A few days ago, Shenzhen announced that the city would postpone the start of school by one week. Data show that the incidence of accidental injuries (drowning, burns, poisoning, etc.) in children during winter and summer vacations is also higher. On this day, the emergency department of Shenzhen Sami International Medical Center (Shenzhen Fourth People's Hospital) came to a child with drug poisoning.
After the foreskin surgery, he was poisoned by drugs and went to the emergency department to wash his stomach for rescue
The patient was a 13-year-old boy who had just had circumcision the day before. The next day, the child took his own medication and opened the potassium permanganate tablets prescribed by the hospital. After swallowing the pills, the child felt as if burning in the mouth and digestive tract, so the parents sent the child to our hospital emergency department for rescue. After learning that the child had mistakenly taken potassium permanganate, the medical staff immediately repeatedly washed his stomach many times until the precipitated stomach contents were colorless. Your child vomits several times during gastric lavage. The child was admitted to the gastroenterology department for follow-up treatment with "potassium permanganate poisoning", and after several days of observation and treatment, he was finally discharged from the hospital.
What is potassium permanganate? Why is it so powerful?
Fortunately, the child mistakenly took potassium permanganate, and after the esophageal discomfort, he informed the parents and sent it to the doctor in time, which did not cause serious consequences, if the amount of accidental ingestion was too large or the medical treatment was not sent in time, the consequences were unimaginable. Speaking of which, some people may not understand, is it not a medicine prescribed by the hospital? How did you get poisoned after eating it?
potassium permanganate
Potassium permanganate is a strong oxidant, mainly used for sterilization and bacteriostatic, clinically often used in different ratios of aqueous solution to rinse or sitz bath treatment of inflammation of the anus, perineum and other parts. Potassium permanganate is corrosive and irritating to the mucous membranes, and it is easy to burn the digestive tract after accidental taking, and it is easy to cause eye irritation and burns and even blindness after contact with the eyes. Failure to pay attention to the safety management of potassium permanganate drugs often leads to injuries to children.
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How to prevent poisoning by accidentally eating drugs
It is often said that it is a three-point poison of the drug, and the "toxicity" we understand is mainly the adverse drug reactions. However, without paying attention to the safety management of drugs, the toxic side effects of mistakenly taking drugs may be far beyond your imagination. So, how can we reduce the occurrence of such things?
1. Avoid inducing children with "medicine is sugar". Avoid the use of inducing language during administration, such as telling your child that "the medicine is sugar." Because many drugs will use flavor modifiers or sugar coating techniques to cover up the bitter taste and odor, children may take it by mistake due to "looking for sugar to eat" after taking the drug, it is recommended that parents do not deceive children when feeding medicine, and at the same time tell why they take medicine.
2. Properly keep medicines. Do not place medicines in a conspicuous place. Children are curious, and drugs with similar appearance to candy, such as special-shaped tablets and colored drugs, are easy to attract children. Use a locked medical kit if necessary and keep it on a high place.
3. Avoid taking medication in front of children. Do not take medicine in front of children, children like to imitate adults, if parents take medicine in front of them, it may cause them to imitate.
4. Strengthen education. Strengthen children's education and do not use medicines themselves.
Li Fuping, director of the Sami Medical Emergency Department, said that the hospital has many records of treatment due to children's accidental drug poisoning, and this situation should be strengthened to avoid such accidents as much as possible. Once a child accidentally eats drugs, parents must quickly dial the 120 emergency number to seek medical treatment in time, and at the same time send the packaging of the drugs to the hospital together, so that doctors can carry out targeted treatment according to the drugs.