The indiscriminate use of cold cooling method of medicine liver physical damage is safer

Recently, it was recalled playground Tylenol suspension of cold medicine in the Korean market has aroused widespread concern, the majority of parents are particularly concerned by child with fever, how to use medicine against colds correctly? This reporter interviewed the director of the Central Hospital of Wuhan pediatric doctor Yanghui Qin.

Yanghui Qin introduced Tylenol This reminder is exceeded due to its main ingredient paracetamol (acetaminophen), the risk of liver damage children. Paracetamol is clinically the most common side effects of liver damage. In addition, children paracetamol overdose phenol also cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite, sweating and other symptoms and side effects for 24 hours. Less than 3 years are not fully developed in children due to liver and kidney function, we recommend cautious use of these drugs. In addition, high doses of certain antibiotics, such as erythromycin, also cause liver and kidney damage. However, under the correct leadership of doctors, medicines kg body weight child will accurately calculate the amount does not cause these problems in general.

Yanghui Qin remember child with fever, is not free to give their parents medicine against colds. For easy flow of water does not exceed 38.5 ℃ nose or low-grade fever, let children drink plenty of water, pay attention to the other to minimize the drug against the common cold. If you want drugs to children with flu-like symptoms, the best selection of some individual herbs, distinguishing in particular is a runny nose or cough and other symptoms of a drug against the cold, do not try to use the complex preparation should not eat together several cold medicine to prevent a drug overdose. For example, children under 2 years of stuffy, runny nose, cough and other symptoms, you can drop the nickname dextromethorphan hydrobromide, 2 children under coughs, colds, it may take more solution of phenol pseudoephedrine orally.

For children with symptoms of fever, physical cooling method is safer than eating antipyretics, suggests that parents with bathroom hot sponge forehead with cooling paste, apply ice packs approach. If it breaks in children through physical cooling, water, etc., fever three days still found no relief or fever above 39 ℃, disappear for several hours, especially psychological discomfort of irritability and other symptoms, you should use children as possible to attend.