Hello, immunity
What is immunity? In layman's terms, immunity is the body's ability to resist foreign pathogens, which can be acquired by innate genetics, or can be produced after birth due to infection with a specific germ or vaccination.
The immune system is like a guardian army of our body, building the "Great Wall" of disease prevention in the human body. So, how to enhance children's immunity? The method is not difficult, but it is a long-term and systematic project.
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Breastfeeding: the first immunization of life
Breast milk contains a large number of immune substances, which can increase the immunity and disease resistance of the baby's body, which can prevent the baby from being invaded by the virus and get sick, which is indispensable for the baby's early immunity. That is why the World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding for no less than 6 months. It can be said that breast milk is the first immunization in life, so don't miss the opportunity to breastfeed your baby.
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Vaccination: Protection against infectious diseases
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Vaccination of babies is a positive measure taken by humans against infectious diseases. Vaccination stimulates the body to produce antibodies that prevent the occurrence of corresponding infectious diseases, which is both economical and effective. In addition, the state also requires children to be vaccinated in accordance with the prescribed procedures after birth, and without an effective vaccination certificate, it may affect the child's schooling, kindergarten, etc. Therefore, parents must vaccinate their babies on time and as directed by their doctors.
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Regular habits: Let the biological clock turn rhythmically
If you want to strengthen your resistance, you have to have a regular daily routine. The first is sleep, growing children need enough sleep every day, sleep is the best tonic for the body, and the decline in immunity is related to insufficient sleep time. If your child doesn't sleep enough at night, you can let him take a nap during the day and also relieve fatigue. Rhythmic biological clock does not only refer to regular sleep, it is also composed of regular meals, reasonable diet, regular exercise, reasonable arrangement of learning work hours and other factors, which require parents to have enough patience, step by step guidance and adjustment.
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Eat a balanced diet: Improves the body's defenses
People are iron rice is steel, even people who can't eat and drink well, must not be able to talk about strong immunity. We all know that children are partial to food, and unbalanced nutrition will cause a decline in resistance; but blindly nourishing and thick to supplement is not good for the body. Growing children need to pay attention to a balanced diet, meat, eggs, fresh vegetables and fruits as diverse as possible, control spicy and cold and other stimulating foods, less fried, smoked, too sweet food. In this way, the body can obtain sufficient nutrients to provide more "raw materials" for immunity.
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Do not overeat: Avoid overburdening the spleen and stomach
Infants and young children's internal organs are delicate, and the digestion and absorption function is not yet perfect. Although the development is vigorous and the need for nutrients is urgent, the spleen and stomach motor and digestive function are relatively insufficient. If you eat too much, it will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, digestive disorders, easy to accumulate food, abdominal pain, leading to gastroenteritis, indigestion and other diseases.
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Stick to daily exercise: Have good physique
Exercise is the key to keeping the body healthy and immune, and the amount of exercise needs to be sufficient in the process of improving resistance. Maintaining scientific exercise is not a high-intensity, transient exercise, but refers to those long-term, moderate, exercise that can mobilize the functions of various systems of the body, and exercise must be adhered to, "three days of fishing, two days of drying nets" type of exercise, the effect is not large.
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Drink plenty of boiled water: Keep the mucous membranes moist
Drinking more water keeps the mucous membrane moist and becomes an important line of defense against bacteria; drinking more water can also make people feel fresh and energetic. When children go to kindergarten and go out, they should carry water bottles on their backs and drink them when they are thirsty. However, parents need to pay attention to the fact that they must drink boiled water, not various sugary drinks (parents should lead by example, drink less sugary drinks, and do not store drinks at home). If your child really does not like to drink water, you can increase your child's enthusiasm for drinking water by encouraging strategies, playing drinking water games, changing cups with cute patterns, or adding an apple slice, pear slice or lemon slice to increase the taste of boiled water and make your child fall in love with drinking water.
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Keeping indoor air fresh: Remove pollution hazards
When it comes to indoor pollution, everyone will definitely think of dust, dander, cotton wool, fiber, various parasites, cigarette smoke, building materials and decorative materials, etc., but daily necessities such as cosmetics, insecticides, perfumes, cleaners, etc., will also cause poor indoor air quality. Studies have shown that 68% of diseases are related to indoor pollution, so parents should regularly open doors and windows to ventilate; home decoration, especially the decoration of children's living rooms, should choose green environmental protection materials; take children to the park with fresh air to play on weekends... These measures will be of great benefit to the child's body.
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Timely addition and removal of clothing: adapt to the external environment
Babies get cold or heat and love to get sick. Therefore, dress the baby moderately, do not blindly "cover" or "freeze" the baby, and generally dress the same as adults. If you really can't judge, then touch the back of your baby's neck, paying attention not to touch the back of your neck that is exposed outside, but touching the place covered by clothes. The back of the neck is warm to the touch, indicating that the clothes are worn properly. The back of the neck is cold, indicating that the clothes are worn less. Sweating on the back of the neck indicates that he is wearing too much.
Correct understanding of immunity
In fact, improving immunity is a systematic project. If there is no disease, just want to strengthen the body, improve immunity, must focus on daily life, rather than relying on drugs to stimulate. In addition, your child's total cold does not prove that your baby's immunity is low, which may be how they can get immunity. As long as it is not particularly frequent or the symptoms are severe, it is not artificially supplemented with immunity. And the use of immune regulators must follow the doctor's instructions, and you must not use drugs yourself!
Source: Xi'an Children's Hospital
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Editor: Lei Yang
Review: Liang Yuan