Unfortunately, the percentage of absolutely healthy children is getting lower every year. This is due to many factors, but the first place among them is ecology. Children living in large cities are sick more often, because in megacities there is a high level of environmental pollution. The exhaust gases of cars, emissions of industrial enterprises greatly weaken the defenses of the organism. Reduced immunity entails frequent infectious diseases, for example, a cold or flu. Therefore, it is simply necessary to maintain the body's defenses at a high level, especially with the onset of cold weather. It is always easier to prevent a disease than to treat it later. To protect the child from acute respiratory viral and bacterial infections, you will be helped by the drug viferon.
This drug is well established in the market, due to its high efficiency. Its main component is interferon, which copes well with various viruses. It strengthens the immune system and helps the body cope with the pathogen. It also contains vitamins C and E, thanks to this viferon is suitable even for infants and has no side effects.
How to take viferon to children?
The drug is used for both prevention and treatment of various infectious and inflammatory diseases, such as pneumonia, sepsis, ARI, enterovirus infection, candidiasis and herpes.
Produced viferon for children in the form of ointments, suppositories and gel.
- Suppositories (suppositories) viferon for children are available in a different dosage of the active substance (150,000 IU, 500,000 IU, 1,000,000 IU, 3,000,000 IU). Newborns, including premature infants, are prescribed 150,000 IU for five days, one candle 2 times a day. Depending on the type of disease, one to three courses are conducted. For example, in acute respiratory viral infections, including influenza, 1-2 courses are prescribed, with herpes - 2, and with candida 3 courses.
- Viferon ointment is used for herpetic infection, it is applied a thin layer on the lesions several times a day for a week. Dosage of wiferon ointment for children under 12 years is 2500 IU, for children over 5000 IU. For treatment of acute respiratory viral infection ointment is placed in the nose 3-4 times a day. Do this carefully, do not use a cotton swab without a stop, especially if your child is still small and can not sit still. Take a pea ointment with a diameter of about 5 millimeters for children under 12 years old and 1 centimeter in diameter if your child is over 12. Gently distribute the ointment with a thin layer over the mucous membrane of the nose. Duration of the course is 5 days. Remember that the ointment has a short shelf life! The open tube can be stored in the refrigerator for a month, and the bank only two weeks.
- To prevent frequent and prolonged catarrhal diseases, use viferon gel.
It is applied to the mucous membrane of the nose and to the surface of the palatine tonsils 2 times a day. The course of treatment is 2-4 weeks. Before using the drug, thoroughly clean and dry the nasal passages. If you apply gel to the tonsils, wait 30 minutes after eating and make sure that the cotton swab does not touch the surface of the mucosa, it can scratch and injure it. The amount of gel applied at a time should not exceed 5 millimeters. Please note that the opened tube can not be stored in the refrigerator for more than two months, after this time the drug can not be used, it can be dangerous to health.