Komarovsky's recommendations. How to properly feed a sick child: advice from Dr. Komarovsky
We also decided to turn to his experience and professional knowledge and collected his most non-standard recommendations to parents on how to prepare a child's body for cold weather and gardens, so that the child emerges victorious from the battle with adaptation and a cold.
Get your sleigh ready for summer! This is solely about the fact that the child must walk barefoot for all three summer months, wearing only shorts and a Panama hat, drink cold village milk, swim in the river and live in the care of grandparents in the village. Such a holiday, no doubt, will benefit not only the child, but also his parents.
The key to a healthy generation is mom, dad and fresh air. Here I absolutely agree with the doctor and am also ready to say a resolute “No!” televisions, telephones, computers and game consoles. Everyone outside!!! Play hopscotch, football and Cossack robbers, look for secrets, rollerblade, bike and scooter.
Dust has a right to exist. Drafts too. Sterile conditions for keeping a child only harm his health, the people's doctor believes. There is nothing wrong with dust, dirty hands and an apple that has fallen to the ground. This is not only not fatal, it is a kind of training for baby immunity. And no one has ever died from a draft. There would be immunity in order - and let it blow as much as you like.
A child knows better than adults whether he wants to eat or not. The problem of almost all parents without exception, except, perhaps, very busy ones, is to feed the child. Every second mother sincerely believes that her child is starving, malnourished, and generally exhausted all day. Komarovsky is sure that a hungry child will always ask for food and will never be silent if he wants to eat. The food that compassionate grandmothers and mothers stuff into a child is clearly not good for him, and in many cases even leads to obesity.
Orthopedic shoes are pure swindle. At home, according to Dr. Komarovsky, you need to walk barefoot. Maximum - in socks. Children run, jump, climb, and even any shoes prevent their foot from bending the way it wants. And rigid orthopedic shoes with arch supports are needed when there are diagnosed orthopedic problems. But even in this case, you need to make individual insoles, and not buy mass-produced shoes.
Humidity, but not dampness. Dr. Komarovsky considers the microclimate in your individual apartment (kindergarten, school) to be one of the most important problems. Humidity should be around 60 percent. Then it will be more difficult for viruses to spread, and the runny nose that occurs due to dryness can be avoided. But anything over 80 percent is already damp. This is the other extreme, which is also useless.
Replace vitamins with a varied diet. To stuff a child with vitamin supplements or not, each parent decides for himself. However, their benefits are greatly exaggerated, the doctor believes. It is better to look for vitamins in food. A sufficient daily intake of vitamins is considered if the child eats one product from each group presented daily: fruits, vegetables, dairy and meat, and cereals.
It's better to be cold than sweaty. What is it about? About the layering of clothes. There should be enough of it so that it does not interfere with movement and does not cause a greenhouse effect in the child. As a rule, children are more likely to get sick from sweating than from being cold. Under no circumstances should a child have more clothes than on adults. This is the wrong approach!
Sleep conditions matter! Having been imbued with Komarovsky's theory, I am sure that he would gladly recommend that the entire population sleep outdoors in sleeping bags. But no one will support this idea. Therefore, he recommends doing wet cleaning in the child’s room before going to bed, opening the window for the whole night and, wishing Good night, leave the child alone, allowing him to throw off the blanket and sleep like an asterisk in a cool room. The thermometer on the wall should show +18. This ideal conditions healthy sleep. If the parents are calmer, you can put light pajamas on the child, and then the blanket will not be needed at all.
You need to prepare for kindergarten from birth. Do preventive vaccinations on time, harden, live according to a similar regime, have a wide circle of communication with other children and not be afraid to part with the child, leaving him on bail to grandparents, aunts and uncles.
It is normal to have childhood illnesses. And naturally. The more often a child goes out into the world, the more likely he is to catch chickenpox or the flu. You shouldn't be afraid of this. Children's immunity must undergo a kind of training, but how can this be done if the causative agents of these diseases are constantly avoided? It is not for nothing that doctors unanimously say that it is better to get sick with children's sores in childhood.
The best kindergarten for every parent. For some, there is delicious food, for others, they only play with his child and blow off dust particles from him, for others, this is when classes are from morning until late in the evening. Komarovsky believes that the child should be sent to the kindergarten where the teachers ask to bring a raincoat and rubber boots, because the rain is not a hindrance to a walk!
There are few modern parents who do not know who Dr. Komarovsky is. After all, for more than 5 years, this honored pediatrician with 20 years of experience in the Kharkiv infectious diseases hospital has been conducting an educational program "Doctor Komarovsky's school", in which he covers the most relevant topics in raising children, as well as caring for them with various diseases, in accessible words.
At the same time, Dr. Komarovsky does not use any new methods, all the advice of Dr. Komarovsky is based on the basics of pediatrics, WHO recommendations, as well as common sense, which in turn can cause disagreement among many of his colleagues who are used to working the old fashioned way, and not listening to new discoveries in medicine.
In his TV shows, Evgeny Olegovich Komarovsky not only teaches what to do in a given situation with a child, but also clearly shows and explains to parents why this is necessary and why. What can hardly be achieved from pediatricians from a polyclinic, at best they don’t have time for these conversations, at worst, they prescribe drugs according to the scheme that they have known since medical school, without really delving into the mechanism of the disease, or simply being reinsured.
Doctors became ardent opponents of Komarovsky, whom he interferes with his educational activities in the pharmacy business, because now every mother, by going to the website of Dr. Komarovsky, can get an intelligible answer to her question about treatment methods, before buying up half of the pharmacy according to the prescription of a “good doctor” receiving his percentage. Now every mother may ask why her child is injected with a strong antibiotic, without finding out until the end of the causes of the disease. Naturally, such interference in the mysteries of medicine, and the fact that parents try not to blindly trust doctors, as they did before, but are interested in the details of the treatment process, cannot but cause irritation among many doctors, but what can you do, because neither medicine nor pediatrics are worth in place and children's doctor Komarovsky was the first who began to explain to parents the points of interest to them.
Here are just some of Dr. Komarovsky's tips on various areas of pediatrics, which touch on the most pressing topics of the moment.
About newborns
In his TV shows, Dr. Komarovsky talks very interestingly and in a new way about newborns, about their reflexes, needs, describes the development by months. Particular attention is drawn to the fact that parents from birth do not allow the baby's immunity to develop and as a result they get a constantly ill child with adenoids and a cold.
According to Evgeny Olegovich, you should not wrap babies up to a year old, because it is with poor thermoregulation that the body receives a signal that it is hot outside and begins to cool itself. Also in the doctor’s reviews you can learn in detail about how to increase lactation, how to care for a newborn, hear all the arguments on the topic “dummy, pros and cons”, how to massage a baby for 3 months, as well as many other videos where Dr. Komarovsky gives advice to new parents.
Colic in newborns
In the program about colic in a newborn, not only all the possible causes of their occurrence are revealed, but it is also shown what parents should do to reduce the suffering of their crumbs, Dr. Komarovsky in these cases recommends massages, a diet for a nursing mother and, as a last resort, medicines.
Lure
This burning topic is still being discussed on the Internet and on the sidelines of medical institutions, since Evgeny Olegovich, risking his authority as a pediatrician, did not agree with the recommendations of WHO and modern pediatrics regarding the introduction of the first complementary foods in the form of cereals or vegetables. As Komarovsky explains, fermented milk products are the most optimal products for a child's stomach, they are easily digestible and have an optimal composition in the form of proteins, fats, vitamins and trace elements, which are so necessary for a growing body. Another stumbling block has been palm oil in baby food, in which Dr. Komarovsky sees nothing wrong if consumed in moderation, like any other oil.
Doctor Komarovsky about vaccinations
Having worked for more than 20 years in the infectious diseases department, Evgeny Olegovich knows what mass refusals to vaccinate lead to, for this reason, contrary to newfangled trends, he defends the opinion that children should be vaccinated.
Infectious childhood diseases
The field of knowledge where Dr. Komarovsky has practically no equal is infectious and diseases in children. In his programs, Evgeny Olegovich clearly shows how these diseases develop, and describes the methods of their treatment, while tirelessly repeating the dangers of self-treatment. Covering the topic of rhinitis, Evgeny Olegovich does not recommend getting involved in vasoconstrictors for more than 5 days in a row, as they lead to a chronic runny nose. If rhinitis manifests itself in the form of green snot in a child, Dr. Komarovsky recommends treatment with antibiotics, since such manifestations indicate the presence of a bacterial infection. A separate topic is devoted to herpetic sore throat in children, in the treatment of which Dr. Komarovsky does not recommend the use of general antibiotics, since, firstly, they do not affect the cause of such a disease - a virus, and also significantly weaken the child's immune system.
Secrets of education
Dr. Komarovsky's books are written with good humor and a rational vision regarding both the problems of medicine and pediatrics. Touching upon the topic “hyperactive child”, as well as children’s tantrums at 2-3 years old, Dr. Komarovsky once again insists on a pedagogical solution to the medical problem, because this is exactly the case when observing the regime and discipline you can achieve more than stuffing children with medicines and tranquilizers .
Dr. Komarovsky has a reputation as an honored doctor who follows his principles, which is why parents listen to and trust his opinion. Over the 5 years of the existence of the program, he became the family doctor of more than one family, and saved not fewer lives than for all his many years of practice in the infectious diseases department of the children's hospital.
First meeting.
I fell in love with Komarovsky when I was just planning a child. I listened to all of his first programs with my mouth open and nodding in time with every word. Well, what a brilliant doctor, he simply talks about complex things. When my stomach was already growing small miracle, I bought his most popular book, "Children's Health and the Common Sense of His Relatives" - I will do as Komarovsky advises!
In the book - a sign language translation of all the same that the doctor broadcasts from TV screens - that's right word for word. I already knew some phrases by heart and could continue with my eyes closed. Later, I realized that some of Komarovsky's advice is far from life and not everyone can implement them. Even with great desire.
Who is Dr. Komarovsky?
This is a Ukrainian pediatrician who has become popular in Russia thanks to his programs and books about children's health. The name is Dr. Komarovsky Evgeny Olegovich.
photo from the cover of the book by E.O. Komarovsky "The well-being of the child and the common sense of his relatives".
School of Dr. Komarovsky.
This is a television program in which Dr. Komarovsky highlights a variety of children's health problems. Now there is a new version of the program on Ukrainian television (since I am from Russia, I watch it via the Internet). Komarovsky tells literally about everything - about the treatment of the navel, motion sickness and walks, a children's bedroom, complementary foods, pots, bathing, children's sleep etc. A huge cycle of programs and books - about a variety of childhood diseases and how to deal with them and how to prevent them.
Followers of Komarovsky.
Komarovsky has a lot of followers. Speaking about their child, they use the phrase "raising a child in Komarovsky." And in Ukraine there are kindergartens in which all the doctor's advice is embodied. Kindergartens are called, of course, "Komarik". In addition, the doctor has his own website and a page in one of the social networks. I subscribed to this page, and actually from it my kind of disappointment in the doctor began.
What is known for E.O. Komarovsky?
With your advice, of course. Someone sharply does not accept them, someone believes and unconditionally follows. And someone turns on common sense (one of Komarovsky's favorite expressions) and weighs his words too (if the doctor urges us not to believe our district police officer who prescribes an antibiotic for a virus, then why should we blindly believe you, all of a sudden you are somewhere too wrong?). So, why do I love Komarovsky.
Simple Truths:
1. Komarovsky gives simple, understandable and safe advice on "cultivating" a child. For example:
The child's room should be ventilated and humid. Normal humidity for the room is 50-70%. Never thought about it before. But on the advice of the doctor, they bought a humidifier and a weather station, which measures the temperature in the children's room and humidity.
And, you know, it really turned out to be useful not only for the child, but also for me, since I slept with him (for more details, see the relevant reviews). Well, airing, of course, we have several times a day. Leaving for a walk, open all the windows.
A clear and understandable explanation why a child of the first year of life should sleep only on his back and without a pillow (sudden infant mortality syndrome is great).
The child should not be strongly rocked - babies have a weak vestibular apparatus, he may pass out, not fall asleep!
Do not force feed. If he doesn't want to, let him not eat. The doctor considers the words "well, another spoonful", "for mom, for dad" to be criminal.
"Children should be thin and with an awl in their asses."
A baby's pacifier should not be licked by anyone other than the child himself.
Carpets and Stuffed Toys are dust collectors. They should not be in the nursery.
and many, many others.
2. But I consider these advices of Komarovsky controversial, I do not follow them and will not follow them:
Make the temperature in the children's room 18-19 degrees. Sorry, I'm cold. Even at a temperature of 22 degrees, I feel uncomfortable. And to sleep when there is a frank dubak in the room ... Of course, I understand that everything is arranged differently for a child, and our "warmth" is "hot" for him. But even at 22-24 degrees, which is in our room, I sleep in warm jacket. Not very good, probably, that my mother will be constantly sick. Leave baby Alone in a room for the night is also not an option.
Walk with the child on the balcony. The doctor believes that walking down the street with a stroller is just an excuse for mom to show off the stroller. Let the child sleep on the balcony, and the mother either sleep or do the housework. And I think that a balcony is a very dangerous thing. First, smoking neighbors. If they live from above - a cigarette can fall on your balcony, if from the side - a child will inhale all this rubbish in a dream. Secondly, the child is on the balcony, the mother is sleeping - great, but what if the child burps in a dream, and the mother is not around? And if the neighbors also listen to loud music - what kind of dream is there?
Let the child run around the apartment without socks (shoes are also not needed if there are no problems in terms of orthopedics). Well, yes - on the icy floor of a panel high-rise building. My husband walked in summer shoes for a long time in winter, but even he doesn’t go home without socks - it’s cold.
Bathe in cool water and gradually lower the temperature. I would still share hardening and daily bathing.
If mom needs dad right now, then you must first satisfy him. In general, dad should not suffer with the appearance of a child in the family. "The pack does not follow the cub, the cub follows the pack," says Komarovsky. But we are not animals!
About medicine.
Of course, the doctor talks a lot about childhood diseases and how to treat them. In some cases, he simply issues instructions and guidelines for action and says what not to do.
Never rub a child with a fever with anything (vinegar, vodka, etc.).
For colds, try to do without medication. If the temperature is high, it is best to reduce it with paracetamol. Therefore, you should always have it at home.
Paracetamol is a unique drug in its safety, even exceeding the dose by 2-3 times, as a rule, does not lead to any serious consequences, although it is not necessary to do this consciously.
Be sure to moisturize the mucous membranes of the child’s nose (preferably with saline), otherwise it will dry out, start breathing through the mouth, everything will dry up in the lungs too, hello pneumonia and other troubles! (from me: we had a disorder of the stool from the saline solution, and it turns out that it happens to many. Therefore, we prefer Aquamaris).
If you give a child tea with raspberries, he will sweat, which means losing fluid. This means there is a risk of dehydration. Therefore, before giving tea with raspberries, you need to drink 2-3 cups of just tea without raspberries.
The doctor does not recognize any -ferons (grippferon, viferon, etc.). Calls them fuflomycins.
These are just a few tips. The doctor analyzes everything, all childhood diseases on the shelves. But even here it sometimes brings it.
For example, Komarovsky believes that walking with snot and cough with a slight acute respiratory disease and if the temperature is below 37.5 is normal. Honestly - I'm not pleased when a child comes into the sandbox with snot to the knees. I am not pleased when another child (not residual) starts coughing next to my child with a "sick" cough. Maybe these are the followers of Komarovsky, but it seems they took everything too literally. If you want to breathe fresh air - into the woods, into nature. But not in a common sandbox. Although, again, I understand that the chances of getting infected on the street are minimal, but they still exist. Especially if one child climbs to kiss another ....
“As soon as a cough starts, what do we do? They don’t go for a walk, don’t open the window, don’t drink, don’t turn on the humidifier, but give medicine. In some European countries, prescribing expectorants for children under 2 years old is considered a crime.”
Doctor online.
Dr. Komarovsky always sits with the audience in his programs. He is close to the people. Where are the people now? In the Internet. And Evgeny Olegovich came to us and there (that is, here) - he has a page on the social network and his own website. He says that he writes on the page personally and reads everything. This is also a kind of "school of Dr. Komarovsky", only for those who prefer a computer to TV. And now, on his page, the pediatrician suddenly began to promote the gynecologist Elena Petrovna Berezovskaya. Here they say she is the same progressive doctor as I am. Read it - we are one chain - she tells you how to behave during pregnancy, I - what to do with the baby (EO prefers this word to the term "child"). I began to read Berezovskaya. Mama mia! She denies everything that was saved, for example, my pregnancy.
Briefly (since now is not her finest hour, but Komarovsky's)
There is no diagnosis of "toxicosis" (I had up to 20 weeks and I was on sick leave throughout my pregnancy).
The tone of the uterus does not need to be treated! (I was saved by droppers, which, by the way, were prescribed by very experienced doctors from a respected clinic).
Ultrasound before 12 weeks is better not to do, it is fraught with miscarriage (I had to do 5 or 6 ultrasounds up to 12 weeks, although the pregnancy was considered difficult - yes, I was afraid of these ultrasounds, but the doctor told me: “I won’t prescribe too much”, but I trust him).
For some reason I remember an example. To the question of whether it is possible to use naphthyzinum during pregnancy (she is addicted to it), she advised a girl planning a pregnancy to contact a psychiatrist, since addiction is treated there, and not by a gynecologist. It is very in harmony with this message of Berezovskaya:
"It's time to talk about the health of pregnant women seriously, keeping up with science and modern medical achievements, putting aside tactics of intimidation, imposing fears, outdated dogmas and directives."
I don’t know who got infected with whom, but Komarovsky also began to answer his subscribers in an instructive tone, sometimes with mockery and mockery, even dismissively. Here is the beginning of one of the doctor's responses to his reader (male):
I understand that pregnancy and childbirth can deprive you of sound
the meaning of anyone, but, at least in theory, this usually does not apply to men.
Maybe the doctor was covered by star disease, maybe something else happened, diagnoses are not our part. They will figure it out themselves. But reading and listening to EO was not very pleasant.
Actually, in some defiance, the doctor was noticed earlier. From the very first programs, he contrasts young parents with grandparents (primarily grandmothers). But here I agree with him. Many grandmothers are sure that the way they raised their children is the only right way. Tightly swaddle, feed semolina porridge at night, treat candy at 6 months, put on a thousand clothes, diapers are evil, breast milk after six months - empty water, if you feed longer - you are the wrong mother, and so on and so forth. Of course, young parents are pleased that a world-famous doctor calls them smarter and more progressive than their parents in the matter of education, but, I'm afraid, grandmothers are not very pleased to hear this.
Doctor, your mustache has come unstuck or ridiculous situations associated with the name of Komarovsky.
I didn’t read any comments on the instructions that Dr. Komarovsky developed during the epidemic of 2016. He also published it on the Internet. The instructions went viral online. Someone, as always, thanks, and someone openly mocked Komarovsky's advice and Komarovsky himself. In general, we all know a lot of this instruction, it’s just that Komarovsky collected everything in one place and reminded. Well, who doesn’t know that you need to wash your hands more often, the mask should be worn by the sick, not the healthy, avoided during the epidemic public places etc. And there was also such a clause: "Chiefs! By an official order, introduce a ban on handshakes in your subordinate teams." And you know what? The leadership of the Voronezh Concert Hall forbade employees to greet each other with handshakes. The Internet community began to mock with even greater zeal and even found out that kissing was not forbidden in this concert hall.
As a conclusion.
Komarovsky is certainly a genius. He is accessible, he is open, he explains on his fingers what is taught in medical schools, many of his tips are an accessible guide for parents in many situations. It is progressive and up to date. It is interesting to watch and listen to him - he is a showman. After watching his programs, you certainly will not become a doctor. But get a huge store of knowledge and be able to ask the doctor the right questions. He will teach you to think, and not just follow the advice of doctors or the older generation. But his thoughts should also be divided into useful and dubious. Listen, remember, and may common sense be with you, as Dr. Komarovsky prescribes.
The statements of the famous pediatrician Yevgeny Komarovsky scatter into quotes, he is very popular in the post-Soviet space. In his books and programs, useful and effective advice about the health and upbringing of children who receive only positive feedback from moms, dads, grandparents. But still there are rather controversial statements that parents discuss with bewilderment in different countries, and there is no clear answer to the question of whether it is worth listening to them. Here are the 5 most unexpected recommendations from Dr. Komarovsky. What do you think about these tips?
Recommendation number 1. Don't pick up your baby because of crying!
Habitual opinion: As soon as the baby starts crying, we rush to take him out of the crib and try to calm him down. There are a lot of reasons for a baby to cry, this is not only a psychological aspect - it can be painful, cold, hot, hungry, etc.
Doctor Komarovsky:“If at every cry we take the child immediately in our arms, then we prolong the period of his instinctive crying and the chances that this habit will disappear in the near future are very small. Let him cry for 5 minutes - there is nothing wrong with that. It's about caring for other family members."
Habitual opinion: Motion sickness for sleep - practically family tradition! Grandmothers, mothers and all of us are used to the fact that in order to calm the child, you need to shake him. In our opinion, this really works, but Evgeny Komarovsky thinks differently.
Doctor Komarovsky:“Children have a rather weak vestibular apparatus (organ of balance). When swinging, a feeling of dizziness quickly arises, and in some cases the child simply loses consciousness. On in native language it's called "rocked". A baby who is used to rocking is quite difficult to wean. It is clear that it is better not to start, since motion sickness is not very useful for the child and not very pleasant for his relatives.
Habitual opinion: In autumn and spring, buying vitamin complexes for modern mothers is almost a common thing. Vitamins cannot harm, they only bring benefits, in some cases they are useless, but there is no talk of the dangers of vitamins.
Doctor Komarovsky:“Vitamins are needed in those countries where children do not really have the opportunity to eat varied. For example, they eat only rice, or only fish, or only dates... But if a child can get cereals, dairy products, meat or poultry, some fish, some vegetable and fruit, then he gets everything he needs!
In my new book on drugs, I write that there are two types of vitamins: water-soluble and fat-soluble. The first are B vitamins and vitamin C, they are practically safe, even if you eat a kilogram of them. Their excesses do not accumulate in the body, but are immediately excreted in the urine. The second ones are A, E, D, K. Here they are, if used incorrectly, can cause severe complications!
Recommendation number 4. Pregnant women should not eat citruses, cocoa and chocolate!
Habitual opinion: About what oranges are in large quantities can cause allergies, everyone knows. But pregnant women love cocoa and chocolate very much and rarely deny themselves these goodies.
Doctor Komarovsky:"Every food product contains certain proteins that are digested by other, also completely certain proteins (enzymes). There are native proteins, to which we are genetically accustomed, our ancestors ate them (bread, meat, apples, fish, etc.). There are proteins that our ancestors did not see with their eyes - citrus fruits, coffee, cocoa. The load on the pregnant liver is sufficient - it is the liver that is the main fighter against toxicosis, the neutralizer of fetal secretions, etc. Let's take care of her. If you want your child not to suffer from the fact that he cannot eat a tangerine or a chocolate bar, then when you are pregnant, you do not need to absorb these same tangerines and chocolates (underdigested particles will pass through the fetus before being neutralized by the liver, causing responses , and then the child will be allergic to these products)”.
Recommendation #5. Co-sleeping with kids can ruin a family!
Habitual opinion: The life of a young mother is full of worries, and it is known that getting enough sleep is very, very rare. That is why mothers often practice co-sleeping with their child: it helps the child overcome their fears, and mom try to get enough sleep.
Doctor Komarovsky:“Currently, the joint dream of mother and child has become a very common and fashionable phenomenon. This is due to the fact that out of nowhere huge number there are specialists who call themselves perinatal psychologists. Perinatal psychologists are such particularly insightful women who know what the fetus wants, what the newborn is thinking about, and what a terrible offense a five-month-old baby, who is alone in the crib, bears in his heart. It is perinatal psychologists who strongly advise mothers to sleep with their children, promising them unprecedented spiritual intimacy in the future. Personally, such statements seem to me naive and unsubstantiated, moreover, an unprecedented spiritual closeness with a child often turns into the absence of any closeness with the child's father. But I repeat once again: with whom to sleep is your own business.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?
Previously, they said: “What to do, this was born” and added: “Be patient, it will outgrow.”
Now they say: "Bad immunity" and, as a rule, add: "We need to treat."
Let's try to figure out what you still need to do - endure or treat?
Parents should know that congenital immunity disorders - the so-called. primary immunodeficiencies are rare. They are manifested not just by frequent SARS, but by very severe SARS with the most dangerous bacterial complications that are difficult to treat. Congenital immunodeficiency is a deadly condition and it has nothing to do with a two-month runny nose.
Thus, frequent acute respiratory infections are in the vast majority of cases a consequence of secondary immunodeficiency - that is, the child was born normal, but under the influence of certain external factors, his immunity either does not develop, or is somehow oppressed.
Main conclusion:
if a child normal from birth does not get out of illness, then he has a conflict with the environment. And there are two options for helping: try to reconcile the child with the environment with the help of medicines, or try to change the environment so that it suits the child.
The formation and functioning of the immune system is primarily due to external influences. All that is perfectly familiar to everyone, all that we invest in the concept of "way of life": food, drink, air, clothing, physical exercise, rest, treatment of diseases.
Parents of a child who often suffers from acute respiratory infections should first of all understand that it is not the child who is to blame, but the adults around him, who cannot figure out the answers to questions about good and bad. It is very difficult to admit to ourselves that we are doing something wrong - we feed us wrong, we don’t dress like that, we don’t rest like that, we don’t help with illnesses that way.
And the saddest thing is that no one can help such parents and such a child.
Judge for yourself. The child is often sick. Where can a mother go for advice?
Let's start with grandma. And what will we hear: he doesn’t eat well with you, he’s also my mother, he’s not able to feed the child; who dresses a child like that - a completely naked neck; it opens at night, so you need to sleep in warm socks, etc. We will feed you with songs and dances. Wrap tightly with a very warm scarf. Let's wear socks. The frequency of acute respiratory infections will not decrease from all this, but it is easier for the grandmother.
We turn to friends, acquaintances, colleagues for help. The main advice (wise and safe) is to be patient. But we will definitely hear a story about how “one woman’s child was sick all the time, but she spared no expense and bought him a special and very biologically active vitamin complex with the addition of crushed horns of a high-mountainous Tibetan goat, after which everything went away - ARI stopped, the adenoids resolved, and the famous professor said that he was shocked, and bought the complex for his grandson. By the way, Claudia Petrovna still has the last package of these vitamins, but we must hurry - the goat hunting season is over, new supplies will be only in a year.
We hurried. Bought. We started saving the child. Ah, how easy it has become! It is easy for us, parents - after all, we do not regret anything for the child, we, parents, are correct. ORZ continue? Well, this is such a child.
Can we still turn to serious doctors?
- Doctor, we have 10 acute respiratory infections a year. We have already eaten 3 kg of vitamins, 2 kg of cough medicine and 1 kg of antibiotics this year. Help! Our frivolous pediatrician Anna Nikolaevna is of no use - she requires the child to be tempered, but how can we temper him so “immune-free”! We must have some kind of terrible disease wound up ...
- Well, let's explore. We will look for viruses, bacteria, worms, determine the state of immunity.
Examined. They found herpes, cytomegalovirus, giardia, and staphylococcus aureus in the intestines. A blood test with the clever name "immunogram" showed numerous abnormalities.
Now everything is clear! It's not our fault! We, parents, are good, attentive, caring. Hooray!!! We are normal! Poor Lenochka, how many things fell on her at once - both staphylococcus, and viruses, horror! Well, nothing! We have already been told about special medicines that will surely wipe out all this muck ...
And what’s also nice, you can demonstrate these tests to your grandmother, she probably didn’t even hear the word “cytomegalovirus”! But at least stop criticizing...
And we will definitely show the tests to Anna Nikolaevna. Let her realize her delusions, it’s good that we didn’t listen to her and didn’t become tempered with such a terrible immunogram.
The saddest thing is that Anna Nikolaevna does not want to admit delusions! Claims that staphylococcus is a completely normal inhabitant of the intestines in most people. He says that it is impossible to live in the city and not have antibodies to Giardia, herpes and cytomegalovirus. Persist! Insists that all this is nonsense, and refuses to treat! Again and again he is trying to convince us that it is not staphylococcus-herpes that are to blame for everything, but we are the parents !!!
The author is aware that you can get very upset and even close this book. But Anna Nikolaevna is absolutely right with the highest possible degree of probability - it is really you, the parents, who are to blame! Not out of malice, not out of spite. Out of ignorance, out of misunderstanding, out of laziness, out of gullibility, but you are to blame.
If a child often suffers from acute respiratory infections, it is impossible to solve this problem with any pills. Eliminate conflict with the environment. Change your lifestyle. Do not look for the guilty - this is a dead end. Your and your child's chances of breaking out of the vicious circle of eternal snot are quite real.
I repeat once again: there are no magic pills “for poor immunity”. But there is an effective algorithm for real practical actions. We will not talk about everything in detail - many pages are already devoted to answers to questions about how it should be, both in this and in other books of the author.
Nevertheless, we will now list and emphasize the most fundamental points. In fact, this will be the answers to questions about what is good and what is bad. I fix my attention - these are not explanations, but ready-made answers: there have already been so many explanations that if they did not help, then nothing can be done, although Lenochka is very sorry ...
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AIR
Clean, cool, wet. Avoid anything that smells - varnishes, paints, deodorants, detergents.
ACCOMMODATION
At the slightest opportunity, organize a personal children's room for the child. There are no dust accumulators in the children's room, everything is subject to wet cleaning (plain water without disinfectants). Heating regulator. Humidifier. Vacuum cleaner with water filter. Toys in a box. Glass books. Folding everything scattered + washing the floor + dusting are standard actions before bedtime. There is a thermometer and a hygrometer on the wall in the room. At night, they should show a temperature of 18 ° C and a humidity of 50-70%. Regular ventilation, mandatory and intensive - in the morning after sleep.
In a cool damp room. Optionally - in warm pajamas, under a warm blanket. White bedding washed with baby powder and thoroughly rinsed.
NUTRITION
Never, under any circumstances, force a child to eat. It is ideal to feed not when you agree to eat, but when you beg for food. Stop feeding between feedings. Do not abuse overseas products. Do not get carried away with a variety of food. Prefer natural sweets (honey, raisins, dried apricots, etc.) to artificial ones (based on sucrose). Make sure that there are no food residues in the mouth, especially sweets.
DRINK
At will, but the child should always have the opportunity to quench his thirst. I draw your attention: do not enjoy a sweet carbonated drink, namely, to quench your thirst! Optimal drink: non-carbonated, not boiled mineral water, compotes, fruit drinks, fruit teas. Drinks are at room temperature. If everything was previously heated, gradually reduce the intensity of heating.
CLOTH
Sufficient minimum. Remember that sweating causes illness more often than hypothermia. The child should not have more items of clothing than his parents. The decrease is gradual.
TOYS
The most careful way to monitor the quality, especially if the child takes them in his mouth. Any hint that this toy smells or gets dirty is to refuse the purchase. Any soft toys are accumulators of dust, allergens and microorganisms. Prefer washable toys. Washable toys to wash.
WALKS
Daily active. Through the parental “tired - I can’t - I don’t want to.” Very desirable before bedtime.
HARDENING. SPORT
Ideal for outdoor activities. Any sports that involve active communication with other children in a confined space are not desirable. Swimming in public pools is inappropriate for a frequently ill child.
ADDITIONAL CLASSES
Good at the place of permanent residence, when the state of health does not allow you to leave the house. First you need to stop being sick often and only then start attending a choir, foreign language courses, a fine arts studio, etc.
SUMMER REST
The child must take a break from contact with a lot of people, from city air, from chlorinated water and household chemicals. In the vast majority of cases, rest "on the seas" has nothing to do with the recovery of an often ill child, since most of the harmful factors remain, plus catering is added and, as a rule, worse living conditions than at home.
The ideal vacation for an often ill child looks like this (every word is important): summer in the countryside; inflatable pool with well water, next to a pile of sand; dress code - shorts, barefoot; restriction on the use of soap; feed only when she screams: "Mom, I'll eat you!". A dirty naked child who jumps from water to sand, begs for food, breathes fresh air and does not contact many people in 3-4 weeks restores the immunity damaged by city life.
PREVENTION OF ARI
It is extremely unlikely that a frequently ill child constantly hypothermia or eat ice cream in kilograms. Thus, frequent illnesses are not colds, they are SARS. If Petya is finally healthy on Friday, and on Sunday he has a stuffy nose again, this means that Petya found a new virus in the Friday-Sunday interval. And his relatives are clearly to blame for this, in particular, his grandfather, who took advantage of an unexpected recovery in order to urgently take his grandson to the circus.
The main task of parents is to fully implement the recommendations detailed in Chapter 12.2 - "Prevention of SARS". Avoid unnecessary contact with people in every possible way, wash your hands, maintain local immunity, vaccinate all family members against influenza.
If a child is often sick with SARS, it means that he is often infected.
The child cannot be to blame. This is the behavior of his family. So, it is necessary to change the model, and not treat the child.
SARS TREATMENT
Treating SARS does not mean giving medicines. This means creating conditions for the child's body to cope with the virus as quickly as possible and with minimal loss of health. To treat ARVI means to ensure optimal parameters of temperature and air humidity, to dress warmly, not to feed until she asks, to actively drink. Salt nasal drops and paracetamol high temperature body is an ample list of remedies. Any active treatment prevents the formation of immunity. If a child is often sick, then any medicinal product should only be used when it is clearly unavoidable. This is especially true of antibiotic therapy, which in most cases is carried out without real grounds - out of fear, from fear of responsibility, from doubts about the diagnosis.
ACTIONS AFTER RECOVERY
It is very important to remember that an improvement in the condition and normalization of temperature does not at all indicate that immunity has been restored. But after all, very often a child goes to a children's team literally the next day after the condition improves. And even earlier, before children's team, he goes to the clinic, where a doctor looks at him, who says that the child is healthy.
In the queue to the doctor and the next day at school or in kindergarten, the child will definitely meet with a new virus. A child with immunity that has not yet strengthened after an illness! A new disease will begin in a weakened organism. It will be harder than the previous one, with a greater likelihood of complications, and will require the use of drugs.
But this disease will also end. And you go to the clinic, and then to kindergarten... And then you will talk about a frequently ill child who “was born like that”!
It has become better - it means you need to start living normally. Normal life is not a trip to the circus, not a school, and even more so, not a children's clinic. Normal life is jumping and jumping in the fresh air, working up an appetite, healthy sleep, and restoration of mucous membranes.
With an active lifestyle and the maximum possible restriction of contact with people, complete recovery usually requires no more than a week. Now you can go to the circus!
We must not forget that contacts with people are risky, especially indoors. Outdoor play with children is generally safe (as long as there is no spitting or kissing). Hence, a completely acceptable algorithm for visiting a kindergarten immediately after recovery is to go there when the children go for a walk. We took a walk, everyone went to the room for lunch, and we went home. It is clear that it is far from always possible to implement this (mother works, the teacher does not agree, the kindergarten is far from home), but at least this option can be kept in mind.
And in conclusion, we note the obvious: the algorithm of “actions after recovery” applies to all children, and not just to those who are often ill. This is actually one of essential rules, which helps a normal child not to become often ill.
Well, as soon as we started talking about "all children", we note that when going after an illness to a children's team, one must think not only about oneself, but also about other children. In the end, SARS can be mild when the body temperature remains normal. Snot ran, you stayed at home for a couple of days, and then went to kindergarten, while remaining contagious!
Antibodies to the virus are produced no earlier than the fifth day of illness. Therefore, it is possible to resume visiting the children's team no earlier than the sixth day from the onset of SARS, regardless of its severity, but in any case, at least three days must pass from the moment the body temperature returns to normal.
