Antiviral agents for children 5 years

At the age of five, children are quite vulnerable. The still weak immunity of the child is not able to give an adequate response to numerous threats from the outside. To this is added the psychological burden - the kid begins to prepare for school, many children in 5 years attend schools of early development. Many factors put together, cause frequent colds, viral infections. Modern antiviral drugs help parents and doctors to defend the five-year plan.

Drugs of direct action destroy viruses, do not allow them to freely leave the affected cell and spread further. Immunomodulators and immunostimulants induce the child’s immunity to produce antibodies at a faster rate and give an immune response to a viral attack. Interferon preparations contain interferon protein, which is one of the main defensive reactions in the body. Antivirals of homeopathic origin are affected by small particles of active ingredients, many of which are identical to the viruses themselves.

And in the next video, the pediatrician Dr. Komarovsky will tell you all about children's antiviral and how to use them.

Clinically proven effectiveness of the hundreds of names of antiviral drugs can only boast a few. This segment of drugs is not well understood, and there is no reliable evidence that even an expensive antiviral agent has a 100% effect.

With regard to homeopathic pills and drops, everything is even more complicated. It is practically impossible to study their effectiveness due to the fact that the active substances in them are presented in negligibly small dosages. Official medicine does not recognize the effectiveness of homeopathy, many doctors claim that the desired effect when taking homeopathic medicines can be achieved only due to the placebo effect.

We already know that anti-virus drugs differ in their mechanisms of action. Medicines that directly attack viruses have a negative effect on the entire children's body as a whole. Interferons, the composition of which is caused by proteins obtained in the laboratory from donor blood when exposed to viruses, have a lot of side effects. Immunostimulants and immunomodulators for children 5 years old are the most acceptable option. But their frequent admission can cause immune instability, when the child’s own immunity “splits”, stops resisting bacteria and viruses, and the baby starts to hurt often and hard.

When choosing an antiviral agent, it is necessary to consult a doctor. It is very important to take into account the age characteristics of the child, the presence of concomitant diseases, including chronic ones.

Another useful video of Dr. Komarovsky about children's antiviral.

More preferable drugs in convenient dosage forms for children: syrups, drops, suspensions, solutions, rectal candles, ointments and gels, sprays. Children at 5 years old can start giving pills if the child has already learned to swallow them.Capsules "five" are contraindicated.

Antiviral drugs should not be given to your five-year-old child for any reason. Such antiviral medication will only complicate the situation, worsen the state of health and endanger the baby’s immune defenses.

• For the treatment of influenza and SARS. Medications give in the first hours after the onset of signs of infection (rapidly increasing body temperature, respiratory symptoms — runny nose, cough, headache, pain in the joints and muscles, pain in the eyes, tearing). If you have not started taking the drug in the first 36 hours, then there is no point in it. At a temperature of 37.0-37.5 antiviral agents are not needed. One can think about their admission if the child's temperature rises above 38.5.
• For prevention. Such funds can be taken for preventive purposes. This is true during periods of seasonal growth of infectious diseases, provided that there are already sick people in the child’s environment. Preventive doses are 2 times less than therapeutic ones. It is not recommended to take immunomodulators and immunostimulants more than twice a year.

When choosing a medicine for a five year old child, many parents are price oriented. In pharmacies today, there are many names of children's medicines against viruses.

All of them are divided into original and so-called "generics", created on the basis of the originals. The first are more expensive. Generics are significantly cheaper. The average cost of the original medicine is from 350 to 600 rudders, the analogue is from 100 to 200 rubles.

At the same time, relatively inexpensive generics proved to be no less effective than the originals. The essence of the question lies in the active substance. Knowing what is the basis of an expensive original medicine, you can easily choose an available replacement drug for it.

1. If a child at the age of five suffers from a cold more than 6 times a year, this is the reason not to choose effective pills and injections for him, but as soon as possible to see an immunologist. Most likely, the baby will need additional research - an immunogram, which will show why the body is so poorly resistant to microbes and viruses.

2. If you can refuse to take antiviral drugs, it is better to do it. Immune protection karapuz cope with the infection and "write" information about it in its database. In a subsequent collision with such a pathogen, the threat recognition system will work and antibodies to it will develop faster.

3. There are situations in which you need to immediately start taking antiviral pills or syrup. The parents usually cannot assess the severity of the disease in a child, and therefore the doctor should trust this. It is important to know that it is better not to drive the baby with suspected viral infection in the clinic, so as not to contribute to the spread of infection. The doctor should be called to the house.

4. If a child has a viral disease, the parents are obliged to report this to the kindergarten, which is visited by a crumb, and to other groups where it happens (sections, circles, institutions of additional education). Some diseases require the introduction of mandatory strict quarantine.

5. When taking antiviral medications for a child, it is important to ensure proper drinking regimen with a predominance of warm fortified drink. It can be compotes, broth hips, herbal tea with lemon or black currant. To calculate the amount of water your five-year-old child needs, its weight must be multiplied by 30.

Parents of children aged 5 years and older quite often complain of systematic childhood diseases. Antivirals mothers of such children are used both on the advice of a doctor, and after self-selection. Most often, parents choose homeopathic pills and drops. So, according to moms and dads, good medicine is “Otsillokotsinum”, “Viburkol”.

«Rimantadine"Causes some headaches for some children, parents complain about Interferon, because it also has side effects, and it is rather difficult to calculate the exact dosage of the medicine for flu or cold in a child.

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