What should I do if my baby drinks eye drops?

Young children have just been in the world for a short time and are therefore very curious about many things. It is also very common for them to accidentally ingest something in their daily lives. Some parents have found that their babies have accidentally ingested eye drops and are very worried that the medicine will cause some adverse effects on the baby's body. So, what should you do if your baby drinks eye drops?

First, what should I do if my baby drinks eye drops? If the child accidentally ingested them, the amount is not large and the concentration is not very high, so there is no need to go to the hospital for treatment. 1. Eye drops are external preparations with low drug concentration and local application. Gastrointestinal absorption will not be significant. Generally, after 5 half-lives (the half-life of this drug is 1.5 hours), the drug is completely metabolized and there should be no major problems. 2. Let your child drink more water to speed up drug metabolism and avoid accumulation of residues. 3. Be careful in the future and keep the medicine out of the reach of children to avoid accidental ingestion. Just because this time is not a big problem does not mean you can still be careless in the future!

Second, when you find that your child has accidentally taken half a bottle of eye drops, you need to induce vomiting in time and give the child plenty of water to promote excretion. If the child does not have symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea, there is generally no major problem. Children are relatively more fragile and highly sensitive to drugs. Even a small amount of drugs may cause physical discomfort. I don't know what drugs the child has been taking and how long he has been taking them. The most important thing now is to help the drugs be quickly excreted from the body to avoid harm to the body.

What should I do if my baby drinks eye drops?

If the amount of ingestion is large, gastric lavage should be done. If the amount is small, give the child more boiled water to promote excretion, and avoid giving the child fruit juice within six hours. Give the child more boiled water to promote excretion, and that's it. Observe the child more to see if there are any abnormalities. If there are any abnormalities, pay attention to timely medical treatment. In fact, when we put eye drops, the eye drops will also flow into the esophagus through the nasolacrimal duct, so we will feel bitter when we put eye drops. All eye drops can be taken orally. In fact, eye drops are a kind of internal administration. If children take them, there should be no big problem.