Everyone has some medicines at home
If you have children at home, you should pay attention to the following types of medicines
if the child accidentally ingests them, it will be very dangerous. Danger?
01
birth control pills and sleeping pills
accidentally ingested sleeping pills by children can cause serious disturbance of consciousness and even respiratory failure. Minor or severe side effects may occur after accidental consumption of contraceptives, such as headache, dizziness, lethargy, and early development of secondary sexual characteristics.
02
cold medicine, cough medicine, and antipyretic
cold medicine, antipyretic and cough medicine, etc. The taste is sweet and easy to drink as syrup by children. However, such drugs are quickly absorbed, and adverse reactions can occur within a few hours after ingestion. If emergency anti-fever medicine can promote sweating, overdose of can cause dehydration.
03
Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease drugs
Common cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease drugs include antihypertensive drugs, hypoglycemic drugs and aspirin. Such drugs are mistakenly taken by children, and they are prone to heart rate and arrhythmia, low blood sugar and blood pressure. In severe cases, life may be at risk . In addition, the accidental consumption of such drugs can cause hypoxia in the brain and even cause irreversible damage.
How to prevent children from taking drugs by mistake?
External medicines and oral medicines must be separated, adult medicines and children's medicines must be separated, and medicines should not be kept together with food. Put home medicines properly, out of the reach of children, and keep the lid tightly closed. Because children have strong imitating ability and are easy to imitate the actions of adults, they cannot take medicine in front of them. Tell your children not to pick and eat anything on the ground at will, and warn them of the dangers of medicines.
Warm reminder that
should not panic after discovering that the child has taken drugs by mistake, nor can he accuse him of beating or scolding. Find out what medicine the child took by mistake, know the time and dose of the medicine, and send it to the hospital for gastric lavage and vomiting. To induce vomiting, you can use your fingers to stimulate your child's throat, causing the medicine to be vomited. If it is not easy to vomit, let your child drink plenty of water, especially salt water.
In addition, when parents send their children to the hospital for emergency treatment, they should seek medical treatment at the nearest location. They cannot leave the nearest and seek further distance, or they will miss the best opportunity for treatment. When you go to the hospital, you need to bring the medicine, medicine bottle, and instructions that your child took by mistake. Parents must first find out as early as possible the abnormal behavior of the child taking the wrong medicine. For example, if the child takes sleeping pills or antihypertensive drugs containing sedatives by mistake, they will show listlessness and drowsiness. Once such an abnormality is found, check whether the adult is taking the medicine immediately Been touched by a child.