Experience in the phytotherapy use for rehabilitation of adolescents with recurrent respiratory diseases

Abstract

Introduction. The state of modern Russian adolescents health is characterized by negative trends such as high level of morbidity, largely due to recurrent acute respiratory diseases (ARI). Recurrent acute respiratory infections negatively affect the health of adolescents, contributing to the development of chronic infection foci, having a negative impact on their physical development and psychoemotional status. Many approaches have been proposed for the rehabilitation of adolescents with recurrent acute respiratory infections, but in recent years phytotherapy has attracted the attention of researchers.Aim. The study is to analyze the experience of using phytotherapy in the rehabilitation of adolescents with recurrent respiratory diseases.Materials and methods. 124 adolescents aged 13–18 years with recurrent acute respiratory infections were examined. The control group consisted of 50 conditionally healthy adolescents. The artificial colonization of buccal epithelial cells, anti-adhesive activity of saliva and level of psychic adaptation were determined. In addition to the generally accepted measures, the herbal medicine was included in the rehabilitation complex for 51 adolescents. Statistical processing of the obtained data was carried out using the SPSS 12.0 program.Results. A decrease in oral mucosa adaptive stability in adolescents with recurrent respiratory diseases during the period of clinical well-being was found – such as decrease of anti-adhesive activity of saliva, increase artificial colonization of buccal epithelial cells index. The prevalence of persons with psychic desadaptation among adolescents with recurrent acute respiratory infections was revealed. The positive clinical effect of the herbal medicine in improving the health of adolescents with recurrent respiratory infections, manifested by the end of the course of therapy by an increase in the adaptive resistance of the oral mucosa in the most of patients, and at the follow-up period of 6 months – an increase in the immune resistance and psychic adaptation.Conclusions. The use of herbal medicine effectively restores the reserves of oral cavity mucosal protection, psychic adaptation and reduces the number of acute respiratory infections. The drug has good tolerability and can be recommended for use in a complex of recreational activities for adolescents with recurrent respiratory diseases.