Thursday 9 June 2011

Kids and Immunity

First four or five years of children's life are most important in view of attack of diseases and health problems. This stage is vulnerable in the children's life and parents have to be cautious in this aspect. Any negligence might cause danger to the child. Some times the diseases might take the life of the child and cause damage to their parts of body.

A damage to the child's body parts will become a anathema to their lives and will cause them to lose their status in the society. Parents shall observe the children whenever they manifest unwanted changes and must take doctor's advice to correct the condition of the child.

Vaccination is more important in the first four to five years of the children. In advanced countries, hospitals take care of this and in under developed countries, vaccination is a problem. If the children are not vaccinated, they would fall prey to diseases like  hepatitis, diphtheria and other diseases.

Children in the age group of 0 to 5 years do not have much immunity against the diseases. Their immunity will not be able to face the bacteria and virus that attack the children. Apart from vaccinating, children should be given balanced and nutritious food every day. In the world majority of the children suffer with deficity of iron  that causes anaemia.

Giving food that contains just carbohydrates is not enough. Others vitals like proteans, minerals and vitamins have to be supplied to the body with the help of various types of feeding. Children should be given cereals, milk, fruits and leafy food, so that they get what their body needs.

Apart from developing the muscle in the children, it is also important to see that the bones and nerves also develop in a better way. Food, prescribed by the doctors will help the parents for the all round development of children.

Some children would be allergic to some foods and parents must notice that and avoid such food items. Even if the child insists on that type of food, parents must counsel the children about the bad effects of those eatables. Encouraging the children to take enough water every day is desirable. Water in any form should be be taken by the children, so that they will not feel dehydration.

Parents shall observe what type of food items, the children are taking outside the home. They must examine whether the eatables contain harmful chemicals are other harmful material in that food.

So in the early childhood, parents must observe the body condition of the children and take precautions. Motions, vomits, fever and cough are the symptoms that tell the presence of disease in the body. Parents, if necessary, on the advise of the doctors must allow medical tests to the children so that any life threatening disease could be detected in the early years.

Loss of wait, less growth in terms of height are also other indications of lack of nutritional food and presence of diseases in the child's body. Obesity, lean body, dots on the body, problems with eye sight are also indications of presence of diseases in the body.

Functioning of glands like thyroid and others will also have their say in the children's healthy growth. More and less secretions will cause damage to the kid's body. This mal functioning of the glands shall  be corrected in the early childhood, so that kids did not fall prey to health hazards.

Clean environment, enough exposure to sun light and others will help in proper development of the children. If children are always kept in darkness that would cause skin diseases and more exposure to sun light will cause dehydration and skin related diseases.

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