The weather has become colder recently, and many people have started to cough, especially children with low immunity. But who would have thought of it? After drinking cough syrup, will it cause illness or even death? What the hell is going on?
it turned out that a few days ago, the WHO issued a warning that the four cold and cough syrup exported in India contain excessive pollutants, which may cause acute kidney damage to .
Not only that, local medical staff have discovered that many children have died of abnormal kidney problems. A strange thing happened...
After investigation, the parents of dozens of children bought a certain type of cough syrup, and the poor children began to get sick after drinking cough syrup for three to five days.
The most terrifying thing is that these cough syrups have been sold to 41 countries and regions. In addition to the dead Gambian 66 children, 131 children in Indonesian may also have something to do with it!
cough syrup, this common medicine that is not very eye-catching at home, actually has such a health risk hidden?
But many mothers disagree with this news. As long as we don’t import Indian cough syrup, will it be fine?
Do you know? Two types of "cough relieving drugs" have been included in the drug blacklist. Are you still feeding your child such cough medicine?
2 "cough-relieving drugs". Never give children
all say "it's three parts poisonous". Especially when giving children medicine, you should be more careful. There are two types of cough medicines, don’t give them to your children.
01 Cough relieving medicine containing codeine
What is codeine? It is a natural opioid alkaloid drug with analgesic, cough-relieving and calming effects. However, codeine has a great effect on children.
The pharmacological effect of codeine is very similar to morphine. Once used for a long-term and large dose, it is easy to get addicted. Moreover, if codeine drugs are abused, patients are prone to respiratory depression.
For younger children, there will be more risks of accidents. This is why The National Drug Administration has issued announcements many times that children under the age of 18 are banned from cold medicines containing codeine.
Which commonly used drugs contain codeine?
compound licorice tablets, compound licorice oral liquid, strong loquat cream, pediatric Xiaochui granules and other daily medicines may contain codeine.
02 Cough relieving medicine containing promethazine
What is promethazine? Its effects are to relieve vomiting and calm. Promethazine is indeed very effective in treating cough. But its adverse reactions are also very large.
promethazine can easily cause patients to have hallucinations and abnormal muscle tone reactions. It can easily lead to respiratory depression and even death in young children.
Therefore, for safety reasons, premature infants and newborns are prohibited from using promethazine injection. Children under 2 years old should also use it with caution, and children over 2 years old can only use the minimum dose.
What should parents do if their children cough?
htmlIt turned cold in 0 days, and 9 out of 10 children were coughing. Many parents immediately think of taking medicine when they see their children cough.
Originally, the cough is slow to heal. If the child’s cough has not been cured, then drink more cough syrup and mix other medicines together.
Do you know? If the child coughs, it is not recommended that parents give the child medicine immediately.
This is because cough is not a disease. It is just the most common respiratory symptom, the throat is self-protection.
Sometimes, when the child wakes up in the morning, he may also have a few gentle coughs, which is cleaning up the mucus in the respiratory tract. This kind of protective reflex cough cannot solve the essential problem even if you take cough medicine.
This may even lead to more and more secretions, inducing bronchitis and pneumonia.What should be the correct way to deal with
?
- Observe cough manifestations
Parents should pay attention to observing the symptoms of their children’s cough. Is it dry cough or can’t cough out the sputum in their throat? In addition to cough, does the child experience fever, chest pain, , and poor breathing?
- Pay attention to special circumstances
If the child is just coughing and there are no other abnormal situations, you can observe it slowly. But if the child has special circumstances, he or she has to see a doctor as soon as possible.
For example, cough is bloody, sputum turns yellow and green, cough sounds like a dog barking, or cough has not improved for more than 2 weeks.
If it is a baby under 4 months of age, it is also recommended to seek medical treatment as soon as possible.
- relieves symptoms
If you are worried that your child’s cough is too fierce, parents can help take care of them to relieve symptoms. For example, use a home humidifier to keep your respiratory tract moist.
If you cough at night, you can raise the child’s shoulders a little higher, which is helpful to relieve cough. You can also use normal saline to clean the secretions in the nasal cavity.
Dr.X says
cough is not a disease. If you need to give medicine to children, you also need to pay more attention.
