Core tip: how to use medicine safely when the baby is sick, which is the trouble of the whole family? For a long time, many parents are ambiguous about children's medication, which also brings hidden dangers to children's health.

The trouble of the whole family when the baby is sick, how to use medicine safely? For a long time, many parents are ambiguous about children's medication, which also brings hidden dangers to children's health. Have you broken through the following four mistakes?

Why are babies more vulnerable to drugs?

Children in the growth and development stage have unique physiological characteristics, and the functions of heart, brain, liver, kidney and other organs have not yet been fully developed, resulting in poor detoxification, metabolism and drug tolerance. They have special reactivity and sensitivity to drugs, and are more vulnerable to adverse drug reactions than adults.

However, some parents are afraid of trouble, so they buy medicine for their babies according to past experience, and some parents directly reduce the amount of adult medicine for their babies. Some parents are worried about the baby's growth. They buy all kinds of nutrients to "nourish" their children. They superstitiously believe that "vitamins are supplements, so it's OK to eat more". Experts said that at present, children's drugs in China are faced with problems such as less clinical research, less varieties of drugs, lack of dosage and dosage form, and some false advertising propaganda, which makes many parents have medication errors.

Myth 1: Adult drugs "break half"

Children are not the reduced version of adults. When adults take drugs for children, they often cause side effects or even toxic reactions. The dosage given to children should be calculated based on age, weight, height, disease condition, etc., because the dosage and time required for different dosage forms of drugs to reach and maintain the effective concentration in the body are different. Due to the special physiological characteristics of children, a large part of adult drugs cannot be given to children. Antibiotics such as norfloxacin and other quinolones will affect the development of children's bones. Therefore, these drugs are prohibited for children.

　　 Myth 2: More vitamins are better

The human body needs very little vitamin, only 10 μ g~10mg per day. Some parents believe that vitamins are nutrients, and more is better, so they give them to children in large quantities for a long time, but this may cause harm to the body, especially fat soluble vitamins can cause poisoning. In fact, vitamins are widely found in food. As long as children adjust their diet, they will not lack vitamins. If additional vitamins are needed, they should be taken strictly according to the doctor's advice.

Mistake 3: Use antidiarrheal immediately for diarrhea

Diarrhea can be divided into two categories: non infectious and infectious. Non infectious diarrhea includes dietetic diarrhea, such as eating too much, suddenly changing food composition, food allergy, intestinal dysfunction after cold, etc. Infectious diarrhea is caused by intestinal microbial infection, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, etc. The treatment of diarrhea is comprehensive, and simple antidiarrhea is not a "cure" method, but should be taken: 1. Adjust diet; 2. Anti infection treatment for infectious diarrhea or probiotics to support normal intestinal bacteria; 3. Rehydration treatment during dehydration; 4. Proper antidiarrheal treatment is only a small auxiliary treatment in the treatment.

Myth 4: Stop taking medicine when symptoms are relieved, and change dressing when the effect is not good

Many parents are worried about the side effects of antibiotics. They stop taking antibiotics as soon as their children's condition improves slightly, or only let their children take antibiotics for three days. Some parents saw that their children had taken some antibiotics for two days, but their condition did not improve significantly, so they immediately switched to higher antibiotics. These practices are undesirable, not only easy to lead to repeated illness of children, but also more likely to cause bacterial resistance. Therefore, doctors' advice should be followed, especially when using antibiotics and other drugs.