Case Review!
According to the baby's mother, the baby is very clever after birth, but when the baby is 5 or 6 months old, it begins to appear sluggish, sluggish, and even from time to time "convulsions" symptoms.
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When the baby was 8 months old, he was sent to the hospital to find the cause, but in the process of diagnosis, the doctor smelled that the baby had mothballs on his body, so he immediately asked his parents to verify whether he had used mothballs on weekdays.
The parents explained: "Because of the fear that the humid environment is easy to cause moldy clothes to attract insects, so I put some mothballs in the closet and in various corners of the home all year round. ”
Doctors said that the culprit that causes the baby to have acute hemolysis may be caused by the baby's long-term presence in this environment. Because the treatment was not timely, even if the treatment was carried out, the baby still had cerebral palsy.
Will mothballs definitely cause cerebral palsy in babies?
Mothballs do induce acute hemolytic anemia or cerebral palsy, but not all babies will experience this condition. Because there are two prerequisites for these two situations:
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Babies who lack a specific "enzyme" in their bodies
Glucose hexaphosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is an important substance to maintain human red blood cell metabolism, infants or adults lacking this enzyme as long as they encounter naphthol, it will cause the lack of protection of red blood cells to rupture, and then induce acute hemolytic anemia.
Not only mothballs, like fava beans or fava bean products, aspirin, etc. can induce acute hemolytic anemia.
However, if the baby contains this enzyme, there is no need to panic excessively, because glucose hexaphosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) will bind to it after encountering naphthol to form a non-toxic substance that is excreted with each urination, so for such babies, even if they smell the smell of mothballs, they generally do not appear hemolysis.
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Prolonged severe anemia
Can you get cerebral palsy when you smell it? This statement is somewhat exaggerated.
Because mothballs cause the baby to have cerebral palsy, the premise is that there is no timely treatment after acute hemolysis, so that long-term severe anemia causes damage to the baby's intelligence. For example, in the case, the baby had abnormal symptoms at 5 or 6 months, but at 8 months old, he sought medical treatment, which is the cause of cerebral palsy.
In general, parents do not delay until the baby's intelligence is impaired, because the baby will have a series of symptoms before the mental impairment occurs.
Such as: pale face, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, fever, yellow eyes and skin tone, urine is soy sauce color and other symptoms. Therefore, as long as the baby receives timely treatment after abnormal symptoms, the probability of intellectual impairment will generally be very low.
However, it should be noted that when the baby is not rescued in time when he has serious conditions such as coma and shock, it will not only damage his intelligence, but also lead to death. Therefore, once the baby is abnormal, parents should seek medical treatment in time for diagnosis at the first time.
How to judge the baby,
Does the body contain this enzyme?
Glucose hexaphosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency screening is an important test in newborn screening, so if the baby is screened for lack of this enzyme, the doctor will remind parents to avoid exposing the baby to mothballs, broad beans, aspirin, etc.
What types of mothballs are relatively safe?
If parents must use mothballs, do not choose synthetic mothballs, but should choose natural mothballs.
Because synthetic mothballs contain naphthol and p-dichlorobenzene carcinogens, they will cause certain damage to the eyes, respiratory tract, central nervous system, and kidneys. Therefore, it is best for pregnant women and infants to avoid contact.
Natural mothballs generally do not have these two substances, so it will be safer for families with babies to use, but the price will be two or three times higher than that of synthetic mothballs.
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Parents can make a preliminary identification by:
Natural mothballs float on the surface of the water when placed in water, and can be burned with fire and are not easy to extinguish. Synthetic mothballs, on the other hand, will sink into the water and will not burn in case of fire, but will melt into chemical oil droplets.
Because the baby is still developing, there are not as many ingredients as adults that contain this enzyme, so it is still necessary to pay attention to avoid long-term exposure to mothballs.
Moreover, Xiaokangjun does not recommend placing mothballs in the home of babies, because even if the baby does not have glucose hexaphosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, it will also occur due to the lack of parental care and the curiosity of the baby, and the accidental ingestion poisoning will occur.
In fact, sunlight is the most natural and the best "antiseptic fungicide", so the baby's clothes are best washed and dried in the sun.
If you want to prevent insect ants, you can use a vacuum storage bag to store clothes. For clothes that have been left for too long, it is best to wash and dry them before letting your baby wear them.
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