Antibiotics are considered an effective treatment in many cases of sick children. However, if used incorrectly, on the contrary, the child's disease will be more serious
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Here are the 3 most common mistakes when mothers give their children antibiotics. Refer now to protect my baby's health, mom!
Give the child antibiotics incorrectly, the disease does not go away, but may get worse
Children, especially infants and young children with weak immune systems, are easy to become targets of attacks of viruses and bacteria. When the baby has a cough, runny nose, fussy, or even stopped eating, no mother must be able to sit still. Therefore, many mothers voluntarily give their babies antibiotics when the cause of the disease is unknown. This approach not only does not help your baby cure the disease as well as prevent complications, but also can make the disease worse. In fact, antibiotics are used to treat diseases caused by bacteria. Diseases caused by viruses, such as respiratory infections, do not require the use of antibiotics.
According to experts, antibiotics need to be taken in a full dose, continuously for a period of time even when the symptoms of the disease have decreased to ensure complete destruction of the bacteria. Unintentional discontinuation of the drug without the end of the course can lead to antibiotic resistance in the child. The next time the baby becomes sick, he or she is likely to resort to another, expensive, and side-effects antibiotic.
For good treatment results, mothers need to give the baby antibiotics for a certain period of time. However, with psychological impatience, when they see that their children have not been able to take the medicine for 2-3 days, many mothers voluntarily change the medicine for their children. Not only increasing drug resistance, because not using the right dose, not enough dose, changing the drug by itself can also make symptoms worse. This is due to the wrong choice of antibiotics, since each drug can only block a certain type of bacteria.
How is the best medicine for children? You may have heard of many ways to "lure" your baby into taking medicine, some of which should not be used, such as calling pills candy.
Note for mom:
- Read carefully the instructions for use, ingredients and expiry date on the package. Avoid getting the medicine mixed in one bottle or another.
- Avoid giving children 2 doses too close together, mothers should give children pills according to the "curfew" time of the doctor. Absolutely avoid pushing more doses.
- Keep a list of all the medicines your child has used
- Store medicine out of reach of children. Ideally, for the grown-up children , mothers should teach their children how to take the right medicine, do not "seduce" the baby to be a candy.
- If your baby overdose or when you notice any unusual signs, immediately take your baby to the hospital to be checked and monitored.
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