, again, trains his immune system. In addition, the incidence increases due to stress, which the child experiences, getting acquainted with previously unknown conditions in the kindergarten.
Preventive measures for influenza and ARVI
Despite the huge number of drugs intended for the treatment of colds, prevention is the best measure to fight the flu and Orvi. To completely protect your child, you need to remember about such measures as:
- maintaining a healthy lifestyle,
- healthy diet: the food should be useful, the diet should consist of fruits and vegetables,
- preventive measures.
Frequently ill children: treatment
It is very important when your child gets sick, let his body try to cope on his own. With conventional acute respiratory viral infection, it will be enough to lower the temperature (paracetamol, panadol, nurofen) and, for example, drops for the nose, if there is a runny nose. If you immediately use antibacterial drugs, the proper formation of the immune system will not happen. After all, it is not uncommon for a child to have a sore throat and immediately get an antibiotic. Although such medications are required only with purulent infections and persistently non-passing colds. The child must bear the disease at home and at least 7 days, as improvement in well-being and lack of temperature does not indicate a definitive victory over ARVI.
After the child has recovered, it is necessary to begin its hardening. How to temper a sick child? First, you need to gradually accustom the baby's body to a temperature of + 18 ° + 20 ° C indoors. Just slowly lower the temperature of the water in which you bathe your favorite child. Participate in outdoor walks and increase their duration. Try to dress the baby so that it does not sweat when playing on the street.
In addition, reduce the number of diseases will help vaccinate for often ill children. They can be made in a polyclinic - district or private. Very popular are such vaccinations, as AKT-HIB, Hiberici. If a child often suffers from bronchitis, vaccination (eg, Pnevmo-23 vaccine) will help reduce the number of relapses.
In addition, during periods of seasonal diseases, and after a cold, vitamins will be taken for often ill children, for example, Multitabs Baby, "Our Baby" and "Kindergarten", Polivit Baby, Sana-Sol, Pikovit, Biovital-gel.
And finally: avoid contacting the child with other people who can infect his ARVI or the FLU.