What to do if your baby takes an overdose of medicine?

Some young parents still lack certain experience in raising children. Children will encounter various diseases in life. Many parents will let their children take various medicines, but children's immunity to drugs is still controlled. It is easy for infants to take overdose. What measures should be taken in such a situation? What are the detailed treatment methods?

If a child shows signs of overdose, he or she needs to be sent to the hospital immediately. If your home is far from the hospital, it is best to call the emergency number 120. When a child takes an overdose of medicine, the medicine that was originally intended to treat the disease may become a poison. Therefore, the child must be sent to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. Do not give him syrups that can help vomiting. This type of medicine is no longer recommended. At the same time, bring the child's medicine to the hospital so that the doctor can treat the child accordingly.

All medicines are toxic.

Infants' bodies are not fully developed in all aspects, their detoxification function is relatively poor, and their tolerance to drugs is much worse than that of adults.

Therefore, when pediatricians give children medicine, they always have to calculate based on the child's weight to decide the dosage; they cannot use too much or too little. Using too much can easily lead to poisoning, while using too little will have no effect.

If children use excessive amounts of antibiotics, it can easily lead to digestive dysfunction, etc.; excessive use of antipyretics and analgesics can cause profuse sweating and collapse; excessive use of diuretics can cause electrolyte disorders; for certain drugs with strong side effects, if the dose is too large, accidents are more likely to occur. In short, babies must follow the doctor's instructions when taking medication and must not overdose.

By understanding the effects of medicines for infants, we have a detailed understanding. In particular, there are many toxic drugs. If you are not careful, the baby will easily be threatened in life. Therefore, when giving medicine to children, you must follow the doctor's instructions and never overuse the medicine. Once this happens, emergency measures still need to be taken.