April 11, 2019 10:00Antonina Hamhil
Dr. Komarovsky told why dangerous to give aspirin to children
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Aspirin for a long time been used successfully to reduce the high temperature in children. Modern parents have heard about the dangers of aspirin, but sometimes give it to children. Dr. Komarovsky told why it is dangerous to use.
Information about the dangers of aspirin, he shared on his page on Instagram. Why, you should not reduce the temperature of children with aspirin?
Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) for many years quite successfully used in pediatric patients with fever and inflammation of various origin.
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After it proved the ability of acetylsalicylic acid to provide damaging effect on the gastric mucosa, It began to apply a more restrained, but this moderation is not particularly impact on the use of frequency as antipyretic. In the end, if it is at the moment a child of 39 ° C and the mother is convinced that after medication becomes easier, so no theoretically possible stomach ulcers are not a real obstacle to beginning treatment.
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But it turned out that the changes of the gastric mucosa, and other side effects of acetylsalicylic acid (bleeding, bronchospasm) - it's all flowers. About Berry first began in 1963, when it was described in a very dangerous disease, manifested by severe brain damage and liver. This disease is called Reye's syndrome.
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The cause of Reye's syndrome is not certain to this day. At the same time we identified three groups of factors that contribute to the development of this syndrome - first, inborn errors of metabolism, and secondly, an infection - often viral (influenza, measles, chicken pox), less bacterial (Haemophilus influenzae type b) and, thirdly, taking medication, most often it is acetylsalicylic acid.
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Risk of Reye syndrome is not comparable with any ulcers, bleeding and bronchospasm - even in the best intensive care units dies every second sick. The probability of disease is maximal in the age of 4-12 years.
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Summary. The likelihood of developing Reye's syndrome is low. But the risk is there. And it is that the use of aspirin in the background viral infections in childhood can cause deadly disease.
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Hence the conclusion - a definite and specific: children under the age of 15 years in order to use the self-acetylsalicylic acid should not be an antipyretic.
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Why is it dangerous to give aspirin to children / istockphoto.com
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After it proved the ability of acetylsalicylic acid to provide damaging effect on the gastric mucosa, It began to apply a more restrained, but this moderation is not particularly impact on the use of frequency as antipyretic. In the end, if it is at the moment a child of 39 ° C and the mother is convinced that after medication becomes easier, so no theoretically possible stomach ulcers are not a real obstacle to beginning treatment.
⠀
But it turned out that the changes of the gastric mucosa, and other side effects of acetylsalicylic acid (bleeding, bronchospasm) - it's all flowers. About Berry first began in 1963, when it was described in a very dangerous disease, manifested by severe brain damage and liver. This disease is called Reye's syndrome.
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The cause of Reye's syndrome is not certain to this day. At the same time we identified three groups of factors that contribute to the development of this syndrome - first, inborn errors of metabolism, and secondly, an infection - often viral (influenza, measles, chicken pox), less bacterial (Haemophilus influenzae type b) and, thirdly, taking medication, most often it is acetylsalicylic acid.
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Risk of Reye syndrome is not comparable with any ulcers, bleeding and bronchospasm - even in the best intensive care units dies every second sick. The probability of disease is maximal in the age of 4-12 years.
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Summary. The likelihood of developing Reye's syndrome is low. But the risk is there. And it is that the use of aspirin in the background viral infections in childhood can cause deadly disease.
⠀
Hence the conclusion - a definite and specific: children under the age of 15 years in order to use the self-acetylsalicylic acid should not be an antipyretic.
Dr. Komarovsky told why dangerous to give aspirin to children / Instagram
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