A small child is most often prone to colds and lacks vitamins and beneficial microelements in the autumn-spring period. In this case, the pediatrician can prescribe the reception of complex vitamin preparations, designed specifically for children. These drugs include vitamins kinder biovital gel with lecithin for children.
Biovital gel composition for children
Vitamins for children Kinder biovital include the following components:
- oral gel 10 grams;
- 5000 IU retinol;
- 600 IU cholecalciferol;
- 1, 65 mg of alpha-tocopherol acetate;
- 0, 33 mg thiamine hydrochloride;
- 0, 33 mg of riboflavin;
- 1.5 mg of pyridoxine hydrochloride;
- 5 mg of nicotinamide;
- 1 μg of cyanocabalamine;
- 1 mg calcium pantothenate;
- 100 mg of ascorbic acid;
- 6 mg of soluble manganese citrate;
- 2.5 mg calcium phosphinate;
- 0, 25 mg sodium molybdate;
- 200 mg of lecithin.
As vosopogatelnyh substances in biovital gel include:
- ethanol;
- red orange flavor;
- isopropyl myristate;
- sodium benzoate;
- potassium sorbate;
- sucrose;
- sodium carboxymethylcellulose;
- vanillin;
- water demineralized.
Indications for use of biovital gel for children
It is advisable to use it for babies in the following cases:
- prevention of a lack of vitamins in the body;
- malnutrition, resulting in the child is depleted;
- the child lags behind in growth;
- stomatitis (inflammation of the oral mucosa);
- in the period after severe illnesses, including infectious diseases;
- as an additional maintenance therapy in the treatment of diseases by antibiotics or the conduct of a course of chemotherapy;
- with the goal of preventing rickets in childhood .
Contraindications and side effects
Like any medicine biovital gel has a number of contraindications:
- hypercalcemia (elevated calcium in the blood);
- hypercalciuria (a large amount of calcium in the urine);
- systemic sarcoidosis;
- multiple myeloma;
- Itenko-Cushing's disease;
- acromegaly;
- hypothyroidism;
- hyperparathyroidism.
As adverse reactions in some cases, the child may have allergic reactions to individual components of the drug that go with the discontinuation of the drug.
In the case of an overdose of the drug (more than 100 grams per day), there are possible such reactions of the body as vomiting, nausea, a sensation of pain in the abdominal region.
In what dosage should I give my baby biovital gel?
The drug is taken orally. Depending on the child's age, the following dosages are possible:
- 1-3 months: ½ teaspoon once a day;
- 3 months-1 year: ½ teaspoon two or three times a day;
- 1-6 years: one teaspoon once a day;
- children from 6 years: one teaspoon twice a day.
If you want to use biovital gel to treat stomatitis in a child, then it is applied to the oral mucosa for one to five minutes at least three times a day.
The duration of treatment is determined by the doctor.
If the child is already taking a course of biovital gel, then it is not recommended to use other multivitamin complexes in parallel. It is allowed to use this medication together with other medicines (mucolytics, bronchodilators, hepatoprotectors, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory, sedatives).
Biovital gel for children allows to fill the lack of vitamins in childhood. It increases the resistance of the child's organism to the effects of viruses during the exacerbation of colds. The active components that enter into its structure stimulate metabolic processes of all organs and systems of the child.