Antiviral drugs for children 4 years

For children of 4 years old, communication comes first. They have a very high need to contact people, sometimes even strangers, in a kindergarten, on a walk, on trips with their parents. In the cold or wet season, it is not safe, because the baby becomes vulnerable to viruses, and the surrounding people are often carriers of the flu, ARVI, ORZ, rotavirus, etc. Danger lurks everywhere - in the store, in the courtyard, in the park, in transport, and especially in kindergarten. The parents of four-year-olds have a difficult problem — they need to protect the curious child as much as possible and to help him promptly if the illness has begun.

And in that, and in other tasks modern antiviral preparations for children of 4 years will help. In order from the variety of drugs available in pharmacies to choose those that will help your child, it is advisable to consult a pediatrician. But if there is no such possibility, parents need to memorize some principles that should guide the choice of antiviral agent.

Anti-virus tools are different. According to the method of influence on the causative agent of the problem and the patient's body, there are drugs that act directly, suppressing the ability of the virus to multiply or leave the affected cell. Such strong drugs, as a rule, have quite a few side effects. As with the group of interferons, which quickly give the body a diseased dose of protein compounds - interferons, which activate immunity against the virus. There are such drugs that stimulate the production of their own interferon, there are means that have an effect on the crumbs' immunity - by stimulating or modulating it, "urging" to give a decent immune response to the causative agent that has penetrated the body.

A large segment on the shelves of pharmacies presents homeopathic medicines with antiviral effects. They are practically devoid of side effects, but their effectiveness has not been clinically proven so far due to excessively low doses of active substances similar to the particles of the viruses themselves that they contain.

The ideal antiviral medication for a child aged 4 should be:

• Safe, non-toxic.
• Corresponding to the age allowed by the manufacturer to receive in a certain age group.
• Convenient in form of use. For children, this form syrupssuspensions rectal candles. Some four-year-olds are already able to swallow the pill themselves, but usually doctors recommend switching to the tablet form of medicines a little later, at 5-6 years. Rectal suppositories, syrups, suspensions, solutions, drops and ointments of local and nasal use are considered optimal forms for children aged 4 years.
• Not falsified. Most often fake expensive foreign drugs. Their cheap Russian counterparts are no worse, but they are becoming the object of attention of “black pharmacists” much less often.

Do not think that antiviral drugs, since they are sold without a prescription, you can take as many as you like and whenever you want. Uncontrolled and chaotic antiviral drugs can destroy the child’s own immunity.It turns out a vicious circle - you treat your baby with good cold medicine, and he gets sick more and more often.

In the next video, Dr. Komarovsky will tell us everything about the children's immune system and its features, which in turn will help us to understand that it is better not to start self-medication with antiviral drugs. You can also read the opinion of Dr. Komarovsky on antiviral preparations for children in a separate article.

To prevent this from happening, the child’s immunity has been able to independently recognize and remember all the threats and methods of dealing with them, it is recommended to give antiviral drugs no more than twice a year. If you decide to use these medications for the prevention of influenza, then you need to remember that this should be done only during periods of rising incidence, not all year round, and only if someone is already infected with a viral infection.

For prophylaxis, they usually give a dose that is less than half the treatment. And they do it with certain courses, for example, “2 through 5” - two days they give the drug once a day, and then they take a break for five days. And so for 2-3 weeks, it can be a little over a month, if the baby does not have a strong immunity.

All antiviral drugs are most effective if given in the very first hours after the onset of symptoms, which indicate the onset of a viral infection. If a child has a fever, a red throat and a sore throat, a cough, a runny nose, he complains of chills and a feeling of body aches, this is not a reason to immediately go to the pharmacy for an antiviral drug. Allow your baby's immunity to independently turn on defense mechanisms.

If a child has a fever, and you don’t know what to do, how to provide emergency assistance - watch the following video of Dr. Komarovsky.

Usually antiviral drugs are prescribed as part of a complex treatment with other medicines, depending on the symptoms.. The fact is that only a few units from this pharmacological series can boast of proven efficacy. The effectiveness of antiviral drugs is a rather dubious question, and the controversy surrounding it continues.

• "Aflubin" - homeopathic drops for oral administration.
• "Grippferon" is a drug of the interferon group in the form nose drops and nasal spray.
• "Interferon" is a drug of the interferon group in the form of drops, ointment, rectal suppositories.
• "Arbidol" - tablets, capsules, powder for suspension.

• «Derinat"- immunomodulator in the form of a solution for external use and solution for injection.
• «Oscillococcinum"- homeopathic sublingual pills.
• «Acyclovir"- the drug is a direct effect on the virus in the form of tablets, ointments, creams, eye ointments.
• "Children's Anaferon" - homeopathic sublingual pills.

• "Viburcol" is a homeopathic remedy in the form of suppositories for rectal administration.
• «Tamiflu"- capsules and powder for suspension.
• «Kipferon"- an immune stimulator in the form of rectal suppositories.
• "Imupret" - a plant immunostimulant in drops and tablets.

• "Oxolinic ointment" - nasal and external ointment with antiviral effect.
• «Tsitovir-3"- capsules, powder for preparation of syrup, ready pharmaceutical syrup.
• "Ergoferon" - an interferon drug, produced in tablets for resorption.
• "Viferon" - a drug group interferon in the form of suppositories for rectal use.

• «Isoprinosine"- drug - immunostimulant, which is poured into tablets.
• «Orvirem"- antiviral drug in the form of a syrup.

Indications for use of antiviral drugs for a 4-year-old child can be many. This is chickenpox, and measles, and the flu virus.It is important for parents of four years to know that there are the most dangerous infections that cannot be treated on their own. At the age of 4, the child continues to form immunity, as well as the nervous system. Therefore, influenza virus, for example, with the wrong treatment can lead to serious complications in the form of neuritis. Neuritis of the auditory nerve (the most frequent complication of the flu) leads to deafness.

Do not try to cope on your own and with the so-called "intestinal flu" - enterovirus infection. This disease is very insidious, it threatens to dehydrate the children's body, and can be fatal. With it, antiviral drugs for children are often shown as part of droppers that need to be done in a hospital under the supervision of a doctor.

Among the relatively mild infections caused by viruses - rhinovirus infection, respiratory syncytial infection. They are characterized by a relatively low temperature, cough, runny nose. In most cases, with such infections, medication treatment is not required at all. You can do folk ways.

Do not forget about folk remedies for the treatment of viral infections. If your four-year-old baby is sick, you can give him a fake tea, a decoction of pharmaceutical chamomile, herbal tea based on nettle and rosehip. Drink should be plentiful and warm.

Black radish with honey give to reduce the temperature, moreover, it has a pronounced anti-inflammatory and antiviral effect.

A good remedy for ARVI is onion juice. It can be dripped into the nose, previously diluted with boiled water.

Tannins, which are contained in a strong tea brew, perfectly help with viral infections of the eye.

If the child needs antiviral drugs, we suggest you watch the transfer cycle of Doctor Komarovsky, where you will learn what antiviral drugs are, and what immunostimulants are when they are best used and answers to many other questions.