From solutions to heat reducing suppositories
Treatments for children .. Keep them always in the home pharmacy
Children quickly become ill because their immune systems are weaker than adults.
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The German magazine "Elttern", concerned with the family and the child, recommends that parents keep some medicines in the home pharmacy to treat common troubles in children, which do not require consulting a doctor, indicating that children soon develop diseases due to the weakening of their immune system, compared to adults.
The magazine explained that the home pharmacy should include solutions to compensate for the loss of fluids and minerals, in the event of severe diarrhea, which may endanger the child's life, as well as charcoal tablets, which can bind toxins, if the child swallows something, taking into account the use of these tablets According to the poison treatment center guidelines.
Your home pharmacy should also include a nasal spray that contains sea salt to reduce colds, and a mucus-dissolving syrup to treat a cough, in addition to an ointment that contains essential oils.
Herbal tea is a magical remedy for many children's troubles.
Fennel tea, anise, and caraway treat flatulence, while chamomile tea works to treat colic, and sage tea helps treat a cold.
It is also important that the home pharmacy does not contain fever-reducing suppositories that contain ibuprofen, in addition to an ointment for wounds to treat wounds that affect the infant's seat or the knee of a young child.
The German magazine warns against using ointments containing menthol or camphor.
Because it may cause children to convulsions or shortness of breath.
Also, drugs containing acetylsalicylic acid (such as aspirin) should not be given to children under 16 years of age;
Because it may infect them with fatal Reye syndrome.
Herbal tea is a magical remedy for many children's troubles; Fennel tea, anise, and caraway treat flatulence, while chamomile tea relieves colic.
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