Are there any serious risks of intravenous infusion for children?

Nowadays, as soon as many children show symptoms of a cold, many mothers take their children to receive intravenous infusion. Infusion is a good treatment method, but frequent infusion may greatly reduce the immunity and resistance of our children, and it is very easy for our children to be threatened by various diseases. Therefore, we must not easily receive infusion in daily life. Let’s briefly describe the harmful effects of intravenous infusion on children.

1 Fever reaction

The introduction of pyrogenic substances, incomplete cleaning and sterilization of infusion bottles, or contamination can cause the patient to feel chills, shiver, and fever. In severe cases, the fever can reach 40 to 41 degrees Celsius.

2 Phlebitis

Long-term infusion of highly concentrated and irritating drugs, or placement of highly irritating plastic tubes in veins for too long, can cause chemical inflammatory reactions in the local venous wall. Local venous infection can also occur due to lax aseptic operation during the infusion process.

3 Air embolism

The reason is that the air was not completely exhausted during the infusion and the rubber tube was not connected tightly and had leaks. As long as a small amount of air enters the vein, the patient will feel abnormal discomfort in the chest, followed by difficulty breathing, severe cyanosis and hypoxia, and may even lead to sudden death.

Only after understanding the harmful effects of intravenous infusion on children can we increase our attention to it. For diseases that can be treated with diet therapy, we should try to use diet therapy as much as possible. We can also use drug treatment methods. Never use some infusion methods for treatment, which will have great side effects on ourselves.