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Zincovit or anyother immune booster
Hi, my daughter is 3 yrs old. Wt 16.3 kg. She gets cold often, mostly it started with sneezing and then end up in severe chest cold. One of the peds prescribed zincovit. Is it fine to use Zincovit for immune booster or any other medication is fine? Pls suggest. (Dosage and duration as well)
P.S she s active child. Apart from frequent cold, she has no other issues.
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I don’t think she needs to take zinc for more than 15 days at a time .
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Try syrup Imki ( Inzpera )which claims to boost immunity. Dosage is 5 ml once daily for 15 days
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Continuing ZINCOVIT is fine. I would suggest to get Vitamin D levels checked. And also to rule out iron deficiency anemia. These two are very basic parameters Hb and low Vitamin D which have been known to predispose a child for repeated allergies, which can be seen in the form of any of the spectrum of the allergic tendencies. Like cold , dust, insect bite allergy, to chest congestion in the form of early morning wheezing. Ideally it will be better to either rule out the above parameters, or simply add-on as supplementation in food primarily and then check these after a month or so. To add dates (10-15/day) and jaggery (instead of sugar) in basic foods she takes, and for vitamin D, restarting Ultra D 3 drops - 1 ml per day (mix with milk). Restriction of milk to 250 to 300 ml maximum in a day is of utmost importance too. Thanking You. For further details kindly connect via Telemed or direct visitation to your family Pediatrician. Take care and be safe.
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Zincovit is good for the desired purpose & can be given 5 ml once or twice daily
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Dr. Anjali Bartakke
Pediatrician
25 yrs exp
Pune
Sneezing and chest congestion are signs of allergic cold cough, usually happens during changes in seasons. Zincovit is mineral multivitamins Syrup, it will improve nutritional deficiencies but not improve immunity. Syrup Bresol 5 ml daily is Ayurvedic medicine which will improve her allergic condition.
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Take medicine for a month then stop if improved
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Dr. Raktima Chakrabarti
Pediatrician
28 yrs exp
Gurgaon
From your history it seems she suffers from seasonal allergy which is pretty common in B’lore. Immune booster will not help much only you continue vitamin D, Vitamin C and Zinc
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With time as she will be in pubertal age there will be hormonal change and then this problem will be reduced
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Dr. S. T. Pushpam
Pediatrician
16 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hi,
You can Syr Cetrizine 2.5 ml twice daily for cold for 3-5 days
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Give Syr Zincovit 2.5 ml once daily for 1 month to improve appetite
Give frequent warm water/ soup
Do steam inhalation
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