5 methods to promote child's immunity

5 methods to promote child's immunity

All parents want to protect their kids from infections and diseases; to achieve this goal, it's important to boost kid's immune system. So we will highlight the most effective methods that will be helpful in promoting the child's immunity.

  1. Breastfeeding: exclusive breast feeding in the first 6 months of child's life have many benefits; it promotes the functional capacity of the immune system and make him able to combat infectious diseases. Also breastfeeding reduces the incidence of allergy.
  2. Regular hand washing: unclean hand is responsible for about 80% of infectious diseases. So children should be instructed to wash their hands after sneezing, coughing and after going WC.
  3. Immunizations: it's important to follow childhood vaccination schedules to enhance the immune system to be able to combat the infectious disease. Also doctors should advise parents to give their kids the flu shot every year.
  4. Sleep: getting adequate time of comfortable sleeping has a direct effect on promoting the child's immune system, as enough sleeping stimulates the body to produces specific proteins which help in combating infection and reducing the inflammation.
  5. Healthy diet: proper food choices (especially fruits and vegetables) ensure getting sufficient amount of healthy nutrients (proteins, vitamins, minerals… etc.) which are needed to have good health and strong immunity.

 


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