In winter, some babies have to have several diseases. Last month’s cough just stopped a little, and these days they began to run snot again. Since the beginning of winter, minor diseases and pains have not stopped.
Every day, my mother asks backstage:
Why do children always get sick?
Is the child’s immunity too weak?
Can eating what quickly enhance children’s immunity?
Today, please ask Dr. Kong Lingkai to give you a systematic answer to the question of immunity.
Don’t casually say that the baby’s immunity is weak, the real standard is here.
Parents all think that children’s illness means weak immunity, but does frequent colds and fevers mean weak immunity?
99% are not.
If the baby has the following manifestations, it is possible to say that the immunity is low:
- Always sick, and obviously accompanied by growth and development retardation; After each illness, they cannot improve on their own and need intravenous infusion or hospitalization. For each bacterial infection, antibiotics must be used for more than 2 months, and the effect is not good. Every time a child gets sick, he is seriously infected, such as meningitis and septicemia.
Under normal circumstances, children under the age of 6 will catch colds 6-8 times a year on average. It is very common for children who have just started kindergarten to get sick 1-2 times a month in winter and spring.
Therefore, don’t judge your baby’s immunity is weak casually.
Some mothers will ask, how can children’s immunity be stronger? Can you buy some bovine colostrum, protein powder, probiotics and some drugs to improve immunity for your child?
Let’s talk about it in detail next.
Products that claim to improve immunity are useless!
1. Probiotics Improve Immunity? Insufficient evidence.
Some studies suggest that probiotic supplementation may be effective in improving immunity, but the evidence is not sufficient.
We still don’t know which strains of probiotics can improve immunity, how much they are used and how long they will take.
Judging from the current research, using probiotics to improve immunity is tantamount to [looking for a needle in a haystack], and the effect is somewhat illusory.
2. Are there antibodies in bovine colostrum? It is not valid for people.
Bovine colostrum does contain nutrients and many antibodies, which is the best for calves.
However, do cattle suffer from the same diseases as people?
In addition, bovine colostrum obviously needs to be disinfected before it can be drunk by the baby. After this disinfection, all kinds of antibodies in the colostrum are denatured. It is useless to drink it to the calf, let alone to eat it for the baby.
3. Eat some protein powder? Eating too much may be harmful.
Protein powder is actually protein. In modern times, the protein in babies’ daily diet is enough.
Excessive protein cannot be used either, but will only be converted into fat in the body.
In addition, excessive intake of protein will increase the kidney burden, which is detrimental to the baby’s body.
4. Lanjun Jing, Pan Fushu, Pidotimod? It’s useless.
Lan Junjing, Pan Fushu, Pidotimod… Parents who often run to hospitals know a lot about these immune drugs. In fact, they are not used for what.
Lanjun Jing and Pan Fu Shu are dissolves of various bacteria and claim to stimulate the body to produce antibodies in small doses.
After oral administration, these [small bacteria] have been absorbed by the baby’s intestines and stomach as daily nutrition before they can stimulate the body to produce antibodies.
Taking these drugs is equivalent to adding a small meal to the child and has no other effect.
As for pidotimod, it originated in Italy and is popular in the Chinese market. However, its pharmacological effects have not been clear and there are no valuable clinical experiments.
In 2018, Pidotimod has been ordered by China’s Food and Drug Administration to revise the instructions and require them to be marked [forbidden for children under 3 years old].
So when someone recommends this medicine, let it go.
The real way to improve immunity is here.
As a doctor, I also very much hope that there is something that can quickly improve children’s immunity after eating it, but there is really no such thing.
In daily life, parents can use the following 5 methods to help their children improve their immunity step by step.
1. Let the baby contact the pathogen properly and don’t be too clean.
Some families are used to disinfecting and disinfecting things before they can rest assured to use them for their children. In fact, family cleaning uses clean water to wipe the table and mop the floor.
There are a small amount of pathogens in the home, which can stimulate the child’s immune system in a small dose, not to the extent of illness, but can produce antibodies.
Often take your children out to contact with nature, and try to make temporary wet wipes with yourself when going out, which can also allow your children to properly contact with pathogens.
2. Timely vaccination of Class I and Class II vaccines
Vaccines have the antigenicity of pathogens, can stimulate the body to produce corresponding antibodies, but will not lead to diseases, and is a very important method to improve the immunity of babies.
Both Class I and Class II vaccines are recommended and should be vaccinated on time.
3. Avoid single nutrition
All kinds of immune organs must be mature without raw materials.
If you want to have a good immune function, you must first build up the immune system and take in all kinds of nutrients. For example, antibodies and complements are all protein components, while fat and other substances are needed to make up immune cells and tissues.
After adding supplementary foods, the baby should eat carbohydrates (rice, noodles, etc.), proteins (meat, fish, etc.), cellulose (vegetables, fruits) and dairy products every day to avoid too single nutrients.
4. Breastfeeding until the age of 1
It is recommended to breastfeed at least until the age of 1, and then continue to feed if you can continue to do so.
5. Exercise outdoors for at least one hour every day
Proper exercise can adjust the proportion of protein and fat in children’s body composition and better build the immune system. Ensure at least one hour of outdoor exercise every day, which is effective.
Adequate sleep and a happy mood are also very important to the immune state. Helping children to enhance their immunity is a steady and steady process. There is no shortcut. Parents are required to help children lay a good foundation for healthy body from all aspects.
The so-called way to improve immunity at once is to draw cakes for parents. Please cover your wallet and turn around and walk away!