The appearance of a child in the family is a great joy and great responsibility. Parents must do everything necessary for the baby to grow up healthy. Newborn children often get sick due to immature immunity. They are prone to diseases, the diagnosis of which is very difficult. Sometimes in babies there is such a pathology as increased intracranial pressure. It is necessary to treat it primarily because the progression of the disease can lead to a most dangerous consequence - dropsy of the brain and mental retardation.
The main symptoms of increased cerebral pressure in newborns - an increase in the size of the head, refusal to eat, frequent spitting up and vomiting - are very dangerous. When they appear, you should show the child to the pediatrician.
In most cases, Cinnarizine is prescribed for the treatment of increased intracranial pressure in children, which was first tested in the pharmaceutical laboratory of the well-known Johnson & Johnson Corporation and over the past fifty years has been successfully used as a vasodilator and antihistamine in the treatment of circulatory disorders.
Giving "Cinnarizine" to a baby is possible only as directed by a doctor and in a dose strictly prescribed by him. In accordance with the instructions for use, this medication can be prescribed to children who have reached the age of five. It is not surprising that his appointment to a child at the age of several months can be very worrying for a young mother. In such a case, the specialist should explain to the worried woman the need to treat her child with this drug.
Some medicines can be prescribed for young children, but only in cases where the benefits of their treatment significantly exceed all possible risks (for example, side effects) for a child. There is a separate group of diseases, the treatment of which is carried out most successfully until the child reaches the age of one year. The drug "Cinnarizine" for newborns is recommended for mental retardation, increased intracranial pressure, as well as for preventive purposes.
The medicine "Cinnarizine" is available in the form of tablets and is taken as prescribed by the doctor inside 10 minutes after eating. The dosage of the drug is calculated strictly individually depending on the disease. The daily dose of Cinnarizine for infants usually does not exceed 1/2 tablet. The course of treatment lasts no more than four weeks.
Most babies tolerate this drug very well. Its side effects (skin rash, drowsiness) are observed, as a rule, very rarely. A contraindication to the use of the drug “Cinnarizine” for newborns is the presence of congenital liver pathologies in the child, their intolerance to the main drug component.
Currently, encephalopathy has become widespread among infants. This disease, implying the presence of dystrophic processes in the child’s brain. The basis of it is a violation of cerebral circulation, resulting from congenital malformations of the brain, skull injuries received immediately at the time of birth, the presence of disorders in the functioning of internal organs, etc. Encephalopathy is treated with drugs that have a positive effect on brain metabolism: Pyriditol, Cerebrolysin, Cavinton. The drug "Cinnarizine" for newborns in this case is prescribed only if there is a special indication. Diagnosis of the disease involves computed tomography of the child’s brain, electroencephalography, blood analysis, cerebrospinal fluid and urine. The prognosis of treatment in most cases is favorable.
Many adult diseases that occur in early childhood can cause serious harm to the child’s not yet fully formed organism. Therefore, you should not prescribe treatment for your baby yourself. A young inexperienced mother, who has read terrible stories in the relevant forums, should not panic when a certain diagnosis is made to her child, when prescribing treatment with Cinnarizine. An increase in intracranial pressure is very dangerous for newborns, however, this pathology is successfully eliminated with timely treatment to a specialist. In addition, it should be remembered that a qualified doctor will never prescribe a drug for a baby that can cause significant harm to its health and development.