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Sick children are a common story in families with young children. Babies are often sick, easily get sick when the weather changes, and their poor health makes parents worry all the time. Why do babies often get sick, how to take care of sick children properly? Please watch the video below to find the answer for yourself.
Video content is professionally consulted by Doctor Pediatric Center - Vinmec Times City International Hospital
1. Causes of childhood illness
It is very important to understand the causes of minor illnesses in children. When parents know the specific cause, they will have an appropriate treatment for their child.
1.1 Children get sick due to immature immune system and resistance When they are born, their immune system is immature and sensitive to outside influences. After birth, the baby receives some immune antibodies from the mother through milk. However, in the process of development, the child's immune system is gradually perfected.
Children's daily exposure environment contains many potential pathogens. Because the body's defense system is not yet complete enough to cope, the baby has to face a great risk of infections and infections such as respiratory diseases, digestive disorders,....
1.2 Children Sickness due to immature digestive system The digestive system of young children, especially in the early stages of development, is still weak, which can easily lead to flatulence, constipation, vomiting, ... and inability to absorb Consuming all nutrients through the daily diet, this in the long run will lead to nutritional imbalance, anorexia and even malnutrition in children.
In addition, external factors such as the child's diet depends entirely on adults, the habit of forcing children to eat... will have a negative impact on the overall health and create conditions for many illnesses. incident occurred.
1.3 Children often get sick due to lack of micronutrients Eating enough meals, providing enough nutrients through the diet plays an important role in children's health. However, many mothers prepare meals for their children mainly according to their senses without paying attention to the balance of nutrition, leading to excess of some substances and lack of other micronutrients. That's why many children eat enough meals, lots of food but still lack nutrients.
The vitamins and nutrients inherent in food will be lost or reduced if the food is not of good quality (vegetables wilt, fruits are no longer fresh, so vitamin C is lost), or food is preserved or processed. The product is not good (cooking too carefully will lose all nutrients). This is something that parents need to pay special attention to.
1.4 Overuse of antibiotics Antibiotics are probably one of the first solutions parents look to when their child is sick. However, giving children high doses of antibiotics because they want them to get well quickly has inadvertently destroyed the main beneficial bacteria in the gut.
Meanwhile, 70% of immune cells are born in the lymph nodes in the intestinal wall. With the loss of beneficial bacteria, the body's ability to stimulate the immune system is significantly reduced. A weakened immune system means a child is more susceptible to illness.
When children are often sick, parents need to build children a reasonable diet and care to limit this situation as well as protect the health of the children.
2. Nutrition plays an important role in the development of young children
Children's nutrition is very important, greatly determining the health of children. The baby's diet needs to be fully supplemented with nutrients, vitamins and trace elements.
Besides nutritious foods such as: red meat, eggs, fish... parents should give their children more green vegetables and fruits to supplement fiber and necessary vitamins. To make the child's immune system stronger, parents should not ignore the addition of beneficial bacteria (or probiotics) into the daily diet. Ideal sources of probiotics include: yogurt, whey, cabbage and some cheeses...
Besides a nutritious meal, parents can also consider giving their children a healthy dose of probiotics. Use additional micronutrient products to enhance immune system protection, improve resistance. When choosing these products, parents need to pay attention to the origin and quality of the product.
In addition, when children are sick, parents also need to pay attention to how to take care of children:
Do not arbitrarily give children antibiotics when they are sick, if using drugs, they need a prescription and advice. The doctor's advice should pay attention to improving children's physical health through sports activities. At the same time, pay attention to children's hygiene problems. The situation of minor illnesses cannot be completely treated in a short time, parents need to be patient, coordinate with children, need to pay more attention to the health of children. With many years of experience in examining and treating diseases in children, the Pediatrics Department at Vinmec International General Hospital has become one of the major health care centers, capable of examining, screening and treatment of many specialized diseases in children. Therefore, if the child shows signs of immunodeficiency, the child is prone to minor illnesses or relapses, parents can take the child to Vinmec International General Hospital for examination and receive support and advice from doctors. doctors and medical professionals.
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