Report by Tribunnews.com reporter Aisyah Nursyamsi
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – Parents often panic when their children experience this fever, cough And have a cold.
Indeed, there is no need to panic as a child fever, cough And have a coldbecause it is a natural thing in children.
This was revealed by the pediatrician RSIA Binamedika Dr. Fransisca Handy Sp.A.
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“Because cough have a cold part of child development, no child goes through childhood without it cough have a cold”, he said when meeting in Jakarta, on Monday (3/12/2022).
fever, cough And have a cold needed to build the immune system.
Dr. Fransisca also explained that part of the body’s immunity is gained from birth.
Then there is also something that is gained from the journey of life and will be permanent for a long time.
This latter immunity comes from two things. The first is through vaccination, the second is infection by disease.
“Where do you get it? One of the vaccines, obviously, secondly, if there’s no mild vaccine, you have to get sick to get immunity,” he explained again.
He also briefly explained how children can get infected and gain immunity.
“This month we get virus A, our body makes antibodies to virus A. Similarly, when it gets infected with virus B, the body makes antibodies to B and so on,” said Dr. French.
Eventually, after growing up a bit or entering elementary school, children rarely get sick.
“After all, when children go to school, they rarely get sick. Didn’t you notice? Only when the children are sick do they often get sick », she concluded.
