Because children's respiratory tract infections, especially upper respiratory tract infections, are mainly viral infections, and there are no specific antiviral drugs for most respiratory viruses, symptomatic treatment is mainly used at this time. Commonly used symptomatic treatment drugs for children include antipyretics, expectorants, and some Chinese patent medicines with heat-clearing and detoxifying effects.
The main recommended antipyretic drugs for children are acetaminophen and ibuprofen. It is also particularly emphasized that cough suppressants should be used with caution in children, unless the child has a hong kong telegram data severe dry cough that affects the child's sleep and rest, then cough suppressants can be used for a short period of time. When using medication, you must pay attention to observation.
If the child has a cough with phlegm, stop using the antitussive drug and switch to an expectorant. In addition, when children use medicines, special attention should be paid to medication safety. For example, you must carefully read the instructions, precautions, usage and dosage, contraindications, whether the medicine can be taken with food, etc.
When giving medicines to children, special attention should be paid to the accuracy of the dosage, because the dosage for children is often calculated based on age and weight, so overdose should not be given. In clinical practice, we have seen that some children have high fevers that won’t go away, and their parents become anxious, so they give their children higher dosages of antipyretics. Increasing the dosage will cause more adverse drug reactions. The dosage of drugs for children must not be increased at will, and the frequency of drug administration must not be increased at will. Thanks!