Child diarrhea, drug contraindications Information

The clinical treatment of diarrhea, a lot of drugs, there are dedicated to the functionality of antidiarrheal antidiarrheal drug, there are selected according to the cause of antimicrobial drugs, antiviral drugs, and various mucosal protective agent, microecological agents. Many of these drugs in the treatment of diarrhea, although the efficacy of good, but some of the drug is not yet well-developed body of children who will not take it.

In view of children with pediatric diarrhea is common and frequently-occurring disease, parents also used to self-administration, it is necessary to talk about children with diarrhea should not use drugs.

Yi Meng stopped (loperamide):

Applicable to a variety of causes of acute and chronic diarrhea caused by treatment. But its role in the strong, for young children prone to cause adverse drug reactions, such as the impact of the central nervous system, etc., plus there have been reports of death of neonatal medicine, and therefore are limited for very young children at home and abroad, such as our easy to Mongolia to stop the use of manual on the states: disabled children under age 5.

Compound Diphenoxylate (compound diphenoxylate):

Apply to acute and chronic functional diarrhea and chronic enteritis treatment. Each drug-containing diphenoxylate hydrochloride 2. 5mg, atropine sulfate 0. 025mg, in which the role of diphenoxylate on the intestinal tract similar to morphine can directly act on the intestinal smooth muscle, the role of very strong. As the application of the drug at home and abroad there have been caused by poisoning or even death in children’s reports (deaths in less than two years focused on infants and young children), and also because the drug dosage in children does not have any uniform standard, so infants under the age of two cut-off use more than two years old children should be used with caution (strict control of dosage).

Norfloxacin (norfloxacin):

On the pathogenicity and enterotoxigenic E. coli, Salmonella, etc. due to gastroenteritis, bacillary dysentery have a good curative effect, the clinical application of a wide range of well-known. But because the drug and its ilk (quinolones) drugs may be caused by bone lesions, therefore, should not use children under the age of 12.

Tetracycline:

With broad-spectrum antibacterial treatment of infectious diarrhea has a certain effect. However, children under the age of 8 applications and similar drugs such as tetracycline, oxytetracycline, doxycycline (DOTC), minocycline (Minocin), etc. can result in permanent teeth yellow dye, enamel hypoplasia and bone growth inhibition Therefore, children under the age of 8 should avoid use of such substances.

Medicinal Charcoal:

Can absorb lead to diarrhea and abdominal discomfort, a variety of toxic and non-toxic irritants, reduce stimulation of the intestinal wall, reducing peristalsis, and thus play a role in diarrhea. However, as drug absorption is a powerful but non-selectivity of the digestive enzymes such as pepsin, trypsin activity in both the biological effects of long-term use can cause malnutrition in children, so three children under the age of diarrhea or abdominal distention, prohibiting long-term use.