Question
My child usually refuses to eat vegetables at dinner and prefers snacks. A few days ago, he coughed and I took him to see a doctor in the village, but the medicine didn’t work. Today, my wife took him to a hospital in the county city, where the doctor said his immunity is poor and prescribed medicine for 1200 yuan, plus another 300 yuan for detailed checks. I feel worried that I’m not sure if the doctor correctly diagnosed the cause, and I’m worried about delaying his condition.
Answer
Children should maintain a balanced diet and appropriately match various nutrients. If a child’s immunity is weak, the basic check is a blood test, which can reveal common issues like low white blood cells or anemia. For detailed checks, it may be necessary to perform over twenty tests, including immunoglobulin measurements, neutrophil phagocytosis and killing function tests, and lymphocyte activity determinations, which are more expensive.