Doctor Clove can receive all kinds of questions every day, and parents are most concerned about those:
The baby has a fever, do you want to have a fever reduction needle?
Do you want to take anti-inflammatory drugs if you have a fever?
Can I give my baby cough medicine at home?
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Today, Dr. Clove invited Zhou Ying, a pediatric physician, to answer them one by one.
The fever has reached 40 degrees. Do you want a fever reduction needle?
The baby has a fever, so it is not a good choice to take antipyretic injections, and oral antipyretic drugs are safer.
There are two most common antipyretic drugs on the market, ibuprofen and acetaminophen (Merrill Lynch and Tylenol), both of which are over-the-counter drugs and can be bought in pharmacies.
If the baby obviously feels uncomfortable, you can use antipyretics for the baby under the guidance of pharmacists.
However, if the baby eats well, sleeps well and is in good spirits, parents can observe it first and there is no need to reduce fever in a hurry.
It should be emphasized that babies under 3 months old are recommended to take their babies to the hospital as long as they have fever.
Have a fever, take some anti-inflammatory drugs?
In the eyes of many parents, anti-inflammatory drugs are a [magic drug]. Babies can eat fever, cough and runny nose.
Here, Ding Ma knocks on the blackboard again: anti-inflammatory drugs cannot be abused.
People usually say [anti-inflammatory drugs], in fact, are antibiotics, which are used to deal with bacteria. However, a large part of the baby’s fever is viral infection, and antibiotics have no place to use.
Antibiotics, on the other hand, are a double-edged sword. They can kill [bad bacteria] and [good bacteria]. If anti-inflammatory drugs are abused, this double-edged sword will injure [good bacteria] in the baby’s body by mistake or aggravate drug resistance, then the loss outweights the gain.
Therefore, parents must not think about taking some anti-inflammatory drugs as soon as they see the baby’s fever, cough and diarrhea. Anti-inflammatory drugs need to be used under the guidance of doctors.
Baby coughs, there are cough medicine at home, can you eat it?
Ding Ma has stressed this point many times, because the adult over-the-counter cough medicine commonly used now is not effective on the baby and has safety risks, it is not recommended for the baby.
The FDA of the United States recommends that children under the age of 4 should not use over-the-counter cough medicine, while Britain, Canada and Australia recommend not to use cough medicine under the age of 6.
Cough is actually a normal reaction of the human body. For the baby’s cough, parents do not need to stop the cough in a hurry. Cough is not very serious. On the premise of not affecting the baby’s rest, cough can help clean up the [dirty things]-phlegm in the airway.
It is said that there are hormones in antiallergic drugs and they cannot be eaten?
Listen to who? Another rumor. Dr. Clove needs to have a good talk with him.
In fact, the most commonly used oral antiallergic drugs are usually second-generation antihistamines, such as cetirizine and loratadine. Most antiallergic drugs are over-the-counter drugs and do not contain hormones. If your baby has allergic diseases, you can keep them at home in case of emergencies.
The baby has diarrhea, can you take some anti-inflammatory drugs?
Just now Ding Ma also said that anti-inflammatory drugs are used for bacterial infection, and many times, baby diarrhea is not caused by bacterial infection.
What parents should pay attention to is to stop diarrhea and prevent dehydration.
Montmorillonite powder is one of the commonly used antidiarrheal drugs. It can cover the mucosa of digestive tract and play a very good protective role. It can also astringe stool moisture and relieve diarrhea symptoms.
To prevent dehydration, oral rehydration salts can be prepared. Moreover, oral rehydration salts can also treat mild dehydration.
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