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3-month-old baby was poisoned, heart shocked because the family used this drug to drop the nose
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2 3-month-old infants were poisoned because of the use of naphazolin nasal drops
On August 30, the Vietnam - Sweden Hospital Children's Emergency Unit Uong Bi received 2 3-month-old babies, hospitalized in a daze, pale skin, cold hands and feet. Both babies showed signs of acute poisoning following heart shock.
The doctors immediately provided emergency and active treatment for the child. Those are 2 cases of pediatric patients: QH and QB born in May 2020, with addresses in Quang Trung, Uong Bi, Quang Ninh.
According to the mother of the two children: Seeing that the child was wheezing after taking a bath, the family bought nasal drops themselves to wash their nose. However, after washing the nose with 2-3 bottles of medicine, the baby started to appear drowsy, pale skin, sweating, cold hands and feet. Soon after, the family took the baby to hospital.
Pediatric patients are being treated at Uong Bi Vietnam-Sweden Hospital.
Through examination, doctors found that the breathing rhythm of the patient was irregular, slow heart rate of 70-80 times / minute is suspected due to acute poisoning. When asked what kind of nasal wash the family used, doctors diagnosed children with acute poisoning due to the use of naphazolin nasal drops - a drug absolutely not used for children under 6 years old.
Due to lack of knowledge, the family used drugs in the wrong way, causing their children to be poisoned
When identifying the cause of the poisoning, the child has been actively treated by doctors, ventilated, infusion, diuretic and closely monitored for signs of survival. After 2 days of treatment, the patient's health got better.
According to the medical literature, naphazolin is a nasal drop that often causes poisoning in children, especially in children under 3 years old. This is a drug that is indicated in the treatment of symptoms such as congestion, runny nose, rhinitis, sinusitis. Because of its fast and effective effect, napholin is widely used by pharmacies.
A vial of drops for the baby is brought to the hospital by the mother (provided by BV photo)
However, if the drug is overdosed and at the wrong age, the child will be poisoned, cause depression of the central nervous system, hypothermia, slow, severe breathing will have an apnea, more dangerous, if treatment is not timely. time can lead to death.
BSCKI. Dao Thi Loan, deputy head of the Department of Pediatrics, Vietnam - Sweden Hospital Uong Bi said: Not only naphazolin nasal drops but also some drugs such as Xylometatolin ... before using for children, need to be directed by a doctor. Parents also do not forget to carefully read the instructions for use of the drug.
4-year-old baby got poisoning from commercial buds because he ate soup to treat constipation
On the morning of August 19, the leader of Nghe An Pediatrics Hospital said that the Department of Gastroenterology and Blood recently received a pediatric patient with NTHY (4 years old, residing in Dien Chau district, Nghe An province), suffering from poisoning of the bud.
Before that, the family members saw that the child had been constipated for a long time, so they used the poppy leaves to cook soup for constipation according to folk experience. 2 days after eating the peanut broth for constipation, the child showed signs of: a lot of fatigue, inability to eat and drink, yellow skin all over the body, pale mucosa, dark red blood urination.
Immediately, the family rushed her to the hospital.
BS CKI. Nguyen Thuy Dung, Deputy Head of the Department of Gastroenterology and Blood, said that after clinical examination and tests, children showed signs of acute hemolysis and severe anemia requiring emergency blood transfusion. After a week of intensive treatment by doctors, blood transfusion, infusion, diuretic, the current health of the child is stable.
This is one of the many cases of acute hemolysis due to eating commercial poppy leaves to treat constipation that Khoa has treated.
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