Antiviral drugs for children 2 years

At the age of 2 years, children often suffer from colds and flu. To the kids who barely started attending kindergarten, various diseases "cling". And many parents complain that they barely have time to cure one of the crumbs, how he gets something else. The reason for this lies in the features of children's immunity. In two-year-olds, it is not formed, which is why the toads are so susceptible to attacks of viruses.

To help parents come modern antiviral drugs. And if adults do not think much about what antiviral medication to take at the first symptoms of a beginning disease, then for children of two years there are a large number of restrictions. Therefore, choosing a means to protect the child from viruses is a rather difficult task.

Ideal pediatric cures for influenza and acute respiratory viral infections in the understanding of doctors and in the understanding of parents are not always the same.

At the same time, different groups of antiviral medications act differently. There are drugs that directly affect the causative agent. It is excellent from the point of view of medicine, but such tablets negatively affect the whole organism. Other antiviral drugs have an immunostimulating or immunomodulatory effect, they force the baby's immunity to produce antibodies to the virus. If we consider that the crumbs' immune protection is not yet fully formed, then frequent use of such drugs causes significant damage to it.

Interferons - antiviral drugs that “deliver” proteins to the baby’s body that are similar to those that the immune system produces during stimulation. Needless to say, this way of combating viruses is also burdened by a mass of side effects.

Dr. Komarovsky tells about various antiviral drugs:

Antiviral homeopathic remedies, according to parents, help only if taken in the first hours after the onset of symptoms. Most doctors are generally not sure of any effectiveness of homeopathic pills. In any case, clinically, it is not proven.

Dr. Komarovsky tells about homeopathic preparations in his program:

With all this, antiviral drugs have significant differences in the age limit of the patient. That is why it is so important to choose for a child 2 years old and a little older exactly those medicines that will meet the safety requirements to the maximum - non-toxic and effective, allowed for use in children of this age group.

Antiviral drugs in Russia, unlike other countries, are sold without a prescription.A huge selection of different pills, ointments, syrups, ampoules and rectal suppositories is capable of confusing even very competent adults.

Ideally, if a doctor recommends a specific drug, who examined the child and assessed the degree and severity of his viral infection, he was convinced of the presence or absence of complications. If there is no opportunity to show the crumbs to the pediatrician (you are not at home, you cannot invite a specialist to a call, go on vacation or out of town), all responsibility for the action of the chosen means falls on the shoulders of the parents.

Immediately it should be noted that the effectiveness of antiviral drugs is almost not proven. Therefore, the question of whether or not to give an anti-viral medication to a two-year-old child is quite a controversial one.

However, these tools have proven to be positive in the prevention of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections, and also rather quickly help to alleviate the condition of the crumbs, if you start taking them in the first 36 hours after the onset of the disease.

Although it is a homeopathic pill, a 2-year-old child will not have to swallow or dissolve them. The tool is perfectly soluble in ordinary boiled water. 1 tablet requires a tablespoon of liquid. If a baby has all the signs of an acute respiratory viral infection or flu, give "Anaferon" need every half hour. After four of these techniques, give the child the dissolved tablet three more times at regular intervals. From the second day of the disease, the medicine is taken 1 tablet three times a day.

The only contraindication of this remedy is congenital galactosemia and lactose deficiency.

These homeopathic granules, which can be put under the tongue of the child for a quarter of an hour before meals or dissolve them in a small amount of boiled water. In the first three days after the onset of flu symptoms, you need to take three doses of the drug per day, then a single dose until complete recovery.

Side effects of the drug is not indicated, but there is information about extremely rare cases of an allergic reaction.

Homeopathic drops “Aflubin»Are excellent for treating the acute stage of acute respiratory viral infection and flu, and for prophylaxis during the period of seasonal morbidity. With an already beginning disease, two-year-olds can be given 5 drops as a single dose several times a day. Usually, the number of techniques starts with three, and the maximum multiplicity is 8.

With the flu in the midst of a two-year plan put the same dosage, but only three times a day. With prophylactic administration, the dosage is reduced by half, and the drug will need to be given only once a day.

This antiviral drug for two years old children is available in the form of ointments, drops, rectal suppositories. There is a dry matter for the preparation of the solution. It is recommended to take it for prophylaxis by diluting with saline in a ratio of 2 ml. liquid on one bottle of powder. It is necessary to drip the received solution on five drops in each nostril twice a day. If the virus has already hit the child, then a dose of more prophylactic is needed. Five drops instilled every two hours. The course of treatment should not exceed three days.

Candles with interferon to a two-year-old child are placed rectally every 12 hours for 5 days. The ointment is suitable for the prevention of influenza and for the treatment of wounds in the mouth during stomatitis. This drug has minor side effects, is contraindicated in children with diseases of the heart, blood vessels, pathologies of the nervous system.

Doctors prescribe antiviral suppositories with interferon content even for the smallest patients not only with ARVI, but also for herpes infections, cytomegalovirus.

Rectal administration of suppositories in the morning and evening for 5-7 days is recommended for children aged 2 years.Dosage and treatment is calculated individually. "Viferon" in candles is contraindicated in children with inflammation of the rectum.

A drug that successfully withstands influenza A and B viruses, as well as the broadest spectrum of strains — avian and swine flu. The drug is available in capsules and in powder form for suspension. For a child at the age of two, the preferred form of the suspension. It is enough to add a capsule with a powder to any sweet drink (1 tsp) in order to mask the unpleasant bitter taste of the medicine as much as possible.

If a child weighs more than 15 kilograms a single dose of the suspension for him is 2 ml. If the baby weighs up to 25 kilograms - 3 ml, if the weight of the child is more than 25 kilograms - 4 ml. suspensions. Do not store unused mixture. "Tamiflu»Prepare anew before each new use. This drug should be given with caution to children with kidney and liver diseases.

Oksolin, for the sake of fairness, should be noted, is available in two types of ointment - nasal and external.

Antiviral agent has a small spectrum of action, but it has proven itself well for the prevention of influenza and ARVI. For infections of the eye in a small amount lay for the eyelid. With a cold, inflammatory processes in the nasopharynx or for the prevention of influenza, “oxoline” is applied three times a day to the nasal mucous membranes. Ointment is used by mothers for children of different ages, but the instructions for use of the drug clearly indicate that the remedy can be used from 2 years. As side effects, rare cases of atopic dermatitis occur in places where the ointment is applied are described.

This antiviral drug is very popular with doctors and parents, for two-year-olds, it fits perfectly, because it comes in a convenient form - in syrup. With the outbreak of flu, it is effective only at the initial stage of the disease, if the viral infection is already running, fromOrvirema“Sense will be a bit. In addition, the syrup is well suited for the prevention of seasonal morbidity. On the first day of illness, two-year-old children are recommended to take 2 teaspoons of the drug three times a day. From the second to the fourth day - the dose must be made half less. On the fourth day, put only one dose dose in the amount of 1 teaspoon of syrup.

The drug is prohibited to take children with diabetes and liver and kidney disease.

This Russian antiviral drug is produced in ready-made syrup, in capsules and dry matter for the preparation of syrup.

The preparation contains ascorbic acid, which contributes to the speedy recovery of the baby. You can take the syrup for half an hour before meals. Two-year dosage should not exceed 2 ml. syrup for a single use. The first 4 days of the onset of the disease should be given “Tsitovir 3” three times a day. The medicine in syrup should not be given to children with diabetes mellitus, they can only be capsules, but this form of medicine has a strict age limit - not less than six years old!

Interferon antiviral drug is available in the form nose drops and nasal spray. It is mainly used for the prevention of influenza and ARVI, but “Grippferon” can be given to a child and in the first few hours after the onset of the disease, it will help minimize potential complications and ease the child’s condition. If the disease has already come, you need to drip into the nose 2 drops 4 times a day. The course is 5 days.

If the drug is purchased for prophylaxis, 2 drops per day during the period of morbidity.

Nose drops "Grippferon", instruction:

Spray "Grippferon" instruction:

These rectal antiviral candles Children at the age of two can only be used with the permission of the pediatrician.Moreover, with the minimum dosage - "Genferon-Layt". In the acute stage of the viral ailment, the infants are given rectally one candle 1 time per day. The course of treatment is not more than 5 days. Contraindicated in children with diabetes and glomerulonephritis.

A disease is always better prevented than cured. That is why parents of two-year-olds should take care of reliable protection of their offspring. At least twice a year, in the midst of seasonal diseases, prevention should be carried out. Anti-flu medications are also used for it.

Prophylactic reception antivirus means should not be chaotic and arbitrary. Doctors recommend giving drugs in a dosage that will be exactly two times less than the dose for treating an already started disease.

For the prevention of drugs give a seven-day scheme. Monday - Tuesday - 1 daily intake of the drug, then for five days - a break. Starting next Monday, repeat the course in the same way. A couple of weeks is usually enough, but if the infection is raging serious and the incidence is increasing dramatically, the prophylactic course can be extended to 4 weeks.

When parents ask whether it is often possible to give children antiviral drugs, the answer is - no more than twice a year. If the child is more often, this is a reason to consult with the doctor, and not to feed the baby with medicines for every sneeze.

It is important for parents of two-year-old children to know that frequent use of antiviral medications at such a young age can cause imbalances in the crumbs of the immune system. In other words, the more you treat him with antiviral pills, the more often he gets sick. It is better if its natural defense of the body “remembers” viruses independently and learns how to recognize and counter them. To do this, do not get involved in medicines.

This temperature is a physiological response to the body's fight against viruses. It makes sense to talk about taking an antiviral agent only in cases when the temperature above 38.5 degrees cannot be reduced for three days already, during intoxication, with severe viral infection.

Most antiviral drugs work well with antibiotics, but only a doctor can prescribe antibiotics if the baby has developed a bacterial complication of a viral infection. In addition, antibiotics in pharmacies without prescriptions can no longer be bought, so a visit to the doctor should not be postponed.

Undoubtedly, antiviral drugs must be in the first-aid kit of the family in which children grow up. But from time to time check the expiration dates of medicines. Overdue antiviral drug can greatly harm the baby.

Antiviral drugs are available in a wide variety of dosage forms. When choosing a product for a two-year-old baby, remember that at this age convenient forms are considered ideal - syrups, suspensions, and in some cases dispersible tablets that can dissolve under the tongue.

Sometimes it is better to give preference to folk remedies for the treatment of viral infections. If the disease is not serious, there are no pronounced complications, it is possible to alleviate the condition of the child without pressure on his immune system and side effects.

The most popular natural "antiviruses" are known to everyone and are accessible to everyone:

• Nettle
• Lemon
• Black radish
• Honey
• Rosehip
• Black currant

Perfectly stimulates the immune system of tea with wild rose and chamomile. Two-year-olds will enjoy the most powerful vegetable “antivirus” - raspberry, viburnum and currant berries, grated with sugar. The juice of a familiar onion, diluted with boiled water, will help relieve nasal congestion, and garlic is an excellent means of preventing flu and ARVI.

Renowned physician Yevgeny Komarovsky is not at all antiviral therapy advocate.

An independent decision on the appointment of an antiviral drug, according to Komarovsky, is not the best thing that parents can do for their children.