About this Research Topic
Children with chronic conditions may experience a wide range of somatic and psychosomatic symptoms resulting from their illness. Allopathic treatments may provide symptom resolution or relief, but clinicians are increasingly incorporating non-prescription supplementation into treatment regimens for their patients. Research on the role that nutritional and complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) supplementation may have in the treatment of chronic disease is becoming more prevalent with promising findings shown for many. The list of potential therapies is extensive but includes, vitamin D, pre- pro- syn- or post- biotics, curcumin, and peppermint oil. Safety concerns are also at the forefront of such studies, in particular when taken in conjunction with prescribed medications as is often the case for children with chronic conditions.
This Research Topic aims to explore recent research among children with chronic conditions that has incorporated, or reports on, supplementation in the form of nutritional or CAM therapies.
The goal of this Research Topic is to accumulate recent findings on the use, efficacy, or safety concerns of non-prescription supplementation for children with chronic conditions. We consider that increased visibility of research on this subject matter will enable holistic, fully informed care to be delivered to children with chronic conditions.
Studies will be considered if they are reporting on interventions using supplementation, reviews of current literature, or observational studies on the topic.
We invite authors to submit work in the form of original research, systematic reviews, and mini reviews, that report on what is known, or what is new, within the scope of the following topics.
Nutritional supplements may refer to, for example: pre/pro/syn/post-biotics, vitamins, phytochemicals (example: curcumin), micronutrients (example: zinc, iron, magnesium), fish oils.
CAM therapies may refer to, for example: herbal supplements, ayurvedic medicines, traditional cultural medicines.
This Research Topic aims to explore recent research among children with chronic conditions that has incorporated, or reports on, supplementation in the form of nutritional or CAM therapies.
The goal of this Research Topic is to accumulate recent findings on the use, efficacy, or safety concerns of non-prescription supplementation for children with chronic conditions. We consider that increased visibility of research on this subject matter will enable holistic, fully informed care to be delivered to children with chronic conditions.
Studies will be considered if they are reporting on interventions using supplementation, reviews of current literature, or observational studies on the topic.
We invite authors to submit work in the form of original research, systematic reviews, and mini reviews, that report on what is known, or what is new, within the scope of the following topics.
Nutritional supplements may refer to, for example: pre/pro/syn/post-biotics, vitamins, phytochemicals (example: curcumin), micronutrients (example: zinc, iron, magnesium), fish oils.
CAM therapies may refer to, for example: herbal supplements, ayurvedic medicines, traditional cultural medicines.
Keywords: children; herbal medicine; vitamins; supplements; probiotics; prebiotics; ayurvedic medicine
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