Vitamins for allergic children
Allergic reactions in childhood are now quite common. Kids react to household chemicals, plant pollen, food, pet dander and many other allergens. And when the question arises of choosing a multivitamin complex for a child with allergies, this task can become quite difficult for parents. Let's see what should be considered when choosing a drug for children with allergies and whether there are hypoallergenic multivitamins.
How to choose vitamins for allergies
- Ideally, parents of an allergic child should select a vitamin complex along with a pediatrician or allergist. The doctor will help identify allergens provoking reactions and prescribe the required treatment during an exacerbation. In addition, some vitamins are able to accumulate and have a harmful effect on the body of children, so they also advise the doctor to specify the dosage of a particular complex.
- Most pediatricians consider the main source of vitamins food that a child consumes. And in the case of allergic diseases triggered by allergens in food, attention to the diet of the child should be even more closely. It is important that the child receives food from all major groups. His diet should contain dishes from vegetables, cereals, meat, fruits, dairy products, vegetable oils and other products.
- Choosing a complex of vitamins, you should carefully read the instructions. As part of the drug should not be additives to which the child will react with allergies. This is especially important in the presence of dyes, flavors and other synthetic ingredients in multivitamins. It is desirable to refuse such drugs.
- After giving the child any vitamin preparation for the first time, carefully observe the reaction. It is best to give complexes in the morning so that during the day it becomes clear how the child tolerates them. When any signs of ailments appear, the vitamins are immediately canceled.
Hypoallergenic vitamin complexes
Children who have a tendency to allergies or any allergic disease are recommended such multivitamin supplements:
- VitaMishki. Supplements of such a vitamin line are represented by chewing lozenges in the form of bears. They are made on the basis of natural juices without the addition of preservatives and artificial colors. The composition in such complexes is balanced and meets a specific goal. The Multi + complex is recommended for supplementing the children's diet with vitamins, iodine and zinc, Immuno + is used to support immunity, and Focus + is used to improve vision. There is a line of such vitamins and a complex with prebiotics (Bio +), and a source of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D (Calcium +). All VitaMishki recommend for children over 3 years.
- Vibovit Baby. Such a complex preparation contains 10 vitamins and is represented by a powder from which a solution is prepared by adding water, a mixture, juice or puree to it. Supplement assigned to children older than 2 months to 3 years of age. Of the additional ingredients, only glucose and vanillin are present. There are no stabilizers, preservatives or dyes in this powder.
- Alphabet. The manufacturer of the complexes with this name states that they are hypoallergenic, since all the components of such additives are grouped into separate portions that are better absorbed and do not interfere with each other. The smallest (1.5-3 years old) are offered multivitamins in powder, represented by three different sachets. For older children, they produce chewable tablets - Kindergarten (for ages 3-7 years), Schoolboy (for school children aged 7-14) and Teenager (for ages 14-18). All Alphabet additives lack flavors, preservatives and artificial colors.
- Multi-tabs. This well-known brand offers for children a large range of multivitamins, in which there are no preservatives and dyes, so the risk of allergy to them is reduced. For babies of the first year of life, a solution is made, which is dosed in drops. For children older than one year, chewable tablets are produced - Kid (for ages 1-4 years), Junior (for children 4-11 years) and Teenager (for ages 14-18). Also in the multi-tabs vitamin line there are complexes to support the immune system (Immuno Kids) and vitamins with calcium (Baby Calcium +).
- Pikovit. In the line of such multivitamins, there are also complexes without chemical additives. These are Pikovit Unik chewable tablets for children over 3 years old and Pikovit Plus for children over four years old. They do not contain sweeteners, preservatives, artificial flavors and dyes.
- Solgar. Vitamin complexes for children of this well-known manufacturer, designed for ages older than two years, do not include additives harmful to the child’s body, therefore they are well accepted by allergic children. The flavors in the Kangavites and U-Cubes vitamins are only natural, and there are no preservatives or artificial colors in them.
