With the onset of the autumn-winter period, most people begin to actively think about raising their own immunity and protecting the body from various viral diseases. For these purposes, both time-tested folk methods and modern medicines - immunostimulating drugs are used. And if everything is pretty obvious with the first, then there is no definite answer with the second. Do immunostimulating drugs really effectively protect the human body from viruses and increase its resistance to various diseases? Let's try to figure it out.
To begin with, you should decide that it is impossible to independently prescribe medications for raising immunity. A person who does not have any visible he alth problems should not take this kind of remedy. In this case, it is best to turn your attention to such traditional methods as physical activity, hardening and good nutrition. Immunostimulatingdrugs are necessary when a person is constantly sick, and all diseases are severe. In addition, they can often be accompanied by various complications. All these are signs of the development of immunodeficiency - a violation of the immune system.
Only a qualified specialist can accurately determine the diagnosis and the degree of development of the disease. An experienced doctor will definitely prescribe the delivery of special tests and, based on the results obtained, will prescribe medications necessary to strengthen immunity. These can be herbal products, bacterial products or medicines with nucleic acids. In addition, the doctor may prescribe interferons and thymus hormones.
Means of plant origin are dispensed in pharmacies without a prescription, they can be taken both as a prevention of influenza and colds, and as a means of therapeutic therapy. The group of such drugs includes tincture of echinacea purpurea, tincture of ginseng, eleutherococcus extract and Immunal. Means of bacterial origin contain in their composition a small number of enzymes that cause various infections. For example, it can be streptococcus or pneumococcus. Only a doctor can prescribe such immunostimulating drugs. Medications with nucleic acids - "Poludan", "Sodium Nucleinate" or "Derinat" - are also prescribed not for prevention, but for targeted treatment. For example, to eliminaterespiratory infections.
Interferons - drugs with a pronounced antiviral effect, stimulate the protective functions of the body and make cells immune to the virus. Such funds are most effective in the initial stages of the development of the disease. And finally, thymus hormone preparations responsible for the activation of T-lymphocytes are strictly prescribed by a doctor for acute viral and chronic purulent diseases.
Summarizing, we can say that for preventive purposes, it is best to give preference to traditional methods of strengthening immunity and herbal medicines. All other drugs should be prescribed exclusively by a qualified doctor after a comprehensive examination and necessary tests.
