Database of diseases - Flu and cold

Infants and young children up to the age of three get infections much more often than adults - on average 6-8 times a year.



MILK OF MOTHER REINFORCES IMMUNITY


Strengthens the immunity of mother's milk

The simplest natural way to strengthen the immunity of babies is ... MILK OF MOTHER. Feminine food thanks to its unique composition and bacterial flora positively affect the health of the baby. There is a significant regularity here - the longer breast milk feeding - the better resistance to infections and colds.


It stimulates the growth of bacterial flora that kills germs

In newborns fed with human food, the amount of bacteria acidifying the environment of the small and large intestine is rapidly increasing. This microflora is part of the immune system and effectively protects the intestines against pathogenic bacteria.


The role of mother's milk ingredients

One of the most valuable components of breast milk prebiotic oligosaccharides (complex sugars) found in human milk at a concentration of 0.5 to 1g / 100ml. As few of the foods, they are not broken down by digestive enzymes. Thanks to this, they enter the intestines profusely and provide a nutrient for the acidic bacteria mentioned above, such as: Bifidobacteria and Lactobacillus, etc. In addition, oligosaccharides support the development of an important center of the immune system, ie lymphoid tissue, which accounts for nearly 2/3 of the entire lymphatic tissue of the body.


The mother's milk stimulates the development of the intestinal lymphoid tissue and strengthens immunity

Acid bacteria by contact with intestinal cells stimulate the growth of its cells and affect their distribution, which contributes to the proper maturation and regulation of the entire immune system.


Olisaccharides seal the intestinal mucosa

Oligosaccharides from breast milk also seal the so-called mucosal barrier of the intestine, which prevents pathogenic bacteria from entering the bloodstream of the child. A tight intestinal barrier also hinders the penetration of food allergens into the blood.


Has nature intentionally programmed immunity in an infant?

Modern medicine increasingly recognizes the immune immaturity of the baby at the time of birth for the refined nature's design. Thanks to this immature immune cells of the child quickly learn to self-combat the popular microbes that are present in his environment here and now.

HARDENING ... HAPPY?

What pathogens threaten the infant most?

80% of all children's diseases are flu infections and other diseases caused most often by microorganisms - viruses, bacteria or fungi. Sometimes such frequent infections arouse parents' anxiety. However, we should not panic because of this, because in this period the small person's body quickly "learns" to deal with popular microbes. Thanks to this very early self-made fight, it quickly builds an individual arsenal of immune cells and antibodies to fight germs.


The infant is not quite defenseless at birth

You need to know that when you are born, your baby is not vulnerable. It already has significant own immunity. It has antibodies obtained from the mother, which fight microbes, mainly parasites. It also has a certain number of immune cells (leukocytes) made by its own liver and bone marrow.




Hardening with germs?

The regularity is also known - the more the child has contact with their peers, the more often they get ill, become infected. In this way, however, children train their immune system.Therefore, it is forbidden for the infant and small child to provide completely sterile food and the entire living environment. It has been scientifically proven that for a complete and proper maturation of the immune system moderate contact with typical pathogens - viruses, bacteria and so-called. antigens that cause allergies.


Learning to fight germs and parasites

During the "hardening of germs" of the process, the immune system creates the above-mentioned protein antibodies that instantly recognize a threatening pathogen - a virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite and accelerate its eradication in the future. As is easy to guess, this mechanism of antibody formation has long been used in the production of popular vaccines. More recently, the excess of sterility and hygiene is blamed for the reaction of the animal to animals.


Allergens in the youth prevent allergies in adults?

For antigens that the immune system recognizes only well in infancy or early childhood - there are some strong allergens, such as animal secretions and dander. Thanks to early contact with these allergens during infancy and early childhood, the immune system can recognize them well as neutral and create their unique automatic reaction. At a later age, it becomes more and more difficult and widespread mistakes are made to denote allergy and a disease called allergy.


With age, physiological covers are improved against microbes

In an adolescent child, the skin, and especially the mucous membranes of the nose, throat and intestines, become more tight, the gastric juice is more acidic and more strongly bactericidal and parasiticidal. The activity of digestive enzymes that kill germs and parasites also increases, and an intestinal flora that combats food-borne infections, which is beneficial to the immune system, develops.

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CONTENTS AND ACCESS TO ARTICLES OF THE SECTION:

Frequent cold virus infections
Mechanisms for the defense of the nose and throat
Individual resistance to cold viruses
The immune system of a young child
Self-amplification of immunity in infants and young children
Natural strengthening of immunity in infants and young children
Diet and immunity
    
Literature
1. Internet Publisher. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IMMUNE ARRANGEMENT IN THE INFLIBER PERIOD; Author: Prof. dr hab. n. med. Krzysztof Zeman Department of Paediatrics, Preventive Cardiology and Immunology of Developmental Age, Medical University of Lodz
2. A child is born; Lenart Nilsson. Ed. PWN, 1995 s 103 and beyond
3 Wikipiedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IgG
4. Pharmindex