Winter children always have a cold is weak immunity? The real standard is here!

Winter is the high incidence of children's respiratory diseases, some parents find that children often have colds and fevers, think that it is caused by weak immunity, so they fall into anxiety, and even try to give their children protein powder, probiotics, etc. to improve immunity. Is a frequent cold really a weak immunity? Come and hear what the doctor has to say.

According to experts from Nanjing Children's Hospital, children often have colds and fevers, and they are not necessarily immune. Under normal circumstances, children under the age of 6 will catch colds on average 6 to 8 times a year, and in the winter and spring, some children will even get sick 1 to 2 times a month, which is very common.

Huang Jie, chief physician of the Department of Internal Medicine of Nanjing Children's Hospital, said: "There are also some children who are prone to repeated respiratory infections, and indeed there are such cases, and we also have to evaluate his immune function, and it is not easy to define their children." ”

According to the doctor, if the child is always sick and obviously accompanied by backward growth and development; after each illness, it cannot get better on its own, and it needs intravenous infusion or hospitalization; or if every illness is a serious infection, it is possible to consider low immunity. At present, there are many products on the market that claim to improve immunity, and parents should treat them rationally: "Drugs that improve immunity are indeed such drugs." Through the doctor's assessment of the need to use such drugs, the doctor will give you the correct guidance to use, rather than saying that eating a probiotic or the like, not relying on these foods to improve. ”

At present, the evidence for probiotics to improve immunity is not very sufficient; bovine colostrum does have nutrients, but there is no evidence that bovine colostrum can enhance human immunity, and there is also a big gap between the composition of bovine colostrum and human breast milk, and it is more prudent to be cautious. In addition, eating protein powder, supplementing is actually protein, excessive protein will increase the burden on the kidneys, which is not good for the child's body.

Huang Jie said: "It should be said that a healthy lifestyle and effective protection are more important, such as ensuring sleep time, ensuring his nutrition, not partial eating, not picky eating, ensuring protein intake, including reasonable nutritional structure, balanced combination, this is particularly important." There is also to ensure his exercise, which is the best way to enhance immunity. ”

The World Health Organization recommends that children between the ages of 1 and 5 should spend at least 180 minutes a day on various types of physical activity. In addition, ensuring breastfeeding time and receiving vaccinations on time is also an important means to improve children's immunity.

(Reported by Wang Leping and Wu Hongyu, reporters of Jiangsu Radio and Television General Station Rong Media News Center)

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