Kids constantly demand attention to themselves. Parents ignoring their children entails danger. Children get to know the world around them as closely as possible. Taking advantage of the inattention of the parents, the child may swallow pills.
What if the pills are swallowed by a child?
Every caring mother should know what to do if the child has eaten the pills. And as soon as the child is caught at the crime scene, you need to collect emotions and not frighten the baby with tantrums and screams. If the child knows how to talk, try to find out which pills he took and how much.
Remember that if the child has eaten the pills, then whatever they are, they will not bring good. Psychotropic pills, heart pills, stimulants and tranquilizers are especially dangerous. Vitamins, activated charcoal, antispasmodics can be more harmless.
Call an ambulance immediately. You will need gastric lavage with a probe, which is almost impossible to do on your own without harming the child. Then collect the pills and put them separately so that the baby does not "eat" them again.
Procedure for poisoning
The child should be put to bed in a lateral position to avoid suffocation with vomit in case of vomiting. Place the container on the bed. Give plenty of fluids to dilute the concentration of the drug well and, if possible, induce vomiting. Activated charcoal will help prevent absorption into the bloodstream. It is necessary to give at the rate of 1 tablet per 10 kg of the child's weight. If there is enterosgel, smecta, then they are also suitable.
As soon as the child has eaten the pill, the usual playful mood can immediately be noted, which only indicates that the drug has not yet worked. Severe depression or hyperactivity requires special treatment of the child.
Where to begin
If possible, you need to make a cleansing enema with warm water with activated carbon diluted in it. In no case should the child be given food so as not to provoke the production of gastric juice. Otherwise, absorption of the drug can go quickly.
If the pills are hormonal, then you don't have to worry. They do not act immediately, which means that there is time to cleanse the intestines and the body from the drug. Also, do not panic, for example, if a child has eaten valerian tablets. They won't do much harm.
Whatever the baby takes from the medication pills, an ambulance must be called without fail. And the tablets and the first-aid kit should be out of the reach of children. And this must be strictly remembered. Such things cannot be neglected.
Be vigilant, never leave your child unattended!
Health to you and your children!
