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Posted on 6th Jul 2010 @ 3:27 AM

Enhancing neonatal baby's immunity and reducing the chance of sick for baby is important thing which each parents need to focus on. Newborn's immune status related to their health, the kinds of feeding and the benign stimulus after birth closely. Parents can make some program to enhance baby's immunity according to that relationship.

Option One: rational nutrition
Neonatal period showed high nutritional demand, limited digestion metabolism. Therefore, right amount of nutrition to ensure the needs of growth, but also not over-feeding in order to avoid neonatal intestines and stomach too heavy a burden. The rational nutrition in enhancing physical and most decisive impact resistance.
Daily intake of balanced nutrition to meet the needs of the body and improve immunity. Protein composition of immune cells and antibodies are the major components, once the lack of protein will result in decreased immune function. Vitamin C can stimulate the body to produce interferon, add enough vitamins can increase the antibody, removed viruses and bacteria, thus enhancing immunity. Others, such as - carotene and nutrients in the folic acid, vitamin B12, niacin, pantothenic acid, iron, zinc and enzymes are also concerned with immunity.
Option Two: vaccination
Although the neonatal period of immunoglobulin from the mother to provide some antibodies, but for many infectious diseases is still a highly susceptible. Vaccination is effective against bacteria, can be effective by early vaccination to prevent neonatal most damaging infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, hepatitis B and so on.
Neonatal period function of the immune system cells is relatively mature, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been able to produce corresponding response, after the current line of BCG vaccination at birth, can play an appropriate TB infection immunity. Neonatal hepatitis B vaccine has been proven to be a good immune response effect, immediately after birth to prevent hepatitis B vaccine, after 1,6 months, and then inoculated 2 times, that the preventive effect is positive, newborns can be protection.
Option Three: Breastfeeding
Breast-milk substitute that contains more immune than the active substance, it can supply all the nutrients needed for infants: protein, fat, lactose, vitamins, iron, in particular, breast milk contains antibodies that fight infection (immune globulin) and anti-infective activity of white blood cells, bifidus factor, lysozyme, etc., they have enhanced immune function, prevent the growth of harmful bacteria, can reduce the baby the chance of infection. Early preterm birth children, due to maternal antibody obtained from small, immature immune system itself, skin and mucous membranes of the defense function is poor, highly vulnerable to the invasion of pathogenic factors of illness, the premature children need breastfeeding.
Option Four: Newborn Massage
Massage by mild sensory stimulation of newborn skin, causing systemic nervous, endocrine and immune systems response to a series of benign, can promote the secretion of gastrointestinal hormones, help to increase children's appetite, and promote food digestion, absorption and excretion, accelerate the growth of body weight. Activities also massage your baby's muscles, making the body more robust growth. In addition, the skin to stimulate the immune function of the impact of direct and indirect beneficial to the newborn physical and mental health development.
Enhance the resistance of newborns to reduce the opportunities for baby infection, in addition to a balanced, adequate nutrition, promoting breast feeding, immunization, and actively and effectively enhance the body, the baby's caregivers routinely wash their hands of good practice and enhance the ventilation of indoor is also very important.