Because children's physical functions are not yet fully developed, their immunity is low, and they will get sick if they are not careful. Medication is often required after illness, but children are safer with medication, and in the event of a misuse of medication, it can delay the condition at best and may even be life-threatening.
In addition, parents are not so familiar with the knowledge of medication, and often use their own experience to give their children medication, resulting in the child's illness. Therefore, parents need to understand the relevant medication misunderstandings and avoid stepping on the pit themselves.
Myth 1: The pursuit of efficacy abuse drugs
After the child is sick, some parents are impatient, in order to pursue the efficacy, often reduce the amount of adult medicine to the child to eat, or want the child to recover as soon as possible, they take the initiative to ask for infusion treatment.
In fact, we know that when it comes to medication, children are not a miniature version of adults. After the child falls ill, he should seek medical treatment in time and use the medicine rationally according to the doctor's prescription, rather than giving the child medication without authorization. In addition, parents should also pay attention to carefully reading the contents of the instructions, and understand the relevant precautions and taboos to help children use drugs rationally.
Myth 2: Stop the drug by yourself
Many parents are always worried about the side effects of drugs, so children have better symptoms and stop the drug without authorization. In fact, the treatment of some drugs requires a certain course of treatment, especially anti-infective drugs, and it is necessary to use enough courses to control the disease. Therefore, it is not recommended that parents stop the drug for their children themselves, so as not to be counterproductive.
Myth 3: Wrong medication
Because children are still young, they often make parents anxious because they refuse to take medicine, so they also come up with many ways to make children take medicine. For example, many parents like to crush the drug and dissolve it in a solution such as juice and milk to give their children to take it, in fact, this method of medication is not advisable. Because some medicines need to be swallowed in whole, they should not be chewed. Therefore, whether this medicine can be crushed, be sure to consult a doctor or pharmacist first.
Myth 4: I use it if others can
Many parents like to exchange parenting experience with each other, and on the issue of children getting sick, they also like to share the experience of drug administration, thinking that others can use me to use, in fact, this is a big medication misunderstanding.
Each child has individual differences, and their condition is also different, if you follow the trend of medication by hearsay, not only will you use the wrong medicine, but also may cause serious consequences. Therefore, parents are advised to be cautious and not to give medicines to their children without authorization.
Myth 5: Adverse reactions are terrible
Many parents see the list of adverse reactions in the instructions, if the number of words is too much, they are always worried that the drug has a great impact on the child's body, and they do not want to give the child medicine.
In fact, the more detailed the adverse reactions described in the drug instructions, it only means that the research on this drug is more thorough, and not everyone will have these adverse reactions, so there is no need to worry too much.
Of course, if there are any symptoms of discomfort after medication, you should also inform the doctor in time to avoid serious consequences.
Myth 6: Indiscriminate use of folk remedies
The recovery process of some diseases is relatively long, which is easy to make parents anxious and lose confidence, and blindly believe in folk remedies, various advertisements, etc. In fact, the indiscriminate use of folk remedies will only make children miss the time of treatment and cause more serious consequences.
Parents are advised to believe in doctors, believe in science, and strictly follow the recommendations of doctors and pharmacists.
After the child falls ill, the parents' mood is anxious. However, no matter how urgent, you must not subjectively give medicine to your child according to your own judgment and experience, and you must consult a doctor in advance to take the right medicine.
Resources:
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[2] Qi Weiya. Experts interpret the misunderstanding of children's medication[J].Medicine, Dietary Health Care, 2016(12):1.