Any malaise and illness of a very young child causes concern, and sometimes even a panic among parents. After all, it is impossible to treat such a child as ourselves. So relatives begin to rush around, trying to bring down the temperature in the baby. And then Nurofen for children, which is designed specifically for young children, can come to their aid. It can be used from the age of six months, although sometimes doctors recommend three-month-old babies.
Nurofen for children is a drug, the main component of which is ibuprofen, especially for babies presented in suspension with the taste of an orange. The developers took care of the smallest, and now parents no longer need to persuade their child for hours to open their mouth and drink a spoon of medicine, because this taste is always liked by children. The composition of the drug is completely absent dyes, alcohol and sugar.
Nurofen for children is prescribed by doctors in cases where the child begins any inflammatory processes, the temperature rises, with otitis media, tonsillitis, flu, such infectious diseases as mumps or measles, with inflammation in the lymph nodes, etc. It can be given to the baby when a tooth aches or a new one is cut, with bruises, fractures or sprains, migraines. One of the main advantages of the drug is its quick action: within 15 minutes after taking it, it alleviates pain or lowers the temperature, maintaining its effect for seven hours, which is different from many other medicines that include paracetamol.
Usually, doctors prescribe Nurofen for children at the rate of 5 or 10 milligrams per kilogram of the child’s weight three or four times a day, however, no more than 30 milligrams. The specialist pediatrician himself calculates the dosage and the scheme by which the baby should take this medicine.
Today, for babies in pharmacies, a wide variety of antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs are offered, which are available in tablets, capsules, and in the form of powders and suspensions, however, Nurofen candles are most convenient for children, especially for the smallest. This form of release of the drug allows the child to administer the medicine without vagaries, because the candles have a smooth surface and resemble a torpedo in shape, which greatly facilitates their administration.
Doctors very often with various pain syndromes, such as migraine, neuralgia, rheumatic pains, prescribe Nurofen plus tablets , the instruction to which categorically prohibits pregnant women from taking this drug, but this medicine helps all other groups of people quite effectively.
Like any other medicine, Nurofen has contraindications. It is not recommended for people who have an increased reaction to ibuprofen and acetylsalicylic acid, as well as patients with urticaria, bronchial asthma, rhinitis.
If a child has a gastrointestinal tract, there are any inflammatory processes in the intestines, kidney or liver failure, hearing loss or a diagnosis of hemophilia are made, then he should not take this medicine in any case.
Nurofen for children is not recommended to be used for more than three days as an antipyretic and more than five as an analgesic.
In the process of admission, you should carefully monitor the condition of the baby, and with the slightest side deviations - nausea, vomiting, headache, diarrhea, skin rashes, itching, dizziness, and just a feeling of discomfort, you need to immediately stop treatment and consult a doctor.
Most parents have positive reviews about this drug, because it acts very quickly, alleviating the condition of the child.
However, in spite of all this, the choice of the medicine with which the baby will be treated still remains with the parents, who, after consulting with a specialist, must decide this issue themselves.