It is no secret that for most parents, even a slight increase in temperature in a child becomes a cause for excitement. In this case, the search immediately begins for a drug that can normalize the temperature, but this behavior cannot be considered correct - a slight hyperthermia helps to activate the immune system and speeds up the healing process.
What kind of temperature medications does a child need?
It should be noted that for a child, regardless of his age, those medications that adults usually take are not shown at all. An ideal tool to reduce temperature should act quickly and have a minimal negative effect on the baby's body. "Analgin", which inhibits bone marrow hematopoiesis, and "Aspirin," the intake of which can provoke an attack of seizures, have a negative effect on the children's body. That is why the drugs of choice are medicines, which include the relatively safe preparations of Nurofen or Ibufen for children. Instructions for the use of these drugs offer, depending on the age of the baby and his preferences, the active substance ibuprofen in the form of various dosage forms - suppositories, tablets, syrup.
Ibufen for children is currently considered the safest drug - this is indirectly evidenced by the fact that the doctor can recommend this drug even to a child of the first year of life, starting from the age of 2 months. But every adult should be aware that only a qualified and experienced pediatrician should prescribe any medicine to a nursing baby - self-medication can be dangerous to the baby’s health.
Features of the drug "Ibufen" and its purpose in children's practice
In the event that the pediatrician recommends taking Ibufen for children, the instructions enclosed in each package of the drug will tell you the correct mode of use and the maximum dosage that matches the age of the baby. The most common dosage form of this drug in pediatric practice remains sweet syrup, for the exact dosage of which a measuring spoon is attached. Depending on the age of the child and his body weight, the doctor prescribes the number of doses and the maximum duration of treatment - no more than 3 days as an antipyretic drug and 5 days as an anesthetic drug.
But the safety of this drug is relative, and there are contraindications to the appointment of the drug "Ibufen". Instructions for use indicate that this medicine should not be given to a child longer than the pediatrician advises, and also if the child has diseases of the liver and gastrointestinal tract, diseases of the nervous system, kidneys and allergic reactions. With prolonged use of the Ibufen preparation, complications from the hematopoietic system (bleeding with minor injuries and disorders of bone marrow hematopoiesis) may develop.
Ibufen is not a panacea for all diseases
In children's practice, one often encounters a situation where drugs to lower the temperature are prescribed unreasonably. In the summer, the child often breaks thermoregulation, and parents unreasonably give the baby ibuphen for the child. The instruction for the drug in this case says that this temperature should be reduced by non-pharmacological methods - rubdowns, heavy drinking, and resort to taking the drug only after a doctor’s appointment.
In those cases when hyperthermia becomes a symptom of an infectious disease, Ibufen for children, the instructions for use of which should be maintained throughout the treatment, should be given to the child only when his body temperature exceeds 38.50 ° C or convulsions develop in a small patient. But in this case, parents need to adhere to the doctor’s recommendations and not give this medicine “in reserve”, at a time when the body temperature is relatively low.