Thursday, March 24, 2011

Essential common antipyretics in children at home

 Fever is a defense mechanism, but the heat can damage the body and cause complications, such as children with febrile seizures. Therefore, fever in children to actively handle, in addition to using physical cooling, but also use of antipyretics. But you know, antipyretics only symptomatic treatment, a temporary solution and can not lift the cause of disease, and high fever or persistent fever is a serious disease reclaim the signal. Therefore, the use of antipyretics, while the drug treatment of diseases should also be used for 3 days is still cooling, should see a doctor.
There may be alternative medicine :
paracetamol, luminal children, children with fever suppository, one hundred Ning, Tylenol, Tylenol, white cooling liquid, Bupleurum drink, such as oral liquid pediatric fever.
essential drugs and use the best:
1 Paracetamol: suitable for children under the age of 2 years of age with different doses of different options. In general, 2 to 3 years and 5 to 100 mg, 4 to 6 years of age 100 to 150 mg. Mild fever below 38 ℃, select a smaller dose; medium heat 38 ℃ ~ 39 ℃ choose the middle dose; fever above 39 ℃ selecting large doses. There are two specifications of paracetamol, 500 mg / tablet, 300 mg / tablet.
luminal 2 children: especially for infants and young children. In addition to the role of a fever, there is only shock effect. Can prevent febrile seizures in children, cheap, good effect. Under normal circumstances, six months of the first half of film, after the age of one each. 3-year-old children that can serve three, according to the degree fever dose addition and subtraction.
3 antipyretic suppository in children: When children with high fever, the use of antipyretic suppository, a very good cooling effect, the use of antipyretic suppository, pay attention to place the method. Remove the outer, lateral position to take in children exposed anus, slowly pushing until all fever suppository into the anus.
There are other alternative medicine products :
day and night, one hundred Ning, Tylenol, Tylenol, Kang Linuo and so on. Can be used according to instructions.
use of antipyretics should note the following:
· antipyretics, by definition, only need to take heat. Some parents fear children with fever, fever in children without also taking antipyretics to prevent fever. This is not right. When children do not heat when taking antipyretics, children excessive sweating, excessive loss of electrolytes, resulting in low body temperature, loss of salt and water loss occurs collapse, and even shock. * Fever in children differ from adults, do not forget physical cooling, especially in infants and young children, physical cooling speed, less side effects than drugs cooling.
· underdeveloped sweat glands in children, is not easy, Refrain from wearing more and more cover to the children,
· taking antipyretics interval no more than 4-6 hours. When the temperature dropped to normal or lower, should also measure the body temperature after 4 hours, to detect fever in children, do not wait until the time of children with high fever again taking antipyretics to prevent febrile seizures occur.
· taking antipyretics, the drug dose can be flexibility, the degree of heat according to the instructions recommended dose, heat or high heat may be appropriate to increase the dose, moderate dose of the following to reduce fever.
· fever in children must be the frequency of drinking water, slightly increased salt intake, drink can not replace the white water.


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