What are the main aspects of safe medication use for children?

1, inappropriate medication For example, children’s colds, fever, this situation is common, but 80% are caused by viruses, actually do not need to use antibiotics, but now, antibiotic abuse is very serious. This can cause growth problems, digestion and absorption problems, liver problems, and some sequelae. This situation is even more serious in children, including liver disease, kidney disease, neurological disease, more serious, the most prominent is the use of drugs to cause deafness. Every year, about 30,000 children in China are deaf due to drugs. This is a very big data, which is also the tragedy caused by our improper use of drugs. 3, misuse There is a 2013 data, Beijing Children’s Hospital, a total of 369 drug poisoning patients, of which more than 50% are children misuse of some adult drugs. So misuse of drugs can cause big problems. There are also individual cases where some people look at the color of potassium permanganate and drink it to cause acute gastrointestinal necrosis. These cases are alarming. Tips to prevent children from taking drugs by mistake: To prevent children from taking drugs by mistake due to curiosity, first of all, parents should tell their children why they need to take drugs. When they are not sick, taking medicine may cause serious consequences. Second, do not lie to children when feeding them medicine that it is candy. Once the child is given the wrong perception, it is likely to bring two adverse consequences: either they think that the medicine is sugar, laying a hidden danger for future misuse; or they find that the medicine is not tasty and resist taking it in the future. Finally, be sure not to leave your child alone with the medicine. If a parent needs to leave during the feeding process, the medication must be put away. In fact, there are three main principles that should be mastered for the safe use of medication for children: no more and no less than the amount of medication, the safety of special agents is good, and the labeling of the medicine bag is most important. The first two points are generally not a problem as long as you go to a regular hospital and ask a specialist for treatment. The third point is that when parents go to the pharmacy to pick up the medicine, they must pay attention to carefully check the name on the bag, the total amount of drugs, and to read the dosage and precautions when giving the medicine to their children. What drugs may affect the health of children? 1, streptomycin, kanamycin, gentamicin, etc. may damage the hearing nerve of children, causing deafness; 2, polymyxin, norepinephrine can cause kidney damage in children; 3, gastrofacial can cause brain damage in some children; 4, tetracycline, haloperidol and other drugs can affect the development of young children’s teeth, bones; 5, cold pass can cause children’s hematuria; nasal drip (naphthazoline) can cause poisoning in children, etc. The children’s family medicine recommendation Children’s family medicine recommended 1, fever Chinese medicine: Guafen fever capsule, pediatric lung fever cough and wheeze oral liquid, pediatric Shuanghuanglian suppository, pediatric fever and cough oral liquid. Western medicine: pediatric fever suppositories, ibuprofen, acetaminophen drops (for children under 3 years old); ibuprofen, acetaminophen drops oral liquid (for children aged 3 to 12 years old); acetaminophen extended-release tablets (for children over 12 years old). 2, cold Chinese medicine: Banlangen granules, clearing fever and detoxifying oral liquid, pediatric cold granules, pediatric lung clearing and phlegm oral liquid, etc. Western medicine: paediatric aminophenol xanthamine granules, paediatric aminophenalkylamine granules, compound zinc cloth granules, aminobroxol hydrochloride oral solution, etc. 3. Cough Chinese medicine: pediatric phlegm-eliminating cough granules, pediatric cough syrup, pediatric lung-clearing and phlegm-eliminating oral solution, pediatric pertussis cough syrup, pediatric cough and wheezing granules (oral solution), pediatric heat-clearing and lung-suppressing oral solution, etc. Western medicine: Ambroxol Hydrochloride Oral Liquid, Compound Forskolin Oral Liquid, Ambroxol Oral Liquid. 4, diarrhea Chinese medicine: anti-diarrhea Ling syrup, Ge Gen Huanglian micro-pills, pediatric gastroenterology, Cangling anti-diarrhea oral liquid. Western medicine: oral Bifidobacterium acidophilus Enterococcus triplex capsules, Bacillus subtilis Enterococcus dibacterium multivitamin granules, oral Bifidobacterium lactis thermophilus Streptococcus thermophilus triplex tablets, montelukast, berberine tablets. 5, indigestion Chinese patent medicines: stomachic and anti-eating tablets, large hawthorn granules (pills), pediatric compound chicken neijin san, compound rennet capsule, compound pancreatic enzyme san, Baohe pill, sunflower children’s anti-eating oral liquid, infant spleen san, pediatric chemotherapy pill, etc. Western medicine: lactobacillin tablets, oral bifidobacterium lactis acidophilus enterococcus triplex capsules, bacillus subtilis enterococcus, diphtheria multivitamin granules, oral bifidobacterium lactis thermophilus streptococcus triplex tablets. 6, eczema Chinese medicine: baby eczema cream, ice yellow skin lotion ointment, skin lotion cream. Western medicine: furnace glycolate lotion, zinc oxide ointment, hydrocortisone butyrate cream (Youzhuoer). 7, constipation Chinese medicine: a twist of gold capsule, children’s seven Zhen Dan, Wang’s Bao Chi Wan, four grinding soup oral liquid, Jian’er elimination oral liquid. Western medicine: open plug. 8, trauma, trauma patch, Jing Wanhong (for burns) 75% alcohol for cleaning wounds; 1% to 2% iodine, for skin trauma without breaking the skin and early boils, mosquito bites, has a strong disinfection, sterilization effect. Clothing, food, housing and transportation, we give our children exclusive care, but the most important need for exclusive medicine, we ignore too much. Children are not your miniature version, children need to use children’s medicine. Please do not give your child medicine at will! Please use medication scientifically under the guidance of a doctor!