Dr. Komarovsky about calcium gluconate
A normal amount of calcium is necessary for the child's body so that its bone skeleton develops normally, so that the teeth and hair are healthy. With the question of whether it is possible to give compensating drugs to children, including calcium gluconate, parents often turn to the authoritative pediatrician and TV presenter, the author of articles on children's health, Evgeny Komarovsky.
About the problem
Calcium deficiency in children, according to Evgeny Komarovsky, usually arises due to the fact that in the intestine the absorption processes of this substance are disturbed, and also it is not sufficiently supplied with food. If parents are asked to feed their children to have enough calcium, 99% of moms and dads will answer that they are milk and dairy products. This is a misconception, says Yevgeny Komarovsky. If a child allergy cow protein, which in itself is not such a rarity, it is quite possible to do without milk. The desired substance is found quite a lot in vegetables, herbs, fish.
Deficiency becomes more pronounced amid shortage vitamin d. Also, this condition is characteristic of children with some diseases of the thyroid gland.
Ways to cope with the problem a lot, says Komarovsky. It is necessary to saturate the diet with foods rich in calcium, spend more time in the sun to eliminate vitamin A deficiency.
In addition, you can take "Calcium Gluconate", the good old, time-tested and generations drug.
About the drug
Calcium gluconate is a powder that is highly soluble in water. In it, almost 9% is calcium. You can take it even for children up to a year. There are plenty of ways, starting from ingestion and ending with intravenous injections.
The drug is recommended for osteoporosis, rickets, with long-term use of diuretics and anti-epileptic drugs, for problems with blood formation and a variety of allergic reactions - from urticaria to atopic dermatitis and angioedema. The drug can also be prescribed for some liver pathologies, including toxic lesions.
Manufacturers also indicate that the drug is useful for children during intensive growth, because at this time, calcium is always a bit lacking.
Komarovsky about the drug
Calcium gluconate, according to Evgeny Komarovsky, has recently been completely unjustly criticized. There are opinions that the children's organism practically does not assimilate it, and therefore there is no point in drinking it. This is a delusion, says the doctor.
It is one of the most famous drugs in the world, and its doctors appreciate it for its ability to be well absorbed in the intestines.
The drug can be used as a means of emergency care in the event of seizures in the presence of deficiency. calcium, and it should be administered intravenously. In all other cases, you can do with internal reception, that is, to give the child food.
Manufacturers made sure that the children were pleased to take the tool. And now you can buy pills with the taste of fruit and cocoa. Dr. Komarovsky warns against intramuscular administration of the drug to children. This method is relevant only for adults!
It is difficult to say exactly where the myth about the uselessness of calcium gluconate originated. Most likely, Komarovsky is sure, the matter is in the wrong dosing of the medication. Adults drink it is not too convenient, because in order to collect the daily dose you need to drink 60 tablets!
Children are recommended more "reasonable" quantities of the drug:
- up to 1 year - 3 tablets of 500 mg;
- from 1 year to 4 years - six tablets of the same dosage;
- from 5 to 9 years - from 6 to 12 tablets;
- after 10 years - 18 tablets per day on average.
Komarovsky advises to divide the daily dose into 4 doses and give the drug half an hour before meals or one and a half hours after meals.
Manufacturers indicate constipation, irritation of the gastrointestinal tract, arrhythmia, as side effects, but Komarovsky claims that in practice, side effects during administration are rare. Children usually tolerate it well.
As good advice Komarovsky recommends drinking the drug in the indicated doses only in cases when calcium deficiency is baby confirmed by laboratory tests of blood composition. In all other cases (for prophylaxis and “just in case”), you can give the child 1 tablet three times a day, according to a very familiar and understandable pattern for most parents.
You can not give the drug at all, but simply feed the child with the right products.
In any case, it is not necessary to prescribe drugs to children independently, even such, at first glance, harmless, as calcium gluconate. Prescribe is a doctor's business. Trust your doctors!
See the video below for details.
