GULLET LOCAL IMMUNITY ESTIMATION FOR YOUNG HOCKEY PLAYERS
The sportsmen training process is attended with permanent psychological and physical stress. In the period of intensive trainings there is exhaustion of the immune system that later on results in frequent cold diseases with the subsequent passing to the chronic form. In this research the concentrations of sIgA and lactoferrin for sportsmen being in the conditions of permanent supercooling were studied. In the research the hockey players from «Metallurgist-94» team took part. Blood and saliva were used as diagnostic material. The increase of sIgA maintenance in saliva was detected as well as considerable increase of lactoferrin concentration in both saliva and blood plasma. Revealed elevated levels of sIgA in saliva and a significant increase in the concentration of lactoferrin in saliva and in blood sera, reflecting the strength of local immunity of gullet for young hockey players.