Why does a child often get sick?

If a child gets sick a couple of times a year, it’s not scary. It seems that this is how it should be. After all, the body cannot cope with the entire load. But suddenly it turns out that the disease repeats itself up to 8 or even more times. What to do then? How to cope with adversity? To answer these questions, you first need to understand the cause of illness.

Why does a child often get sick?

A child’s body is different from an adult’s, including the immune system. From the moment of birth until they reach two years of age, children almost never get sick. At this time, so-called “mother’s” antibodies are present in their blood and are active against almost all viruses. For this reason, most viruses simply pass by, or the disease ends before it even begins.

However, somewhere around the age of two, these antibodies stop working. The time is coming for changes and the baby’s adaptation to change. Now the body is forced to produce antibodies on its own. The difficulty is that they are formed only when interacting with antigens. That is, when the body becomes infected. Diseases there are a great many, and in order to develop antibodies to each type, the child has to be sick a lot. It is because of this that children often get sick at this age.

If you look at the situation from the outside, you might think that everything is not so complicated. It’s not a big deal, you just need to “introduce” the child to all the malicious infections one by one. And it would be good to ensure that such “acquaintances” are not complicated by acute respiratory viral diseases. Most likely, you have already realized that we are talking about vaccinations, which were created for this purpose in order to subject the immune system to training.

Basically, pediatric doctors in most cases recommend this method. However, there is such an abundance of viruses in nature that it is simply impossible to be vaccinated against everything forever. And just imagine, if so many vaccines existed, what kind of child would survive it?! Even an adult can’t do this.

Don't forget about the influenza virus, of which there are a lot of varieties. In addition to this, it mutates almost every year. Because of this, already developed and released vaccines become useless.

Why do children in kindergarten often get sick?

Why do children in kindergarten get sick so often? Perhaps this question left few parents indifferent. So why does this happen?

The fact is that while at home, the child, although not completely, is still protected from bacteria and viruses. When he gets to kindergarten, he picks up various types of infections from his peers. Sometimes it happens that parents bring sick (ill) children to the garden, and they, in turn, infect healthy ones.

Your child is often sick - what to do?

So how can you reduce the risk and protect your child from frequent illnesses? After all, you really want your child to enjoy life, and not spend time in bed with a thermometer. Just listen to the following tips:

• During seasonal illnesses or outbreaks of acute respiratory infections (ARI), rinse your child’s nose with sea water (this is harmless).
• Before going outside or going to kindergarten, use oxoline ointment, it helps fight germs.
• Keep it clean rooms where the child lives.
• Ventilate your living area daily.
• Try to let your child spend as much time outside as possible.
• Slowly harden your baby.
• If it happens that the disease still overtakes you, carry out the full course of treatment. After the child is completely stronger, let him stay at home for a couple of extra days and only then take him to the garden.
• Don't forget to give your child vitamins, immuno-strengthening.

Remember, if it happens that your baby gets sick again, there will be a lot more time for treatment and recovery will be required. Do not forget, this is very important - the course of treatment must be completed in full. Otherwise, the child will face complications.