18-month-old boys died after taking effervescent drugs: The doctor warned what every parent had to take

Families who are raising children who are sick are not strangely, but daily meals. Many mothers have milk when their child is not too heavy and often buys drugs like a real doctor. Recently, a mother was extremely regretful when arbitrarily using sparkling medicine that killed her 18-month-old son.

The boy named Lam Lam of China, caught a cold with a fever, his parents took him to the doctor and doctors prescribed 2 boxes of effervescent tablets. The ingredients of these drugs mainly work to cool, calm nerves, often use when colds, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, spleen and weak stomach.

After that, Lam Lam's parents opened the medicine box and took a 6 mm diameter effervescent tablet for their children and used water to drink. The baby immediately had an abnormal reaction for about ten seconds, the child's limbs suddenly trembled and coughed violently, the lips began to turn blue, the doctor rushed to the emergency. However, when taking the baby to the emergency room after the doctors opened the trachea, the effervescent tablet turned into a foam. Unfortunately, during the time when his brain was deprived of oxygen, he died.

This incident made Lam Lam's family extremely regretful, just because of lack of knowledge and because the doctors did not guide the hospital to use drugs, but Lam Lam died unjustly.

Notes when giving children effervescent medicine

With effervescent tablets that cannot be swallowed directly, especially for young children and the elderly. Parents should put effervescent tablets in a glass of water and wait for the medicine to be exhausted to bring them to drink.

In addition, before using it to check whether the medication must be kept intact, it must be well preserved to avoid moisture absorption. Do not use if the medicine is moist, torn off the tin.