Side effects of fever-reducing injections for babies

When many babies have a high fever, doctors will give them antipyretic injections to reduce the fever, but this is a choice that is made only when it is absolutely necessary, because antipyretic injections have many side effects on babies, which can easily cause convulsions or local infections in babies. In addition, antipyretic injections can generally only reduce fevers for a short period of time and cannot completely cure the disease. So what are the side effects of antipyretic injections for babies?

● Prone to muscle spasms or local infections

It is generally not recommended to give children antipyretic injections now, because injections into the buttocks muscles can easily cause muscle atrophy and spasm, affecting the child's nerves. In addition, the buttocks are prone to local infections.

● Some ingredients are not good for children and have serious side effects

At present, the antipyretic injections used in domestic clinical practice are mainly aminopyrine and acetaminophen. These drugs are actually not better than oral medications in reducing fever, and the side effects are also relatively large.

Blindly relying on antipyretic injections to reduce fever is undoubtedly using one demon to drive out another demon in the body.

Antipyretic injections only have a temporary fever-reducing effect and cannot solve the fundamental problem. To completely reduce the baby's fever, we still need to find the root cause and solve the problem in a targeted manner.

At this point, some mothers may ask:

1. Treat rationally and avoid seeking medical treatment hastily!

It is understandable that parents are anxious and nervous when their baby is sick, but they must adhere to the basic principles of rational treatment and choose the most scientific and safe treatment methods.

Do not go to some informal clinics just because the hospitals are crowded and the waiting time is troublesome. These clinics do not update the drugs in a timely manner and may still use some obsolete antipyretic drugs (such as aminopyrine). The consequences of abuse of these obsolete drugs are difficult to predict and may be life-threatening to patients in serious cases!

3. Remember to take medicine instead of injections!

The main ingredients of many antipyretic injections are acetaminophen or aminopyrine. These drugs have extremely strong side effects and are generally not used as the first choice. They are only used for emergency fever reduction in cases of acute high fever, severe illness, and no other effective antipyretic drugs available.