Smoking and children are incompatible

What happens to young children when they are exposed to cigarette smoke? Here are a few shocking figures that should help you get rid of this bad habit forever. Infants and children exposed to cigarette smoke are more likely to experience pneumonia, asthma, otitis, bronchitis, sinusitis, eye irritations and croup. If this is not enough to convince you to take the last puff, let's turn to such tragic statistics: the children of smoking mothers and fathers are seven times more likely to die from the syndrome of sudden child death. If you still think you can afford to smoke, take a look at these statistics: children of smokers are twice as likely to visit doctors, usually for acute respiratory infections or allergy-related illnesses. In addition, if you want to grow a healthy heart, look at these facts: children who are forced to be at home by passive smokers have a low level of high-density lipoproteins in the blood( this is a useful cholesterol protecting against coronary heart disease). Think alsoand about the consequences in the distant future. Children of smokers often become smokers. And one recent study indicates that if a child grows in a house where two parents smoke, this can double the risk of future lung cancer in the future.

way to strengthen the health of your child is a compulsory visit to the doctor on schedule scheduled inspections. Here is the schedule that we use in our office and which practically repeats the recommended by the American Pediatric Academy:

monthly in the first six months for the first child;every two months in the first six months for the following children;

• at nine, twelve, fifteen, eighteen and twenty-four months;

• further annually;

The day of a healthy child is useful both for the child and for the parents. During planned inspections, the following will be discussed:

• growth and development at each stage;

• healthy eating;

• preventive measures and measures to prevent accidents;

and conducted:

• immunization( vaccination);

• full medical examination to detect abnormalities in development;

• weighing, measuring the growth and girth of the head, periodic laboratory tests: blood for hemoglobin, as well as urinalysis;

• hearing and sight check;

and also will be given:

• answers to questions concerning the treatment and approach to the child;

• recommendations regarding health problems.