Know-how cold medication in children

Influenza in children is common in children, can occur throughout the year, the treatment of pediatric cold medicines have more, and some families have "mini kits", the children look at the hospital less than a cold, use cold medicines stored at home to children to eat, or their children to the drugstore to buy medicine to eat, very dangerous to do so. Because there are a lot of cold medicine used in adults to harm children.
Therefore, a cold medication to children with special care, such as "quick-and-cold capsules," "cold" or "Antongding" and other drugs containing paracetamol, phenacetin, aminopyrine, caffeine and other ingredients. These components of the bone marrow can produce inhibition of hematopoietic system and affect the generation of blood cells in children and growth, resulting in leukopenia and agranulocytosis, lowering immunity in children, and some can cause toxic liver damage.
In that case, the correct use of pediatric cold medicine what does?
Do not rush fever in children with influenza
Fever is the body of a defensive reaction, both to wipe out the invading bacteria, and beneficial to the child's normal growth and development. However, when high fever (39 ℃ above) should be under the guidance of the doctors fever. Fever is the best way to cool physics, such as cold, such as alcohol sponge bath. Physical methods such as the temperature does not drop, and with the use of antipyretics.
Antipyretics commonly used are: 10 ~ 20% analgin nasal drops, each drop of 1 to 3; chlorpheniramine tablets per kilogram body weight per day 0.35 mg oral 3-4 pm; pediatric antipyretic suppository, half-stars to one, into the anus, is not more than three times out after cooling.
Do not use APC (aspirin compound)
There are exciting because the role of APC, while infants and young children is not fully developed neural inhibition mechanism, the use of high fever, easy-induced convulsions, but also a large number of sweat caused by collapse, or even because of the blood arising from the accumulation of free bilirubin jaundice. At the same time, this type of medicine for the digestive system and liver function damage, and some may cause Reye syndrome, caused by white blood cells, platelets decreased, especially for children under 3 years of age, generally do not advocate using this medicine.
Do not use in children with influenza antibiotics
Mostly as a result of influenza caused by virus infection, antibiotics ineffective against viruses, it is necessary to use anti-viral drugs. Anti-viral drugs commonly used are:
1, triazole glycosides, the daily per kilogram of body weight 10 to 20 mg, 3 times at service, or per kilogram body weight per day from 10 to 15 mg by intramuscular injection or intravenous drip.
2, Banlangen Chongji half bag, 3 times a day.
3, dipyridamole (dipyridamole), 1, 2, 1 5 ~ 25 mg, oral. Discretion to choose the drug for more than, more reliable results, fewer side effects.
Influenza in children in the following circumstances, consideration may be given antibiotics in combination: fever not to take anti-viral drugs; infants under 6 months of age to prevent occurrence of secondary bacterial infections; blood test significantly increased WBC; often suffering from tonsillitis; appear bronchitis or pneumonia .
Children with a cold no matter what kind of drugs, should pay attention to the following questions:
1, the dose may not be too large, the time should not be taking too long.
2, drink more water during the medication in order to facilitate the absorption and excretion of drugs to reduce the drugs on the body of the poisoned children.
3,3 years of age in children, liver and kidney have not yet fully mature, not to oral or injection of paracetamol,
4, children or members of the household history of antipyretic drug allergies, and do not use antipyretics.
5, antipyretics and basic medicines at the same time refrain from taking, such as sodium bicarbonate, aminophylline, etc. Otherwise, it would reduce the cooling effect.