​What to do if your child keeps falling sick?

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​What to do if your child keeps falling sick?

Think about it logically and work on these 3 areas -

1. How to prevent infection

• Wash hands frequently. Do not use soaps that kill germs.
• Detect, prevent and treat allergies.
• Keep the house clean. But DO NOT use disinfectants.
• Breastfeed for as long as possible.
• Take age appropriate vaccines

2. How to build immunity to fight infection

• Focus on diet – No junk food. Eat a variety of freshly cooked food.
• Sleep – at least 10 hours in the night
• Stress – Stop scolding
• Sunlight – spend more time outdoors
• Exercise – at least 2 hours of physical play every day
• Water – drink lots of water

3. How to promote rapid recovery from infection

• Medicines -take them exactly the way your doctor has prescribed.
• Rest – prioritize it over everything else
• Right food – give easily digestible healthy food without force feeding
• Remove germs – focus on steam inhalation and other measures to wash out the germs

There are no shortcuts when it comes to building immunity.

Immunity is built by living life the right way.

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