To ensure that children are healthy, it is important for parents to monitor the right and varied diet. Especially it is necessary to pay attention to that the food was qualitative and fresh. Otherwise, the child may be poisoned. If this happens, then the parents will see the following symptoms:
- nausea, vomiting;
- diarrhea ;
- fever and chills;
- pallor;
- weakness;
- stomach ache.
Then we need answers to questions about what to do with food poisoning in a child, what can be given to alleviate the condition.
If you are sure that the above symptoms are a consequence of poor-quality food, then, first of all, you need to rinse your stomach. For this, the child needs to drink one or two glasses of water. Then induce vomiting, pressing a finger on the root of the tongue. Repeat these procedures several times until the water leaving the stomach becomes clean.
You can not wash yourself:
- if the child is less than one year old;
- when he is unconscious.
Not all parents know what to give to drink to the child at a poisoning and vomiting, than it is possible to feed. About food at the time of illness, it is desirable to forget, because first you need to cleanse the body of toxins. So, there is nothing to eat. Drink clean water. You can add half a teaspoon of baking soda to a glass of hot water (before cooling use).
You can not drink juices, milk, yogurt.
What should children take with poisoning?
After washing the stomach, it is recommended to give the baby absorbent drugs. For example, activated charcoal, polyphepan according to the age dosage. For young children, medicines are given as a suspension or dissolved in water.
When the condition has improved, you can start eating. First, let it be liquid and semi-liquid dishes: broths, slops on the water, crackers. During the recovery period after illness, doctors advise to refrain from fresh vegetables and fruits. It is much more important at this time to restore the body's water balance. Therefore, make sure that the child drank a lot. Let small portions, but often. In addition to water, you can drink rice broth, green tea, rose hips, special
All of the above applies to food poisoning, when parents are sure that the reasons for poor-quality food. If there is a suspicion that the child has poisoned, for example, poisonous plants, medicines or household chemicals, such self-treatment is excluded. In these cases, you need to call an ambulance urgently. While waiting for the child can offer to drink clean water, but it is undesirable to give any medication. If you go to the hospital on your own, then you need to bring a substance that, in your opinion, caused the illness of the child (or part of the vomit). After all, any poisoning requires a special approach to treatment and diagnosis.