Do not rub children's skin with alcohol.
Child has a high fever & #8212; This is always a cause for concern for parents. But not all methods to reduce it are good, Khronika.info reports with reference to RBC-Ukraine.
Doctor Ekaterina Bakiko spoke about the dangerous method of bringing down the temperature on Facebook.
«Do not rub children's skin with alcohol. It's winter time, the peak of viral respiratory infections. As well as new chances of using folk remedies for their treatment. Did you make alcohol compresses when you had a sore throat as a child? Rubbed with alcohol when there was a fever? This method is based on the expectation to warm the skin and dilate its vessels, and then reduce fever and pain»,— the doctor said.
Why this method is dangerous
In fact, alcohol can penetrate a child's delicate skin and then have a toxic effect on the body. Alcohol poisoning in children under 6 years of age may be accompanied by disruption of the nervous system, coma, shock, respiratory failure.
Also, a child can inhale alcohol when it evaporates during healing procedures, this also increases the likelihood of poisoning by it.< br>
Prolonged warm compresses with alcohol lead to even greater absorption into the skin, burns, contact dermatitis.
If the baby has a fever
- Wrap him in light clothes
- Offer plenty of fluids
- Ventilate the room
- Kill the fever with paracetamol or ibuprofen in children's dosages. And no alcohol!
How to use alcohol at home
- For skin disinfection for small areas and shallow sores (bites, piercings, scratches, etc.).
- Reducing shoe odor in adults. The alcohol will kill the bacteria that causes it.
- Cleaning and disinfecting home surfaces, electrical devices, jewelry.
And remember to keep containers of alcohol out of the reach of children!< /p>