The child often suffers from colds. What to do if the child is often sick? Tips from Experienced Moms

At frequently ill children various psychological problems, "complexes" can also develop. First of all - an "inferiority complex", a feeling of self-doubt. The inability to live a full life for one's age due to frequent illnesses can lead to social maladaptation.

In domestic medicine, the following are often considered ill: children under 1 year old, if cases of acute respiratory infections are 4 or more per year; children from 1 to 3 years old - 6 or more acute respiratory infections per year; children from 3 to 5 years old - 5 or more acute respiratory infections per year; children over 5 years old - 4 or more acute respiratory infections per year. But, according to WHO, the frequency of 8 times a year is a normal indicator for children of preschool and primary school age attending childcare facilities.

Often a child gets sick not only often, but also for a long time (more than 10-14 days, one acute respiratory disease). Long-term ill children can also be classified as frequently ill.

ENT infections, as well as bronchopulmonary infections, constitute the main list of diseases in childhood. ARI can cause more than 300 different microorganisms, specific protection against which a person acquires throughout his life. Outwardly, acute respiratory infections are manifested by coughing, reddening of the throat, general weakness, and a rise in temperature. At frequently ill children there may be one but long-term symptom, for example, persistent cough or coughing, persistent nasal discharge, while the temperature may be normal. If the child has a constantly elevated temperature. But at the same time, there are no symptoms of acute respiratory infections, this is often a sign of chronic infections and requires a detailed examination.

The main factors leading to weakened immunity:

1. Intrauterine infection;
2. Prematurity or morphofunctional immaturity of the baby;
3. Anatomical and physiological features of the respiratory tract (mucociliary and surfactant systems, structural features of the bronchi);
4. Early transition to artificial formula instead of breast milk, since breast milk is an important factor in the formation;
5. Increasing the contacts of children with each other and with adults;
6. Background conditions that have developed as a result of exposure to adverse factors, including malnutrition and - dysbacteriosis, hypovitaminosis, rickets;
7. Severe diseases - dysentery, salmonellosis, pneumonia, tonsillitis; viruses often weaken the immune system - influenza, measles and others;
8. Operational interventions;
9. Long-term use of certain drugs - immunosuppressants used in autoimmune diseases (SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.), anticancer drugs, steroid hormones, antibiotics;
10. The presence of foci of chronic infections - sinusitis, tonsillitis, adenoids, sluggish and atypical infections caused by mycoplasma, pneumocysts, chlamydia, yersinia;
11. Congenital immunodeficiency states, including isolated immunodeficiencies, when a child has a disorder in one part of the immune system (most often IgA, IgG, and according to some sources, IgM deficiency, a defect in specific antibody formation, the diagnosis of which is made on the basis of a clinical and laboratory examination in conditions of a specialized immunological department). Children with these immune deficiencies may often get some kind of recurrent infections. If child is constantly sick the same diseases. For example - recurrent thrush, hr. infection of the upper respiratory tract, stomatitis, infections of the skin, suffered 2 or more pneumonia - it must be examined in terms of congenital immunopathology;
12. Worm infestations, which are difficult to diagnose by feces (!);
13. Decreased immunity as a result of vaccinations against the background of incomplete health, although this possibility is reluctantly recognized by conventional medicine.

At frequently ill child a "vicious circle" is formed: against the background of weakened immunity, the child falls ill with acute respiratory infections, which, in turn, further weakens the immune system. As a result of the body's increased sensitivity to various infections and a decrease in defense mechanisms, there is a high probability of developing chronic, sluggish infectious and non-infectious diseases (gastritis, peptic ulcer, bronchial asthma, chronic sinusitis, frontal sinusitis, etc.). The presence of chronic infections can lead to developmental delay, allergization. Frequently ill children may develop various psychological problems, "complexes". First of all - an "inferiority complex", a feeling of self-doubt. The inability to live a full life for one's age due to frequent illnesses can lead to social maladaptation.

Prevention and treatment measures

Even during pregnancy, the expectant mother needs to take care of the health of the unborn child. A woman needs to fully eat, exclude smoking and drinking alcohol, sanitize foci of chronic infection. It is very important to attach the baby to the breast immediately after birth, when colostrum rich in immunoglobulins is released from the mammary glands. Natural feeding is very important. Breast milk is the most important component for the formation of the child's immunity, therefore, even if there is not enough milk, it is desirable that the child receives it. If there is enough mother's milk, it is not necessary to introduce complementary foods until 4-6 months. If you have to supplement the baby with artificial mixtures, stability is important, i.e. there is no need to change formulas unless the child has an intolerance to the formula he is receiving.

If there is dysbacteriosis or hypovitaminosis, these conditions must be corrected (multitabs, polivit-baby, unicap, centrum, children's primadophilus, bifidumbacterin, etc.).

It is important to have a balanced diet. For the normal functioning of immunity, proteins and fats of animal origin (dairy and sour-milk products, meat, fish), vitamins, the main source of which are vegetables and fruits, must be present in the diet.

Hardening has a general strengthening effect on the body.

There are many hardening methods, but any of them must be started gradually, gradually increasing the procedure time and gradually lowering the temperature of the water (or air for air hardening).

Hardening should be carried out regularly, and if the procedures were interrupted, it is necessary to start from the very beginning.

Vaccination is also an effective means of preventing infections, but it must be carried out against the background of complete clinical health.

As for treatment, the most gentle and safe method today is bioresonance therapy, which has no side effects of chemotherapy drugs.

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Good afternoon, my son is currently 6 months old, we get sick very often, we get sick for a week, we don’t have a week, and this lasts from 1 month, our temperature rose to 38.5 a month and there were no other signs, it was the same at 2 months and three, after three months and to this day we cough and we have a runny nose (like water), we don’t know what to do already, we are artificers from birth! It worries me very much that he coughs so often, Viferon suppositories, lazolvan were treated and derinat in the nose, we are used to Viferon suppositories! We tried lazolvan, stroptusin, gedelix, ambrobene for coughing, we do inhalations with ambrobene and lazolvan, pulmicort

Hello.
Since September 2016, my child went to kindergarten and now we get sick all the time. We leave for a week, or even four days and go straight to the hospital, we get sick for about 1.5 weeks, a common cold develops into a big lump of diseases. Even our doctor was surprised that any infection sticks to us. Our immunity is generally undermined, I give multi-tabs vitamins, but I don’t notice that they help, and other vitamins from the age of three, is it possible to give a child 2.7 liters. vitamins intended for three children? Before the new year, we were sick for a month, went to kindergarten for four days and got sick again, no strength. Now I’m dripping “derinat” for the fifth day, but there are no improvements. How to increase immunity? What can I do to help my child adjust? The whole group has already adapted, but we can’t do it, although we used to get sick 1-2 times a year

Hello. My daughter is 4 years old, we get sick very often, like not bronchitis, but laryngitis. For the period from 12/1/2016 to the present day, I have been sick 4 times, three of them are bronchitis, I don’t know what to do anymore. Tell me what tests you can take and to what kind of doctors can I contact, maybe an immunologist? We also have a heated floor in the kindergarten, in the group the temperature is not lower than 27, and this is bad in my opinion, can diseases be associated with this?

hello, I'm in despair. tell me what to do and who to go to! my son is 2 years old and we have been sick for 7 months without ceasing, it all started in January when the usual orvi gave us complications in the form of laryngotracheitis with laryngeal stenosis (temperature 39.5 lasted 9 days), in the hospital we were also joined by: norovirus infection, cytomegalovirus, epstein barr virus, swine flu. We were discharged with a temperature of 37.2, saying that this was normal, this temperature continued for another 1.5 months and at the same time we had maintenance antiviral therapy. since that moment we have not we got better. we have constant laryngotracheitis with complications: bronchitis and pneumonia, bronchospasm and abstruction. help !!! all this time we drink all kinds of pills for immunity, antiviral and antibiotics (((

• Hello. I understand your condition, but today everything depends only on the ability of the child's immune system to recover. Such a complex of viruses, even Epstein-Barr, can cause persistent instability of immunity, and with such a complex association, the consequences for the body are unpredictable, which is happening at the moment. In addition, all this developed against the background of a physiological decrease in immunological reactivity and immaturity of the organs and systems of the body. And so the system that was hit first - bronchopulmonary: now it cannot recover. In my practice, I met with similar cases - there are no recommendations here, everything is individual. The first thing to do is to completely isolate the baby from meeting with all sorts of viruses - this triggers the mechanism of a persistent decrease in immunity, and all these medicines that you drink without ceasing, on the one hand, are already ineffective, and on the other - maybe even harmful. But I don’t want to say that you don’t need to drink them - self-cancellation of all these drugs can only exacerbate the problem - you need to gradually move away from them under the supervision of an experienced doctor. We need a specialist who will step by step bring the baby's body out of this abyss. And I perfectly understand your despair at the moment. A vicious circle has begun, but there are options. You need to find a specialist who wants to help you. Gradually, you need to move away from antibiotics and antivirals, and replace synthetic immunostimulants with course treatments of plant adaptogens. Perhaps you need to change the environment, obstruction and bronchospasm do not appear just like that, the reason is most likely the presence of allergens that support inflammation and provoke periodic bronchospasm. It can be both contact and food provocateurs, and possibly drugs. The gradual cancellation of immunostimulants should be carried out under the control of the immunogram, as well as course treatment, with these drugs. The only option is to find a doctor who will deal with this, or rather, who wants to help you. Good luck and all the best.

Hello, my child is 9 months old, starting from 6 months, every 2 weeks he has a temperature, cough, he is diagnosed with bronchitis, I don’t know what to do! We are breastfeeding, eating solid foods from 6 months

• Hello. In babies at this age, on the one hand, the immaturity of the bronchopulmonary system is noted, and on the other hand, against the background of frequent recurring bronchitis, there is a decrease in general and local immunity, sometimes breastfeeding does not provide the necessary protection and stabilization of the immune system. But I would advise you to definitely contact a pulmonologist and an allergist - perhaps the reason is different:
  allergic obstructive bronchitis, especially if there is a hereditary family predisposition to diathesis, respiratory allergies, asthma (a constant encounter with an allergen in food or at home does not always manifest itself in the form of a skin rash - in children under one year old, these are frequent respiratory tracheitis and bronchitis);
  congenital anomalies and severe immaturity of the bronchi and lungs - can also provoke frequent respiratory infections, complicated by bronchitis;
  congenital intrauterine infections - provoke a constant persistence of the pathogen in the bronchopulmonary system and recurring episodes of bronchitis and pneumonia;
  other reasons.

  All these possible provoking and predisposing factors need to be determined and excluded, but for this the doctor needs to know many nuances, a personal examination of the child and additional examinations. Only on the basis of this it is possible to clarify the diagnosis (just because bronchitis does not occur in anyone!) And prescribe the correct complex treatment.

hello. daughters 3 years old. I went to kindergarten at 2.4 and got sick after every visit. Always SARS. the last time she was very sick at the beginning of March. There was a high temperature, the doctor prescribed tsedeks. cured, went again, everything seems to be fine, but the child often has a temperature up to 37.2. without other symptoms. I reported this to the local pediatrician, he said that this is a normal temperature. Is this so?

• Hello. No, this is not normal, but it can be explained by an active viral and persistent inflammatory process (with a past illness), which provoked functional changes in the thermoregulation system and a decrease in immune reactivity. Gradually, everything will return to normal, but it is necessary to monitor blood and urine tests in dynamics (every 2 weeks), with prolonged subfebrile condition: consultations of narrow specialists (ENT, neurologist, endocrinologist), ECG, seeding from the nose and throat for pathogenic microflora and fecal analysis for dysbacteriosis. You may not have noticed before, and such increases occurred against the background of high activity or overexcitation, after daytime sleep - this is due to the instability of thermoregulation at an early age, but it is necessary to clarify the cause of subfebrile condition. Now it is important to avoid repeated respiratory viral diseases, rational nutrition, vitamin therapy, herbal adaptogens (echinacea is better).

Hello. The son from 6 months to a year has already been ill 6 times with obstructive bronchitis
.now we are 1.1, and we are again sick for the second time in a month. Begins to cough and rapidly in the evening begins shortness of breath. What to do, how to treat? They took paid tests, there is an allergy to something. It’s a pity for the child to be stuffed with antibiotics every time already.

• In young children, obstructive syndrome often has a relapsing course and then tends to recur. Allergic agents are important - perhaps they are the starting point, and then the inflammatory process joins. Allergy is of great importance and the statement "to something" in this case is of key importance. First of all, you need to decide on allergens and, if possible, completely exclude them from food or close contact (dust, animal hair, bird feathers, household chemicals). Contact an allergist to clarify the diagnosis and prescribe treatment, perhaps after that you won’t have to stuff the crumbs with antibiotics. It is very dangerous not to pay attention to this - an obstructive syndrome provoked by an allergic reaction is considered a predisposition to bronchial asthma.

Hello. I turn to you for help. My daughter is 1 year 6 months old. It is sick not just often, but very often. Exactly 3 weeks ago we were discharged from the hospital with a sore throat, then bronchitis and now SARS again. After 2 days, the temperature during the day is 36.9 in the evening 37.2 and up to 38.3. Since January, we have been ill 4 times. To whom to go? Hands down already. Thank you for your reply.

• Hello. At this age, a very unstable immune system and even minimal failures lead to frequent colds, viral infections, especially if there is an infection center in the house. At the moment, it may be a recurrent course of a viral infection against the background of a weakened immune system. There can be many reasons and it is necessary to understand individually. Do a sowing on the pathogenic microflora from the nasopharynx (possibly carrying pathogenic staphylococcus or streptococcus), an immunogram with the advice of an immunologist, sometimes the cause of such problems is insufficient antiviral treatment and layering of teething syndrome. It is also necessary to consult an ENT doctor - to exclude adenoiditis and tonsillitis (foci of chronic infection).
  I think you need to be examined and change the situation if there is a “bright gap” - walks in the fresh air, fortified food, the absence of re-infections.

Hello, my son 1.11 has been suffering from tonsillitis for the fifth month in a row. No runny nose or cough. What is the reason for its appearance, can you advise something on what to do.

• Hello. There can be several reasons for recurrent tonsillitis:
  - carriage of pathogenic microflora in the nasopharynx (staphylococcus, streptococcus, pneumococcus) and its activation against the background of a persistent decrease in local immunity;
  - foci of chronic infection (adenoiditis, sinusitis, caries) with constant recurrence of the infectious process;
  - frequent viral infections with inflammation of the lymphoid tissue of the pharynx;
  - the formation of chronic tonsillitis with frequent exacerbations;
  - a combination of several reasons.
  The ENT doctor should establish the cause, the treatment will be complex depending on the cause + stimulation of general and local immunity.

Hello, the child is 1 year 10 months old. They took him from the garden with snot, the next day the temperature rose and a cough began. The temperature was one evening 38, brought down by Nurofen. There was a cough and snot too, a bold voice. The doctor listened and said that the lungs were clean, but since there was a cough and courage of the voice, as well as a temperature, she prescribed the antibiotic sumomed. Cough inhalers were also prescribed. The antibiotic was not taken. They were treated as follows: sinupred, nasal lavage gripferon, vibrocil, pulmicor and ambrobene inhalations. The snot disappeared, the cough was wet, on the 10th day the temperature rose. On the same day, she was at the pediatrician’s, she said that if they had drunk an antibiotic, they would have been cured, she listened to the child and said that her lungs were clean, her throat was loose, and she prescribed to take a drug to divert macros. Question: do I need to take an antibiotic in such cases, every time I get sick they prescribe an antibiotic, (the last time I got sick was in October) should I take an antibiotic, why did the child have a fever? Thank you.

• Hello. Each time with a new disease of the child, therapy is prescribed on the basis of examination and auscultation of the child - in pediatrics, everything is individual and depends on many factors. Therefore, to answer your question about the need to take an antibiotic - the doctor decides in each case, the break does not matter - if necessary. Your doctor should also determine the cause of the recurrence of temperature based on examination, auscultation and laboratory tests (blood and urine). The cause may be a complicated course of the disease (bronchitis, sinusitis, laryngotracheitis, adenoiditis) and a recurrence of a viral infection (now this is often observed), especially with adenovirus and parainfluenza infections. Continue treatment and observation with a doctor (after 3-4 days), if necessary, a correction of treatment will be needed and possibly an antibiotic.

Hello. I turn to you for help. My daughter is 1 year 7 months old. It is sick not just often, but very often. Exactly a month ago, we were discharged from the hospital with obstructive bronchitis, and now SARS again. Before bronchitis, there were first SARS, immediately followed by purulent tonsillitis and then bronchitis, all with a temperature of 40. We have an older child, 3 years old. He goes to kindergarten, but if he gets sick, then for 3-5 days, his daughter gets sick after him with all sorts of complications. We have been ill 18 times in a year. To whom to go? Hands down already. Thank you for your reply.

• Hello. The child has a persistent weakening of the immune system, possibly already formed foci of chronic infection. Be sure to contact an immunologist, pulmonologist, ENT doctor, cardiologist and endocrinologist - you need to look for the cause. Today, the child needs a complete and comprehensive examination, including an immunogram - perhaps the baby has a primary or congenital immunodeficiency condition, which causes these frequent colds. The older child is considered the source of the infection, it is easier, and the girl's body cannot develop a sufficient immune response. During the examination period, it is advisable for the baby not to meet with infectious agents - have you thought about taking the older child out of the garden for a while? Otherwise it won't stop. All organs and systems of the girl should return to normal and take a break from this marathon of diseases. Be examined, determine the cause and undergo the necessary treatment, in the absence of a high risk of re-infection, everything will gradually improve.

Hello, my daughter is 7 years old. She is constantly sick with ARVI, ARI. I don’t know what to do, who to turn to and how to increase immunity?

• Hello. In such cases, it is always necessary to determine the cause and these are not always problems of the respiratory tract or immunity. A complete examination of the child is needed with the determination of any instability in the work of various organs and systems of the child - the cause can be both a focus of chronic infection, and dysbacteriosis of the nasopharynx or intestines, anemia, endocrine dysfunction, pathology of the ENT organs, and even VSD. First, contact your local doctor and decide on an examination plan. To do this, you need to know how the problems began, and how the pathology developed, examination and consultations of narrow specialists, laboratory and instrumental studies. If necessary, consultation of an immunologist with the determination of the immune status and consultation of an allergist. Sometimes the cause of frequent respiratory diseases are persistent functional disorders in the body: constant reflux of gastric contents into the nasopharynx (reflux) with irritation of the posterior pharyngeal wall, chronic caries or staphylococcal pharyngitis with constant recurrence of infection. That is why the most important point is the collection of complaints and anamnesis, a comprehensive examination of the child, the elimination of all changes in the body, and only then strengthening the immune system and normalizing the interaction of organs and body systems.

Hello, my son is 1.6, he gets sick very often, we are on antibiotics every month, and for the last 3 months we have been sick for 2p a month, already the 19th tooth is climbing ... What could be the reason for such frequent illnesses? maybe it needs to be checked for ultrasound

• Hello. It is necessary to determine the cause of frequent colds and recurrent viral infections: exclusion of foci of chronic infection (sowing from the nose and throat for pathogenic microflora, candidiasis and dysbacteriosis), immunological status (immunogram), consultation of an ENT specialist, an endocrinologist. Perhaps the cause of such frequent inflammatory processes in the nasopharynx is the teething syndrome, while there is an increase in blood circulation in the area of ​​the upper and lower jaws, activation of inflammatory processes and layering of viral infections. You can determine all these reasons only after examining the child - find a knowledgeable doctor, consult and decide on the tactics of treating and monitoring the baby.

Good day. Please let me know what is going on with your child. My child is 2 years old, after we went to kindergarten for three months, everything was fine, in November at the end we had a sore throat, and from that moment we started to get sick every or two weeks, or every week. Cough, snot. The snot is transparent, and the cough is sometimes dry, sometimes wet. What to do? How to deal with it?

• Hello. The child's body cannot cope with a massive load (viral or bacterial) - at this age, toddlers actively exchange microflora, close contact + failure of the immune system after suffering a sore throat. Additionally, undergo an examination - blood and urine tests, ultrasound of the abdominal organs and kidneys, sowing from the nose and throat for pathogenic microflora and candidiasis, consultation with an immunologist, if necessary, an immunogram. All this is necessary to exclude the pathology that provokes frequent colds. If everything is fine, you need to come to terms with the fact that, most likely, your baby is still too early to attend an organized team - the body is not ready. It is necessary to look for a way out of this situation - to take a break in visiting kindergarten and let the baby's body recover.

Hello! My son is 4.5 years old and we get sick very often! We have been going to the garden since 1.5 years. Constantly coughing, runny nose and everything ends with an antibiotic - flemoxin. The pediatrician does not say anything sensible, she advised me to put down Polyoxidonium candles. But it’s no use.. We drink vitamins, wash our noses.. We go to the garden for a week, get sick for 2.. Every cold starts with a dry cough.. We don’t know what to do?!

• Hello. The reason for your problems today is the persistent carriage of some kind of pathogenic microflora, resistant to the main antibacterial drugs and resistance gradually developed on them. This occurs with frequent use of antibiotics, possibly an association of pathogenic bacteria and fungi. It is necessary to determine the pathogen: sowing from the nose and throat for pathogenic and fungal microflora, sowing for dysbacteriosis from the nose, throat and intestines, sowing feces for dysbacteriosis. Then, when a pathogen is detected, determination of sensitivity to antibiotics and a targeted and long-term cure for sluggish pharyngitis. In the absence of pathogenic microflora, the problem should be sought in a persistent decrease in immunity (immunogram and consultation with an immunologist), exclusion of hormonal imbalance (endocrinologist) and exclusion of the carriage of intrauterine infections (cytomegalovirus, herpes, chlamydia, toxoplasmosis, mycoplasma) + sanitation of all foci of chronic infection (adenoid vegetations , caries). Quite often, it is these causes that lead to a persistent failure in the immune system and frequent, protracted respiratory infections. After determining the cause and conducting adequate treatment, I would advise sanatorium treatment in a pulmonological sanatorium.

My daughter is sick for 3.9 hours. .ps one of these days the 2nd child will be born, I am very worried about the state of health of both.

• Hello. I think your worries are quite justified: adenoid vegetations quite often provoke protracted and complicated infections - this is a focus of chronic infection in the nasopharynx. Also, these growths have different localization in relation to the Eustachian (auditory) tube and sometimes disrupt the air circulation in it, which provokes otitis media, and in the future, persistent hearing loss. One of the indications for surgical intervention (adenotomy) is: frequent infections (more than 4 times a year) and complications on the organ of hearing. Of course, you can consult an immunologist, but the root cause of all the problems of the crumbs can be considered adenoids. Therefore, the first thing to do is to consult an experienced otolaryngologist in order to determine the further tactics for treating adenoid vegetations: continue conservative treatment + immunity correction by an immunologist or surgery followed by rehabilitation and mandatory consultation with an immunologist after adenotomy.

Hello. My daughter just turned 6 years old. Since September, we do not get out of illnesses at all. She has been going to the kindergarten for 3 days and a new virus. Basically nothing serious, 1 time there was bronchitis, they drank antibiotics, the rest of the times it was viral snot, throat. We visited an immunologist a month ago, passed all the tests. The doctor did not see anything critical. Whatever immuno-enhancing drugs they tried, the immunologist last time prescribed Imunorix. Did not help. Handed over a smear from a pharynx and a nose. Staphylococcus 10 in 3 was sown. Not critical. Adenoids 1-2 degrees. The doctor does not say to surprise yet, and we ourselves do not want to. We visited an infectious disease specialist, they took tests for Giardia, protozoa, and dysbacteriosis. All analyzes are normal. Went to a homeopath. Drank all the pills. Everything is useless. In the summer we spent a month at our sea. In a sanatorium, the truth picked up in August
Rotavirus. Here after that also we do not get out of diseases. I don't know what to do and who to turn to

• Hello. Rotavirus is a rather insidious disease, which under certain conditions gives a persistent decrease in immunity with constant contact with viral infections. You did everything right - excluded all possible infectious and inflammatory processes, consulted an immunologist, were treated under the control of an immunogram + treatment by a homeopath. And for an adult, this treatment would help to a high degree, but the child's body is individual and not always even the best drugs give the desired result, especially since there were no persistent violations of immunological reactivity. I treat any intervention in the child's immune system with great caution: sometimes excessive stimulation backfires. Therefore, you should not actively intervene in this process - the first thing to do today is to completely exclude contact with any infectious agents - do not visit the children's team for a certain time: viral attacks deplete the immune system and prevent it from recovering and strengthening. Normalize sleep and wakefulness, almost completely eliminate the computer and TV (electromagnetic vibrations adversely affect the interaction of organs and systems of the child's body), spend more time outdoors. The only thing I would advise at the moment is herbal adaptogens (tincture of echinacea or eleutherococcus), but subject to the previous recommendations. These drugs are taken in a course of 3 months (10 days each month), but the first dose should be against the background of the relative health of the crumbs. Reception 6 drops 2-3 times a day with equal breaks. Try it, perhaps this method will help the child cope with this failure.

The kid regularly goes to the children's institution, but after a few weeks of visiting he gets sick with acute respiratory infections and you are forced to stay at home with him and treat the child. After a week or two, he gets better, you send him back to kindergarten, but a month later he coughs again, he has a runny nose and a fever, and you are forced to leave the baby at home again.

From a medical point of view, this is due to the loss of maternal immunity and still insufficiently developed, or rather, quite active, own immunity.

In the first year of stay in a children's education institution, a child can get colds up to 8 times. Parents are extremely concerned about the health of their baby and immediately raise the question of the state of his immune system.

It should be said that the activity of the child's immune system most often depends on a properly organized and balanced diet, fortification of food, adherence to the daily routine, smoking or non-smoking parents, and some elements of education.

Prevention steps for frequently ill children

The initial, very first stage in the prevention of frequent diseases in the first years of life is a healthy lifestyle that a future mother should lead. This includes following the correct daily routine, quitting smoking, neutralizing all foci of chronic infection (if any).

The second stage is the mandatory breastfeeding of the child after birth. On the first day, colostrum, and then breast milk, is a natural source of immunoglobulins (antibodies that fight viruses and microbes). No state-of-the-art blend can provide such perfect immune protection. Breast-fed babies are statistically less likely to suffer from allergies or diarrhea, less likely to catch colds, and the longer you feed your baby with your own milk, the stronger its immunity.

You should also minimize the contact of the newborn with adults (except for parents), since a number of microorganisms always live on the skin, in the breath, on the clothes of adults, which are safe for them, but very dangerous for the baby.

The third stage - give up smoking in the room where the baby is (optimally - do not smoke in the apartment or house at all). The mucous surface of the nose and the respiratory tract of the baby in the first months are not yet sufficiently developed, so tobacco smoke is extremely harmful for them.

The fourth stage - restore the normal balance of intestinal microflora. A significant number of microorganisms, including pathogens, enter the body through the stomach and intestines. Breast milk protects the baby's stomach for a while. When a child gets older, the acidic contents of the stomach and the natural intestinal microflora play the role of protective barriers. But if a child has intestinal dysbacteriosis or the acidity of gastric juice is reduced, then these natural filters will not cope well with the barrier function. In this case, a consultation with a gastroenterologist can help the child: analysis of the state of the biliary system; if necessary - the selection of drug treatment or an individual diet; possibly - anthelmintic therapy; or a doctor prescribing multivitamin preparations.

The fifth stage - if there is a chronic purulent process in the tonsils, then after consulting with your pediatrician and ENT doctor, you should definitely treat them or, if the inflammation has become chronic, undergo surgical intervention. Often diseased adenoids or tonsils are one of the main causes of frequent respiratory diseases.

Get rid of other foci of infection in the ENT organs - cure carious teeth, check the condition of the nasopharynx and ears.

The sixth stage - if your child has a tendency to allergies, you should definitely visit an allergist for a consultation and, if necessary, undergo an allergological examination and treatment.

The seventh stage - carry out timely vaccination. From October to November, it is advisable to vaccinate frequently ill children against the flu (but not during the acute period of the disease, with fever and intoxication).

Do not take lightly the frequent acute respiratory infections.

And the eighth stage of prevention is a natural increase in immunity - hardening. If you wish, you can easily find a lot of instructions on various hardening methods (the choice of which should be agreed with the pediatrician), but I will give you only a few general tips.

It is desirable that your baby does not perceive hardening procedures as a punishment - try to make it an exciting game that the child enjoys.

Do not allow hypothermia of the child - the temperature of the water or air should be comfortable.

After an illness, take a short break and gradually resume hardening procedures.

But, of course, treatment and prevention of children from the group of frequently ill children should begin with a medical examination.

Examination of frequently ill children

If you have a problem with frequent respiratory diseases, then it is advisable for your child to take the following tests:

• urine;
• blood (check the child for anemia);
• feces for dysbacteriosis, helminths, etc.;
• make an ultrasound of the internal organs;
• on the recommendation of a pediatrician - to conduct an x-ray of the chest.

What is immunity?

So why do some children normally join the children's team and hardly get sick, while others "roam" from one cold to another, upsetting their parents, who will soon need psychological help themselves.

The answer is obvious - the child's health is guarded by immunity, the vanguard, the first to meet the aggression of the outside world - after all, every second the child is exposed to various bacteria, viruses, fungal infections, even mutated cells of his own body.

The main organs that are "responsible" for human immunity are:

Thymus or thymus (goiter) gland.

The thymus produces immune cells called T-lymphocytes and synthesizes hormones that influence the maturation of immune cells.

Bone marrow.

In the bone marrow, B-cells mature into B-lymphocytes, on the surface of which the main immune proteins, immunoglobulins, are located.

The main cells of the immune system are blood cells - lymphocytes, which are located in clusters of lymphoid nodules in the respiratory system.

Immunostimulators

In addition to frequent respiratory diseases, signs of a weakened immune system in a child may include:

• frequent fungal infections that you treat for a long time and with no visible result;
• an allergy to some food or medicine, which indicates an overly sensitive immune response;
• prolonged recovery period after illnesses;
• rapid fatigue of the child, frequent whims, constant drowsiness and at the same time restless and intermittent sleep;
• frequent bowel problems (constipation, diarrhea).

If you noted at least two of the listed signs, then the child's immunity needs to be strengthened.

I repeat once again that medications that affect immunity indicators can only be used after an immunological examination and consultation with your doctor, and after completing the course of treatment, you should retake the necessary blood tests.

Here are the main groups of medicines that increase the immunity of frequently ill children:

• "Echinacea";
• "Cat claw";
• "Spirulina";
• "Bronchomunal";
• "Ribomunil";
• "Laferon";
• "Amixin";
• "Groprinosin";
• various homeopathic remedies.

Means that directly affect the mucous membrane of the mouth and nose:

• "Imudon";
• "IRS-19".

One of the most important components of bacterial immune agents (Ribomunil, Imudon, Bronchomunal) are particles of dead microorganisms (lysates), which most often cause respiratory diseases. Therefore, the mechanism of action of immunotropic drugs of bacterial origin is similar to the action of vaccines (they are also called "therapeutic vaccines"), but they act much softer. The use of such drugs allows you to avoid complications (as after vaccination), because lysates cannot cause the spread of the pathogen from the drug in the body. Bacterial immune agents, unlike antibiotics, do not cause the formation of dysbacteriosis. In addition, immunotropic drugs are available in a convenient form for use.

So that you can imagine how some drugs that restore the child's immune system work, I will dwell on them in more detail.

"Ribomunil" - contains cell fractions of 4 bacteria, which most often complicate the course of diseases.

"Imudon" - is intended for resorption in the oral cavity.

"IRS-19" - includes hydrolysates of 19 bacteria, aerosol packaging allows you to administer the drug through the nose.

"Immunal" - consists of 80% purple echinacea juice and 20% alcohol. Not recommended for infants and toddlers with excitable nervous system.

Do not forget about homeopathic remedies, which are very effective in preventing repeated respiratory diseases.

Among these drugs are "Agri", "Aflubin", "Echinacea-compositum", "Engistol", "Angin-Hel", "Lymphomyosot", "Influcid", "Tonsillotren" and others.

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Frequent colds bring a lot of trouble to parents and pretty exhaust the baby. Sometimes even a pediatrician cannot determine the causes of persistent colds. And the only thing left for parents is to treat them and take preventive measures. About why a child often suffers from colds and whether it is possible to fight them, we will tell in the article.

Children get sick with colds most often due to weakened immunity. Defenses may decrease the following reasons:

On a note! On average children can get ARVI 6-10 times a year This is the norm by medical standards. If the baby starts to get sick more often, you should be wary.

The common cold is not a viral illness, but it can give rise to a viral infection or exacerbation of chronic diseases.

What to do

When the first signs of a cold appear, you should immediately consult a doctor, after the diagnosis, the specialist will prescribe a treatment regimen. The treatment uses antiviral and antimicrobial drugs, antibiotics and other drugs - all depends on the specific diagnosis..

Treatment should observe the following rules:

• obligatory treat all diagnosed diseases to the end, otherwise the immune system may be too weak to fight the next infectious disease;
• security gentle mode of life after treatment, strong loads on the body should be excluded, long walks and activities in sports sections should be avoided;
• destruction of all sources of infection, must be cured, if any, sinusitis, teeth, etc .;
• elimination of negative factors that affect the children's nervous system, if necessary, you should change the school or circle;
• revision of the drug list, which are used for treatment, some of them can have a strong negative effect on the body;
• ensuring proper rest, regular airing of the room;
• spending vacations in places with a climate that positively affects well-being (excluding extreme heat or cold).

At kindergarten

Colds are more common among children who attend kindergartens. In autumn and spring in a group several babies can get sick at the same time- such is the price of adaptation of immunity. Find out ahead of time if it's customary in your daycare to send a child with cold symptoms to a health check-up or home.

During seasonal epidemics All children must be met by a nurse at the entrance and have their temperature taken. Feeling worse during the day Baby is required to isolate until parents arrive. who should take the child home as soon as possible.

Educators should monitor how often children wash their hands (they must do this before eating and after visiting the street). Hand hygiene is one of the leading preventive measures in a children's institution.

For children under one year old

Frequent colds in infancy are due to the fact that immunity is just beginning to form. At this age, it is considered normal that a child gets sick 10 times a year.

At this age, the baby still cannot complain, say what worries him, therefore important to be careful. Self-diagnosis is not recommended, at the first symptoms you should seek medical help.

Important! A cold at this age develops very quickly: even in the evening, the baby may feel fine, and wake up in the morning with a runny nose, high fever, cough and sore throat.

The best immunostimulant in infancy is considered breast milk. You should also avoid crowded places, especially during the season of epidemics, ventilate the premises, and exclude contact with infected relatives.

Toddlers 3-4 years old

Infection at this age is most often transmitted both by airborne droplets and by household contact. Very important follow the rules of hygiene, be sure to clean, clean toys and other surfaces with which the baby comes into contact during the day. Airing the room should be carried out three times a day, this will avoid the accumulation of pathogenic bacteria in the room.

Preschool children 5-6 years old

At this age, it is important to teach the baby to cough and sneeze into a handkerchief; you can also put on a gauze bandage on your face, incl. people in contact with the child.

Prevention

If the baby is constantly sick, then point effects may not be enough to heal the child. Help prevent common illnesses systematic observance of the following preventive measures:

• general hardening, swimming in ponds, prolonged exposure to fresh air, wiping with a damp towel;
• inclusion in the diet of vitamins, fresh berries and fruits;
• compliance with hygiene standards, it is necessary to regularly bathe the child, cut his nails, as dirt often accumulates under them, bacteria multiply;
• buying quality toys, low-quality things can provoke allergic reactions;
• contact restriction with infected people;
• correct organization of the regime baby.

Useful video

Dr. Komarovsky about frequently ill children (colds are also discussed in the video):

Conclusion

1. Frequent colds in young children are usually associated with the selection of the wrong clothes and / or shoes for being outdoors, allowing drafts, drinking too cold drinks. All these reasons can be eliminated by attentive attitude to the child.
2. Colds as a result of hypothermia, can provoke chronic diseases and "attract" viral.
3. Prevention measures needs to be implemented systematically. To protect the baby from frequent colds, it is necessary to revise his diet and regimen, be sure to heal and temper the baby in the summer.

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Frequently ill child. Who is to blame and what to do?

No matter how much the author urges parents to treat childhood illnesses calmly and philosophically, not as tragedies, but as temporary minor troubles, not everyone succeeds and not always. In the end, it is not at all uncommon for a mother to simply not be able to say how many times a year a child has had acute respiratory infections - these acute respiratory infections simply do not end. Some snot flows smoothly into others, a stuffy nose passes into a sore ear, a reddened throat turns pale, but the voice is hoarse, the cough is moistened, but the temperature rises again ...

✔ WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?

Previously, they said: “What to do, this was born” and added: “Be patient, it will outgrow.”

Now they say: "Bad immunity" and, as a rule, add: "We need to treat."

Let's try to figure out what you still need to do - endure or treat?

Parents should know that congenital immunity disorders - the so-called. primary immunodeficiencies are rare. They are manifested not just by frequent SARS, but by very severe SARS with the most dangerous bacterial complications that are difficult to treat. Congenital immunodeficiency is a deadly condition and it has nothing to do with a two-month runny nose.

Thus, frequent acute respiratory infections - in the vast majority of cases, a consequence of secondary immunodeficiency - that is, the child was born normal, but under the influence of certain external factors, his immunity either does not develop, or is somehow oppressed.

✔ Main conclusion:

if a child normal from birth does not get out of illness, then he has a conflict with the environment. And there are two options for helping: try to reconcile the child with the environment with the help of medicines, or try to change the environment so that it suits the child.

The formation and functioning of the immune system is primarily due to external influences. All that is perfectly familiar to everyone, all that we put into the concept of "lifestyle": food, drink, air, clothing, physical activity, rest, treatment of diseases.

Parents of a child who often suffers from acute respiratory infections should first of all understand that it is not the child who is to blame, but the adults around him, who cannot figure out the answers to questions about good and bad. It is very difficult to admit to ourselves that we are doing something wrong - we feed us wrong, we don’t dress like that, we rest in the wrong way, we don’t help with illnesses in the wrong way.

And the saddest thing is that no one can help such parents and such a child.

Judge for yourself. The child is often sick. Where can a mother go for advice?

Let's start with grandma. And what will we hear: he doesn’t eat well with you, he’s also my mother, he’s not able to feed the child; who dresses a child like that - a completely naked neck; it opens at night, so you need to sleep in warm socks, etc. We will feed you with songs and dances. Wrap tightly with a very warm scarf. Let's wear socks. The frequency of acute respiratory infections will not decrease from all this, but it is easier for the grandmother.

We turn to friends, acquaintances, colleagues for help. The main advice (wise and safe) is to be patient. But we will definitely hear a story about how “one woman’s child was sick all the time, but she spared no expense and bought him a special and very biologically active vitamin complex with the addition of crushed horns of a high-mountainous Tibetan goat, after which everything went away - ARI stopped, the adenoids resolved, and the famous professor said that he was shocked, and bought the complex for his grandson. By the way, Claudia Petrovna still has the last package of these vitamins, but we must hurry - the goat hunting season is over, new supplies will be only in a year.

We hurried. Bought. We started saving the child. Ah, how easy it has become! It is easy for us, parents - after all, we do not regret anything for the child, we, parents, are correct. ORZ continue? Well, this is such a child.

Can we still turn to serious doctors?

Doctor, we have 10 acute respiratory infections in a year. We have already eaten 3 kg of vitamins, 2 kg of cough medicine and 1 kg of antibiotics this year. Help! Our frivolous pediatrician Anna Nikolaevna is of no use - she demands to temper the child, but how can we temper him so "immune"! We must have some kind of terrible disease wound up ...

Well, let's explore. We will look for viruses, bacteria, worms, determine the state of immunity.

Examined. They found herpes, cytomegalovirus, giardia, and staphylococcus aureus in the intestines. A blood test with the clever name "immunogram" showed numerous abnormalities.

Now it's all clear! It's not our fault! We, parents, are good, attentive, caring. Hooray!!! We are normal! Poor Lenochka, how much everything fell on her at once - both staphylococcus, and viruses, horror! Well, nothing! We have already been told about special medicines that will surely wipe out all this muck ...

And what’s also nice, you can demonstrate these tests to your grandmother, she probably didn’t even hear such a word - “cytomegalovirus”! But stop criticizing...

And we will definitely show the tests to Anna Nikolaevna. Let her realize her delusions, it’s good that we didn’t listen to her and didn’t become tempered with such a terrible immunogram.

The saddest thing is that Anna Nikolaevna does not want to admit delusions! Claims that staphylococcus is a completely normal inhabitant of the intestines in most people. He says that it is impossible to live in the city and not have antibodies to Giardia, herpes and cytomegalovirus. Persist! Insists that all this is nonsense, and refuses to treat! Again and again he is trying to convince us that it is not staphylococci-herpes that are to blame for everything, but we - the parents !!!

The author is aware that you can get very upset and even close this book. But Anna Nikolaevna is absolutely right with the highest possible degree of probability - it is really you, the parents, who are to blame! Not out of malice, not out of spite. Out of ignorance, out of misunderstanding, out of laziness, out of gullibility, but you are to blame.

If a child often suffers from acute respiratory infections, it is impossible to solve this problem with any pills. Eliminate conflict with the environment. Change your lifestyle. Do not look for the guilty - this is a dead end. Your and your child's chances to break out of the vicious circle of eternal snot are quite real.

I repeat once again: there are no magic pills “for poor immunity”. But there is an effective algorithm for real practical actions. We will not talk about everything in detail - many pages are already devoted to answers to questions about how it should be, both in this and in other books of the author.

Nevertheless, we will now list and emphasize the most fundamental points. In fact, this will be the answers to questions about what is good and what is bad. I fix attention - these are not explanations, but ready-made answers: there have already been so many explanations that if they did not help, then nothing can be done, although Lena is very sorry ...

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AIR

Clean, cool, wet. Avoid anything that smells - varnishes, paints, deodorants, detergents.

At the slightest opportunity, organize a personal children's room for the child. There are no dust accumulators in the children's room, everything is subject to wet cleaning (plain water without disinfectants). Heating regulator. Humidifier. Vacuum cleaner with water filter. Toys in a box. Glass books. Folding everything scattered + washing the floor + dusting are standard actions before bedtime. There is a thermometer and a hygrometer on the wall in the room. At night, they should show a temperature of 18 ° C and a humidity of 50-70%. Regular airing, obligatory and intensive - in the morning after sleep.

In a cool damp room. Optionally - in warm pajamas, under a warm blanket. White linen washed with baby powder and thoroughly rinsed.

Never, under any circumstances, force a child to eat. It is ideal to feed not when you agree to eat, but when you beg for food. Stop feeding between feedings. Do not abuse overseas products. Do not get carried away with a variety of food. Prefer natural sweets (honey, raisins, dried apricots, etc.) to artificial ones (based on sucrose). Make sure that there are no food residues in the mouth, especially sweets.

At will, but the child should always have the opportunity to quench his thirst. I draw your attention: do not enjoy a sweet carbonated drink, namely, to quench your thirst! Optimal drinking: non-carbonated, non-boiled mineral water, compotes, fruit drinks, fruit teas. Drinks are at room temperature. If everything was heated before, gradually reduce the intensity of heating.

Sufficient minimum. Remember that sweating causes illness more often than hypothermia. The child should not have more items of clothing than his parents. The decrease is gradual.

The most careful way to monitor the quality, especially if the child takes them in his mouth. Any hint that this toy smells or gets dirty - refuse to buy. Any soft toys are accumulators of dust, allergens and microorganisms. Prefer washable toys. Washable toys to wash.

WALKS

Daily active. Through the parental “tired - I can’t - I don’t want to”. Very desirable before bedtime.

HARDENING

Ideal for outdoor activities. Any sports that involve active communication with other children in a confined space are not desirable. Swimming in public pools is inappropriate for a frequently ill child.

ADDITIONAL CLASSES

Good at the place of permanent residence, when the state of health does not allow you to leave the house. First you need to stop being sick often and only then start attending a choir, foreign language courses, a fine arts studio, etc.

SUMMER REST

The child must take a break from contacts with many people, from city air, from chlorinated water and household chemicals. In the vast majority of cases, rest "on the seas" has nothing to do with the recovery of an often ill child, since most of the harmful factors remain, plus catering is added and, as a rule, worse living conditions than at home.

The ideal vacation for an often ill child looks like this (every word is important): summer in the countryside; inflatable pool with well water, next to a pile of sand; dress code - shorts, barefoot; restriction on the use of soap; feed only when she screams: "Mom, I'll eat you!". A dirty naked child who jumps from water to sand, begs for food, breathes fresh air and does not contact many people in 3-4 weeks restores the immunity damaged by city life.

PREVENTION OF ARI

It is extremely unlikely that a frequently ill child constantly hypothermia or eat ice cream in kilograms. Thus, frequent illnesses are not colds, they are SARS. If Petya is finally healthy on Friday, and on Sunday he has a stuffy nose again, this means that Petya found a new virus in the Friday-Sunday interval. And his relatives are clearly to blame for this, in particular, his grandfather, who took advantage of an unexpected recovery in order to urgently take his grandson to the circus.

The main task of parents is to fully implement the recommendations detailed in Chapter 12.2 - "Prevention of SARS". Avoid unnecessary contact with people in every possible way, wash your hands, maintain local immunity, vaccinate all family members against influenza.

If a child is often sick with SARS, it means that he is often infected.

The child cannot be to blame. This is the behavior of his family. So, it is necessary to change the model, and not treat the child.

SARS TREATMENT

Treating SARS does not mean giving medicines. This means creating conditions for the child's body to cope with the virus as quickly as possible and with minimal loss of health. To treat SARS means to ensure optimal parameters of temperature and air humidity, to dress warmly, not to feed until she asks, to actively drink. Salt drops in the nose and paracetamol at high body temperature - a completely sufficient list of drugs. Any active treatment prevents the formation of immunity. If a child is often sick, then any drug should be used only when it is clearly impossible to do without it. This is especially true of antibiotic therapy, which in most cases is carried out without real reason - out of fear, from fear of responsibility, from doubts about the diagnosis.

ACTIONS AFTER RECOVERY

It is very important to remember that an improvement in the condition and normalization of temperature does not at all indicate that immunity has been restored. But after all, very often a child goes to a children's team literally the next day after the condition improves. And even earlier, before the children's team, he goes to the clinic, where he is examined by a doctor who says that the child is healthy.

In the queue to the doctor and the next day at school or in kindergarten, the child will definitely meet with a new virus. A child with immunity that has not yet strengthened after an illness! A new disease will begin in a weakened organism. It will be harder than the previous one, with a greater likelihood of complications, and will require the use of drugs.

But this disease will also end. And you will go to the clinic, and then to the kindergarten ... And then you will talk about a frequently ill child who “was born like that”!

It has become better - it means you need to start living normally. Normal life is not a trip to the circus, not a school, and even more so not a children's clinic. Normal life is jumping-jumping in the fresh air, "working up" appetite, healthy sleep, restoration of mucous membranes.

With an active lifestyle and the maximum possible restriction of contact with people, complete recovery usually requires no more than a week. Now you can go to the circus!

We must not forget that contacts with people are risky, especially indoors. Outdoor play with children is generally safe (as long as there is no spitting or kissing). Hence, a completely acceptable algorithm for visiting a kindergarten immediately after recovery is to go there when the children go for a walk. We took a walk, everyone went to the room for lunch, and we went home. It is clear that it is far from always possible to implement this (mother works, the teacher does not agree, the kindergarten is far from home), but at least this option can be kept in mind.

And in conclusion, we note the obvious: the algorithm of “actions after recovery” applies to all children, and not just to those who are often ill. This is in fact one of the most important rules that helps a normal child not become often ill.

Well, as soon as we started talking about "all children", we note that when going after an illness to a children's team, one must think not only about oneself, but also about other children. In the end, SARS can be mild when the body temperature remains normal. Snot ran, you stayed at home for a couple of days, and then went to kindergarten, while remaining contagious!

Antibodies to the virus are produced no earlier than the fifth day of illness. Therefore, it is possible to resume visiting the children's team no earlier than the sixth day from the onset of SARS, regardless of its severity, but in any case, at least three days must pass from the moment the body temperature returns to normal.

What to do if the child is often sick

Children get sick, and parents are very worried about this. Adults practically do not pay attention to their own diseases, but the diseases of children instantly become a cause of concern. This is normal, because people live in non-sterile conditions, so the body reacts to the external environment in this way. What to do if the child is very often sick? The answer lies in the depths - in the cause of such morbidity.

Is the child often sick?

As mentioned, all children get sick. The only question is how often and where is the line between the usual seasonal reactivity of the child's body and pathological diseases.

Pediatricians believe that the normal incidence in children under 12 months is no more than 4 times a year. From three to six years, this figure ranges from 3 to 6 diseases per year. For children of school age - 1-3 times, which is due to the fact that the child is in the team. In kindergartens, in their real conditions, educators cannot make sure that all children are well dressed, nothing is picked up from the floor.

Like modern moms and dads, they cannot always stay at home with sick children, and their colds are sent to kindergartens and schools, where they infect other children. This is especially noticeable in the kindergarten groups. If a child gets sick, after a few days everyone starts to get sick. So, if a preschool child gets sick more than 6 times a year, and a school-age child more than 3-4 times - a sign of frequent morbidity, which means a reason to pay attention to the baby's immunity.

In addition, it is one thing if a child often suffers from viral respiratory diseases, but it is quite another if almost any respiratory infection is complicated, for example, by a sore throat. The difference is that a simple SARS is caused by a virus, requiring intensive antiviral therapy. Angina (acute tonsillitis) is a complication when, against the background of immunity weakened by a virus, a bacterial infection appears. It can't be cured without antibiotics.

The main question is, if a child often has a sore throat, then why? The infection can "attach" only to very damaged tonsils, inflamed, with enlarged lacunae - an excellent environment for bacteria. Angina is not easy to treat, and parents often stop treatment, leaving traces of inflammation that make acute angina chronic. The most serious cause of angina in children is considered to be improper treatment of infections, weakened immunity.

Causes of regular illnesses of a child

There can be many reasons why a child can often get colds and sore throats. The main one is finding the baby in the children's team. It should be noted that many causes, including this one, do not need to be eliminated. It is better to influence other factors, significantly reducing the risk of the disease.

Among the reasons why a child often gets sick, you need to pay attention to the following:

lack of appropriate childhood vaccinations. Unfortunately, many parents deliberately refuse vaccination. Word of mouth reports the danger, as well as the fact that then the children supposedly get sick even more. Not true. A vaccine is a weakened or killed pathogen that produces antibodies to a specific disease. These antibodies give immunity that protects the baby in the future. There are only two ways for the formation of antibodies: vaccination (when the child just has a temperature for a couple of days, but does not get sick) or the disease to the full extent. And it is better to give the baby immunity, for example, to measles, and protect it from the disease in the future.

chronic respiratory diseases. No matter what pharmacists say, all sinusitis is a chronic disease. If a child has been diagnosed with any type of sinusitis, there is a good chance that it will reappear. A chronic inflammatory process greatly weakens the protective properties of the mucous membranes. And the more often relapses appear, the stronger the defects of the mucosa become and the worse the immunity.

lack of additional strengthening of immunity. All children have weaker immunity than any adult. Therefore, it needs to be further strengthened. Old methods and new developments in medicine can significantly reduce the incidence of children in dangerous periods: spring and autumn.

susceptibility to allergies . It is worth remembering the hereditary nature of any allergy. In other words, if one of the parents has a severe allergy in any of its variants, it is highly likely that the child will also have it. Children with a tendency to allergies get sick much more often. Therefore, any treatment should take place with the inclusion of antihistamines.

frequent presence in crowded places. This does not mean that you need to limit the communication of the child. However, it should be borne in mind that a visit by a child under 10 years of age to such places significantly increases the risk of the disease. It is necessary to carry out prevention.

congenital immunodeficiency. Bad habits of the mother before and during pregnancy, the influence of negative environmental factors, unbalanced nutrition of the mother during feeding, malnutrition, defects, prematurity - these are the causes of congenital immunodeficiency in the baby.

refusal to breastfeed. Mom's milk is the best immunostimulant, neither people nor nature have come up with anything more effective. Milk has a completely individual composition, i.e. milk from a particular mother ideally satisfies the needs of only her child. It contains substances that cannot be artificially recreated and placed in infant formula. This is why breast milk is essential. In addition, studies show that babies who receive breast milk all the time they need, get sick 3 times less, have good health.

All causes can be brought under control, thereby reducing the risk of the child's illness.

What to do if the child is sick viral infections ?

These specialists may order a series of tests, including: general blood and urine tests; coprogram; analysis of feces for the presence of helminth eggs; immunogram; allergen sensitivity test; blood tests for HIV - there is no need to ignore them or panic, this is a standard procedure; Ultrasound of organs in the abdominal cavity.

After finding out the reasons, the doctor will give specific instructions for their elimination. You should do the following on your own, regardless of how often the child gets sick:

if possible, pick up a child from a preschool in the autumn-spring period. It can be socialized by yourself, as well as taught basic skills. Contacts with other children in confined spaces will be much reduced. Such contacts are acceptable and desirable outdoors, where there is good ventilation.

hardening. For children, it does not mean dousing with ice water or walking in the snow. However, playing sports, swimming in the summer can significantly strengthen the child's immunity and prevent diseases.

correct treatment of ARI. The doctor prescribes to cure the baby. If the prescribed treatment has become prohibitively expensive, you should contact the pediatrician again and ask if there are cheaper analogues or substitutes. Be that as it may, it is important not to forget that the treatment of any acute respiratory disease should last at least five days, all this time the child should not attend groups so as not to infect other children and not complicate his illness. Also, you should not resort to self-medication, as well as stop treatment before recovery.

prevention. Now there are a number of drugs that stimulate the production of natural immunity. They are divided into interferons of natural origin and artificial. The first interferons are more effective because they are fully compatible with the human body. It will not be superfluous to periodically drink a course of multivitamins. For a detailed regimen of admission, you should contact your pediatrician.

should not be vaccinated. If there are concerns about the quality of vaccines, then you need to consult and purchase vaccines yourself. Try to keep up with the schedule. In addition, we should not forget about preventive seasonal flu vaccinations, which should be carried out in mid-late summer, so that antibodies have time to develop by autumn.

correct mode. The nutrition of the crumbs should be tasty, balanced and fortified. It must be remembered that the traditional effect of tea with lemon disappears as soon as the lemon is poured with hot water. The same applies to currant compotes.

You don't have to force your baby to eat. The body knows when it needs food. Children's is no exception. It is necessary to include in the diet as many vegetables and fruits as possible. In order to get specific recommendations, mom should contact a nutritionist.

the child should sleep at least 7 hours at night. Small children have their own sleep schedule. He is individual. The right mattress, pillow, normal temperature, which creates a blanket, improve the quality of sleep. Warm milk with honey will help you fall asleep faster. To avoid overexcitation, do not allow the child to watch TV, play computer games 2-3 hours before bedtime. And moderate physical activity, on the contrary, is welcomed.

water consumption. The child must drink a lot. Moreover, portions of the liquid must be limited to one glass every 2-3 hours. The toilet should be regular.

Fresh air. Regular airing, well ventilated rooms and walks improve lung function. In addition, it is important to observe the correct temperature regime in the room. The ideal temperature for a child's room is 18–22°. The air should be moist and cool. Warm wet promotes the growth of bacteria, dry dries out the mucous membrane, causes a runny nose, as well as a deterioration in the body's defense reactions.

timely visit to the doctor. Regardless of the credibility of medicine, the illness of children is entirely the responsibility of adults. You should not be lazy to look for a qualified pediatrician, you should not neglect the advice of other specialists, postponing treatment. Diseases tend to pile up one on top of the other when neglected. It is necessary to achieve reliable diagnosis and treatment, to insist on the control of recovery.

It is important to remember that high-quality prevention is more effective, cheaper, and easier than treatment. Therefore, it is necessary to do everything possible to prevent diseases in the baby. Be healthy!

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