Boost Your Immunity This Cold and Flu Season with Intravenous (IV) Nutrient Therapy

The peak of cold and flu season will be here before you know it. Is your immune system ready? To get your immune system in peak condition, you want to be providing your body with plenty of vitamins, minerals, and other similar substances that it needs to fight off illnesses and keep you healthy.

Usually, you can get these vital nutrients from your diet, and you can supplement it with oral vitamins to fill in any gaps. However, to make absolutely sure there are no weak links in your immune system, you should be getting intravenous (IV) nutrient therapy. 

At Integrative Medica located in Salt Lake City, Utah, our team lead by Jake Schmutz, NMD, and Joshua Hersh, NMD, offers IV nutrient therapy. We discuss how this helpful treatment can guarantee boosted immunity for this year’s cold and flu season.

Explaining IV therapy

During any type of medical crisis, one of the first things a healthcare provider will do is start an IV line. This is because it’s the fastest way to get both fluids and medication into the body. When you take drugs by mouth, you have to wait for the digestive process to first metabolize the medication and then transfer it to your bloodstream.

This doesn’t just cause a major time delay, but some substances in medications can’t even survive the journey through your digestive tract. In addition, many people don’t tolerate some ingredients in medications well, so when you bypass the stomach, it allows for better use of the drugs. 

If that weren’t enough, IVs also permit a doctor to directly and immediately change aspects of the patient’s treatment. Pain medications can take effect practically instantly without any worry of dilution or loss of efficacy. Fluids can also be delivered efficiently to people who are severely dehydrated and have problems with bodily systems shutting down.

So, what’s IV nutrient therapy?

It’s easy to associate IV therapy with medical emergencies, but it’s actually a standard and low-risk procedure that many medical professionals do regularly. This means that IV therapy is a great supplemental treatment for many different conditions from allergies to cancer support. Boosting your overall wellness is included in this and that’s how IV therapy can give your immune system a helping hand.

An IV treatment is able to deliver higher therapeutic doses of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other nutrients that food and oral supplements can on their own. When you have an IV infusion, all those powerful resources are sent straight to your cells and give your body what it needs to fight off viral invaders. 

How IV nutrient therapy can help

During an IV nutrient infusion, your immune system is given all the chemical tools it needs to contain viral invasions before they can blossom into full-blown infections. You can expect just one IV nutrient treatment to boost your immune system for a minimum of two to three weeks. 

Each session takes about 45-60 minutes to deliver the nutrients, and you may even feel a boost of energy after your infusion is over. The only adverse side effect you should experience is minor bruising at the IV site.

If you’re ready to give your immune system the tools it needs to fight off colds and the flu this winter, go ahead and contact us to set up an appointment. You can also contact us via phone at 801-676-9876.