2-year-old baby must have a liver transplant because the mother gives the child a fever-reducing medicine

Recently, a pediatric patient was admitted to the Emergency Department - Pediatrics Center, General Hospital of Phu Tho Province, showing signs of poisoning by using paracetamol antipyretics. According to the initial information from the patient's family, about 4 days now, she has high fever, cough and cough, so she should take a 500 mg dose of paracetamol with 4 tablets a day and drink continuously for 4 days but not lower heat.

Then suddenly, her illness became serious with signs of drowsiness, exhaustion, 39-degree fever, difficulty breathing, wheezing, tachycardia, poor lung ventilation, so the family rushed her to the hospital to emergency. According to the initial diagnosis of doctors diagnosing severe metabolic acidosis in patients with pneumonia, enlightenment due to overdose of paracetamol.

When the baby was taken to the hospital the doctors at the Department of Positive Resuscitation - Anti-toxic, the patient was placed intubation tube, mechanical ventilation, gastric lavage, alkaline compensation for emergency patients. However, about 2 hours after being admitted to the hospital, the child was in a coma, small bilateral pupil, poor light reflection, rapid heart rate, low blood pressure, symptoms of acute liver failure, extremely severe coagulopathy dramatic.

At this time, doctors assessed the baby's condition very badly, prognosis of death if the baby did not have the earliest liver transplant. After being adjusted for basic life functions, the child is transferred to the Central Pediatric Hospital for treatment.

Expert warnings for children using paracetamol

Milk-loving mothers are in the period of breastfeeding, when taking the drug, there must be a doctor's advice, because some drugs can be transmitted through breast milk, causing poisoning to breastfed babies, making them at risk. dangerous.

When using paracetamol antipyretic medication, it is necessary to have a specific doctor's prescription, to avoid the case of buying a medicine for children without a doctor's prescription. Some parents because they want their children to get better quickly, they arbitrarily increase the dose for children, causing children to be poisoned by drugs.

If the child shows signs of drug poisoning for fever, liver, kidney damage, respiratory failure, circulatory failure, it is necessary to take the child to emergency care to be treated promptly and safely.