Health and Food

During the first year of life infants diseases are not many, because during pregnancy the mother received antibodies, passed to the fetus through the placenta. In addition, breast-feeding protects the baby from many illnesses.

Breast milk has several mechanisms of protection:

• The composition of milk contains substances that hinder the development of viruses and bacteria such as lysozyme, lactoferrin, immunoglobulins, factor bifidófilo.
• Being a natural substance, produced especially for the baby, does not irritate the intestine, so that the infant mucosal barrier remains intact, thus not allowing the entry of foreign substances.
• If the mother has an acute, produces antibodies that pass into breast milk, protecting the baby. This is true for diarrhea, etc..
Care to diseases of infants:

The baby’s immune system has been consolidated during the first moments of life. From birth it is necessary to monitor the baby for any signs of illness early. It is also essential to continue the vaccination schedule for prevention of diseases in infants, which could be fatal.

The procedure for diagnosis of diseases is to identify specific clinical symptoms during the first week of life, as a way of recognizing them.

There are a number of measures to prevent diseases of infants:

Dehydration, for example, can be seen because the baby cries and drink any liquid eagerly offered.

As dehydration progresses, the fontanelles may appear swollen and sunken eyes. Also the mouth and tongue become dry and rough. And may have a fever.

When the baby is otitis (inflammation in any area of the ear) which can be caused by an infection or not. dangerous accumulation of fluid in the inner ear.

The causes of otitis can be simple, such as bath water entering the ear canal, irritating the skin. You can also become infected root hairs in the area. Colds are the cause of otitis media, because the mucous membranes become inflamed, blocking the Eustachian tube.
If the baby gets used to taking a bottle very bed, milk passes to the Eustachian tube, causing inflammation.

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