Prohibited drugs for children

Prohibited drugs for children are not necessarily drugs that are officially banned from sale. Many of them can be bought in a pharmacy without a prescription, but at the same time give their child categorically impossible! One of such medicines is all known aspirin. First, acetylsalicylic acid increases vascular permeability against the background of temperature, this can provoke bleeding.

Secondly, in some children, aspirin can cause Ray's syndrome Acute hepatic encephalopathy. This disease leads to damage to internal organs and the nervous system. Reye's syndrome is a rare disease, but one can never predict in advance whether your child is predisposed to it or not. So do not expose your child to mortal danger - to 12 years to give aspirin to children can not.

Prohibited medicines at elevated temperatures also include metamizole (analgin), pyramidone (amidopyrine, amidofenazone), phenazone (antipyrine). Such antipyretic agents as paracetamol and ibuprofen are not prohibited, but it is desirable to give special "children's medications" with the content of these drugs, strictly observing the dosage.

None of the antipyretic drugs, even specifically designed for children, can not be given more often than four times a day: this is a strong blow to the liver and kidneys of the child. If the drug does not help lower the temperature, you need to see a doctor immediately! And just in case, we recall that subfebrile temperature (below 38 degrees) can not be knocked down.

Also prohibited medicines for children include Levomycetin and boric alcohol in otitis media. Some parents are still in the old-fashioned wayBury the children in the ear with alcohol preparations. But with such treatment, the likelihood of burns is very high. Those days, when there were no alternatives to alcohol preparations, long ago passed. Now there are many soft, but effective drops in the ears, so the use of "primitive" drugs should be abandoned.

Any painkillers for abdominal pain are illegal drugs. When a child says "my stomach hurts", thiscan mean anything from indigestion to appendicitis. Even an adult can not always say exactly what it hurts in the abdominal cavity, and so the child - so even more so. Having given anesthetic, you will only remove the symptom, and the problem is not eliminated. Therefore, if the child complains of pain in the abdomen, urgently call a doctor.

Also for stomach problems Do not give a solution of potassium permanganate orally, it is dangerous: potassium permanganate can cause a burn of the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, it is poorly excreted from the body, and its accumulation in the body is dangerous. With diarrhea it is impossible to give fixing means before consulting a doctor: if the cause of diarrhea is an infection, you will only make it worse.

Antibiotics without prescribing a doctor are also prohibited medicines for children. Any antibiotic is very stronga drug that can not be given for nothing. Prescribing antibiotics unnecessarily or exceeding the recommended dose is fraught with side effects and complications. Only a doctor can choose the right antibiotic and the right dose (which, by the way, is calculated not by age, but by the weight of the child). So before the doctor comes - no antibiotics.

Also prohibited medicines for children include homeopathic preparations and hormone tablets. The appointment of homeopathic remedies is strictlyindividually and depends on many factors. The same applies to hormones - they can have unpredictable effects on the growing body of the child. Any hormonal means can be prescribed only by a doctor, and usually only in a hospital setting.

In general, when treating a child, it is worth remembering two main things: never arbitrarily give your child strong medicines without a doctor's appointment and never treat a child "following the example of a neighbor". If some medicine has helped someone else's child, there is no guarantee that it will help or at least not hurt yours. The body of each person is individual, so treatment can be prescribed only by a doctor!