What to do if the child has a poisoning

What to do if the child has a poisoning

Among all possible accidents with small children of poisoning there are some of the most frequent. Kids aged up to three years, they generally suffer from them, without thinking, all aim to taste.

Symptoms of poisoning are: nausea, frequent vomiting, belly-aches, diarrhea and fever. Do not waste time and at once call the doctor, only the expert will be able to make the correct diagnosis and to appoint necessary treatment. Children's poisoning is very dangerous, the child is younger, the more difficult to it to cope with organism intoxication. Before arrival of the doctor it is necessary to help the kid and to facilitate his state. It is necessary to wash out to the child a stomach, having caused vomiting. Let's the kid drink as much as possible warm boiled water (one – two liters), it is possible to make poorly – pink solution of potassium permanganate. If after such amount of the drunk liquid the child has no vomiting, then press on a language root a finger or a blunt end of a spoon. From irritation of a root of language the vomiting will open, and the stomach will be exempted from contents. Well to wash out a stomach, it is necessary to repeat the procedure several times. After vomiting it is necessary to give to the child the adsorbing medicines: activated carbon, Smekta or Enterodez. Activated carbon is accepted from calculation: 1 tablet on 10 kg of weight. Plentiful vomiting will clean a stomach and will give to the kid relief, but in total with diarrhea can lead to dehydration of a children's organism. Therefore it is necessary to give to the kid warm drink and rehydration means (Regidron or Ringera solution). If at the kid temperature over 38 degrees rose, rub off him the towel moistened in cool water and give febrifugal. But before arrival of the doctor it is not necessary to give to the child antibiotics at all, the doctor himself after survey will appoint necessary treatment. Well, your child got poisoned. It is possible to show a substance sample which was pulled out by your kid. It will help the doctor to appoint the correct treatment. After poisoning it is the first few days better to adhere to a diet. Let's the kid drink more and also vegetable or low-fat chicken broth. Then gradually you enter steam cutlets and boiled fish into a children's diet, limit pastries, and to an absolute recovery exclude cabbage, bean, carbonated drinks, fat grades of meat and fish from the menu. Except poisoning with low-quality products, very often children are hospitalized with poisoning with drugs and means of household chemicals. Kids are curious fidgets, the bright wrapper or unusual packing can attract them therefore in order to avoid a trouble remove a first-aid kit and all cleaners to the place, inaccessible for children.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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