Patient's question:
The child usually doesn't eat vegetables for dinner and loves snacks. The day before yesterday, he had a cough and was seen by a doctor in the countryside who prescribed medication that didn't work. Today, my wife took him to the county hospital, where the doctor said the child has low immunity and prescribed medication for 1200 yuan. The thorough examination cost over 300 yuan. I feel a bit upset and worried, not knowing if the doctor has accurately identified the cause and if my child is being delayed in treatment.Doctor's answer:
Children should maintain a balanced diet with proper nutrient combinations. A simple check for poor immunity is a complete blood count, which commonly shows low white blood cell count and anemia. If a more thorough examination is required, tests such as immunoglobulin assessment, neutrophil phagocytosis and killing function tests, neutrophil cell activity function tests, lymphocyte viability measurements, interleukin tests, tumor necrosis factor tests, autologous growth factor tests, cell adhesion molecule tests, T cell function tests, and B cell function tests, among others, may be conducted. There are over twenty such tests, and they can be quite expensive.