Prepare your children for the winter by strengthening the immune system

The most common infectious disease in children from the cold. Medical clinic sees a child makes almost half of the patients. Camlica Medicana Hospital for Sick Children has less than in the winter of Child Health and Disease specialist Dr. Smith proposed a series of Wormwood:


Why do children get sick in the winter? What is the most common disease?

With the arrival of autumn weather turns cold. This season we have seen the beginning of the disease viral upper respiratory tract. The most common infectious disease in children from the cold. Medical clinic sees a child makes almost half of the patients. Over 200 including rhinoviruses, especially caused by common cold viruses. These viruses are found in the cold we had a really bad cold.

Droplets from sneezing or coughing airborne transmission of virus and infected (septic) is crafted. Kindergartens remain, the classrooms, the media outside havalandırılmaması enough, public transport, children sick, hand washing habits are less common causes, such as toys in the transmission of the disease increases in the winter.

Children spend a cold 3-6 times a year. Especially kindergarten, went into the slot and 3 months and 6 months, the patient may even between 8-10 times. This corresponds to a twice a month during the winter season. Children are often damaged Nutrition sick. After 6-7 years of disease frequency decreases gradually as the child grows. They spend an average of 2-3 times per year in adults with colds. The disease gradually decrease in number because they have developed immunity to most Pass Pass virus diseases.

Incubation period is short Cold. Children begin to develop symptoms 1-2 days after the encounter with the virus. Usually it takes 5-7 days. There is a high fever, fatigue, sneezing, irritability, transparent before, obscuring postnasal drip. The secretion accumulates in the rear of the nose due to reduction of appetite.

Antibiotics should be? What drugs should we use?

No. Virus infection beats the body's immune system. Although we antibiotics is not accelerate the cure of the disease. During this time, given medicine to relieve the discomfort that reduces child. Cold medicine, pain medication, such as decongestants. No therapeutic efficacy of these drugs. The body's immune system works well recover faster. Meanwhile, take home the child to rest and plenty of fluids is important. However, the natural course of the disease is incurable, high fever, cough, phlegm is yellow and dark green, earache symptoms occur, such as antibiotics, can be added to your pediatrician check, if necessary.

For the immune system against diseases of children before winter winter-parents to reinforce what they do?

Uygulamalılar we all know and comply with the principles of healthy living. Most importantly, a proper and balanced diet. Regular sleep, smoking it for the children, to maintain regular exercise, vitamin D supplements during the winter your child's immune system strong.

What foods to stimulate the immune system, why concentrate?
Children should be at home making breakfast in the morning.
You should eat fruits and vegetables per day.
A, C and E vitamins to get the carrot, broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, peppers, cauliflower, parsley, spinach, arugula, watercress and citrus, pomegranate, apple, pear, apricot, kiwi should be consumed. Whenever possible, dark green, dark purple fruits and vegetables should be preferred.
Instead of milk kefir, fermented milk products should be preferred rich in probiotics, such as yogurt and cheese.
Eat twice a week, omega-3 fish to be considered rich.
How much food as possible for the life of the city, however, has said natural conditions and chemical contamination training. They should be fed with grain natural chickens grow eggs and meat, naturally fed beef, not affected by heavy metals, fish, vegetables and fruits in the natural environment free of drugs and hormones are preferred.
Food must be consumed at home, exclude the possibility that the fast food and empty calories is reduced meals.
Obesity weakens the immune system. Make sure your child is overweight.
Unnecessary use of drugs, in particular antibiotics.
If your child is sick, especially simple sugars glucose kullanmayın.Çünkü red blood cells (infection fighting cells of our immune system) paralyzes 8 hours. Allowing microbes multiply.
Come on honey? Allow us?

Increase immunity for children given honey 1 regular. Strengthens the immune system as in studies of honey and bee products, energy for children because it helps kill germs, increase the body of zinc, copper, magnesium, increased appetite, weight gain and growth, support , reduce allergies, increased intestinal probiyotiklerini, reduced diarrhea, constipation showed improvement. In addition, honey relieves cough during a cold. Regularly for breakfast in the morning, so that 1 gram per kilogram. (A scoop of about 10 g). Ever, even when very small amounts of wild honey used. There are fatal side effects on the heart. Honey is used for children under age 1 because of the risk of the disease botulism.

Considering children to strengthen the immune system herbal tea?

Infant and child nutrition has no place in the tea plant. After us, the very small stomachs to be filled with herbal tea that reduce appetite and make the necessary nutrients for growth. No known safe dose ranges can cause more harm than good to children. For example, the diuretic effect of the lime is often used in the common cold. This water can leave the child's body.

Dietary supplements, vitamin supplements necessary?

There is no consensus on this issue. Typically, a child with a healthy balanced diet with vitamins or food supplements are unnecessary. However, children of mothers often think of vitamin A deficiency, or immune system functioning well. Advances in modern medicine, the immune system has more substances that are running. Sold under the name of dietary supplements and some examples are:

Bağışıklığımızı prebiotics may enhance per-view. Barsaklarımızdaki Probiyotiklerdir advantage intestinal microbes. When these substances are prebiotics that increase. A healthy intestinal flora probiotics strengthen the immune system for the synthesis of the vitamin, prevents contaminants passing the intestine into the blood, prevention of food allergy and atopic dermatitis.
Beta-glucan is derived from yeast. Strengthens the immune response by activating immune cells.

Lactoferrin is abundantly produced in breast milk in our body, the immune system and infections korunmamızda important function of a protein that plays an important role.

Zinc activates the immune system. Proven efficacy against viral infections. The lack of common minarellerdendir. Furthermore, supporting growth in children has created.