Do you know that these five taboos are safe for children?

[ China Pharmaceutical Network Health and Wellness ] In life, many children suspect that capsules are not easy to swallow. Parents will open the capsules and pour the powder into the water. It is not harmful to the child's body.

(Children's safety medications have these five taboos, do you know? Image source: Baidu pictures)

Children are susceptible to drugs due to imperfect organ development. Nowadays, the phenomenon of self-purchased medicines is gradually increasing. Many families have “small medicine boxes” that store commonly used drugs. However, due to the child's condition judgment, medication, drinking, posture, taboo and other aspects are not standardized, there are still many misunderstandings in children's medication. For example, in life, many children suspect that capsules are not easy to swallow. Parents will open the capsules and pour the powder into the water. It is not harmful to the child's body.

So how do you reduce the harm of drugs to children? In this regard, Hualong.com invited the Deputy Researcher of the China Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Cao Xiaomei, Director of the Inspection Center of the Beijing Branch of the China Inspection and Pharmacy (Beijing) Health Management Co., Ltd., to support the parents.

Five taboos for children's safety medications! Did you know everything?

1. Avoid abuse of vitamins and trace elements

"There are a lot of children's vitamins and trace elements in the market, or many health care products. Many parents will let their children take them for years. In fact, this is unscientific. Don't think that children's vitamins are beneficial. In fact, they don't eat too much. Well, it will also cause damage to the body." Cao Xiaomei said that trace elements are generally not supplemented unless there is a lack of clinical manifestations of certain vitamins or trace elements and confirmed by doctors.

2. Avoid abuse of antibiotics

Many people call antibiotics "anti-inflammatory drugs", which is a big misunderstanding. Antibiotics only work when infected with bacteria, and most common diseases such as common cold, autumn diarrhea, and acute rash in children are viral infections. Antibiotics are not effective. Therefore, do not use antibiotics when you are sick. It is necessary to be taken by a doctor to confirm that it is necessary to take them.

3. Avoid abuse of hormones and antipyretic analgesics

The cause of fever in children is very complicated. It may be an ordinary cold, inflammation of the tonsils, or serious diseases such as measles, pneumonia, and meningitis. Abuse of hormones or antipyretic analgesics before the cause is detected will mask the condition and prevent proper diagnosis.

4. Avoid random infusion

We have been emphasizing that we should not go to the hospital for infusion when we are sick, because we have a safer and more convenient route of administration. Of course, on the other hand, if your child is very sick, his appetite is poor, drinking water is difficult, If you have dehydration, or if you have some symptoms that you can't correctly judge the severity, don't hesitate to go to a regular hospital to avoid delays.

5. Avoid giving your child a tonic

Such as royal jelly, ginseng, gamma globulin, etc., easily lead to precocious puberty or allergies.

How to reduce the harm of drugs to children? You still need to understand these

1. Pay attention to drug storage conditions

After the parents retrieve the medicine from the hospital, they should pay attention to the storage conditions of the medicine. It is normal temperature, cool or cold. Before giving the child a medicine, you need to confirm the validity period of the medicine and carefully read the medicine manual to determine whether the medicine packaging is complete, whether the color and smell are correct. There are exceptions, etc.

2. Don't recommend medicines to other children.

Drugs are very professional products. Don't recommend drugs to other children, and don't listen to other people's advice and give them medicines. Some people look at what other people's children eat and use, and they use it for their own children. This is not safe.

3. Initial assessment of the child's condition

As a parent, you must have a correct concept when your child is ill. You should have a preliminary assessment of the severity of your child's condition. Don't think about infusion and anti-inflammatory drugs if you have a cold.

For the common cold, we often joked: "It is good to take medicine for seven days, not to take medicine for a week." The meaning is that eating or not taking medicine is the same, mainly for symptomatic treatment, such as cooling, relieving nasal congestion, headache, dilute sputum and so on.

4. Give your child a drug metabolism related gene test

Cao Xiaomei said that the National Center for Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring showed that the adverse drug reaction rate in children in China was 12.9%, which was twice that of adults, and the rate of adverse drug reactions in newborns was 24.4%, which was four times that of adults. "The incidence of adverse drug reactions in children is high and is related to many factors. On the other hand, the occurrence of adverse reactions is closely related to individual genes."

Cao Xiaomei said that the detection of genetic drugs for children's safety drugs generally includes drug metabolism gene detection, such as CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6 and other "P450 family enzymes" genes closely related to drug metabolism, to understand the metabolism types of children in three major classes of drugs, to avoid The child has serious adverse reactions due to improper medication.

5. Don't let your child take health care products for a long time.

Cao Xiaomei reminded parents that there are many children's vitamins and trace elements in the market, and many parents will let their children take them for years. In fact, this is unscientific. "Don't think that it is beneficial for children to eat vitamins. In fact, eating too much is not good, it will also cause damage to the body."

Cao Xiaomei believes that trace elements are generally not supplemented unless there is a lack of clinical manifestations of certain vitamins or trace elements and are confirmed by doctors. Infants and young children taking vitamin A, such as a dose of more than 300,000 international units, can cause acute poisoning; long-term use of 50,000 to 100,000 international units, chronic poisoning can occur in about 6 months. In addition to vitamin A, excessive vitamin D can cause multiple organ calcification and polyuria; excessive vitamin E can lead to bleeding tendency.