Ngaba i-Pepto-Bismol Safe for Kids?

Abantu abadala baya kukhunjulwa ixesha apho iPepto-Bismol yinto yokuqala oyenayo xa kukho nawuphi na umntu osentsapho, kuquka nabantwana, isifo esisiphazamisayo, isisongela, okanye urhudo. Kodwa iPepto-Bismol kufuneka isetyenziswe kuphela ngabantu abaselula kunye nabadala abaneminyaka eyi-12 nangaphezulu. I-Pepto ye-Antacid yabantwana ifumaneka kubantwana abaneminyaka emi-2 nangaphezulu. Akukho mveliso ifanele isetyenziswe ngumntwana ongaphantsi kweminyaka emi-2 ngenxa yemingcipheko yokuqokelela i-bismuth, i-magnesium, okanye i-aluminium.

Ukusebenzisa ifom ekhulile yabantu abadala kukhulisa umngcipheko we-Reye's syndrome kubantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka eyi-12.

Reye's Syndrome kunye nePepto-Bismol

I-Reye's syndrome yinkqubela yeengqondo eqhubekayo esingayiqondi ngokupheleleyo. Ngokuqhelekileyo kukhula kubantu abafumana ukusuleleka kwintsholongwane ye-virus kwaye, kubantwana, badibene nokusetyenziswa kwe-aspirin (i-acetylsalicylic acid (ASA).

I-Reye's syndrome ayiqhelekanga, kodwa kulabo bachaphazelekayo, inxulumene namaqela angaphezu kwe-20 amathuba okufa. Uninzi lwamatyala abonwayo kubantwana abandakanyeka ukusebenzisa i-aspirin ukuphatha izifo ezifana nezifo kunye nenkukhu yenkukhu. Izibonakaliso ziqala ngokuqhafaza, isicupunu, kunye nokuxhatshazwa komzimba kodwa ngokukhawuleza ziqhubela phambili ukuhlambalaza, ukutshatyalaliswa, kunye ne-coma.

Umbutho waqashelwa kude kube ngo-1972. Ngenxa yoko, amaZiko okuLawulwa kweNtsholongwane kunye nokuVikela (i-CDC) kunye ne-US Food and Drug Administration (i-FDA) yakhupha izilumkiso malunga nokusetyenziswa kwe-aspirin ukunyanga izifo ezibangelwa ngumkhuhlane kumntu phantsi 19.

I-Pepto-Bismol rhoqo iyinkxalabo ngenxa yokuba isithako sayo esiyinhloko yi-bismuth subsalicylate, ifomu le-ASA. Ukususela ngo-2003, i-FDA icebise malunga nokusetyenziswa kwe-bismuth subsalicylate kubantwana abangaphantsi kwe-12. Isilumkiso sondela kunoma yimuphi umququzeleli omdala we-bismuth subsalicylate, kubandakanywa ukumiswa komlomo, iipilisi ezichithwayo kunye neeflethi.

I-Pepto, i-Kaopectate yabantwana, kunye neoli ye-Wintergreen

Ekuphenduleni kwi-FDA icebiso, abenzi bePepto-Bismol babumba ukubunjwa kwezingane ezithatha indawo ye-bismuth subsalicylate ne-calcium carbonate.

Umntwana oKrestu u-Pepto oNgcacileyo, ukuqulunqwa kunikezwa njengepilisi ehlaziyiweyo kwi-flavour bubblegum kwaye ivunyiwe ukuba isetyenziswe kubantwana abangaphezu kwembini. Abo bangaphantsi kwembini akufanele banikwe nayiphi na imithi equkethe i-bismuth, i-magnesium, okanye i-aluminium njengoko ezi zinto zingakwazi ukuqokelela ngokukhawuleza kwaye zenze impendulo enobungozi.

Ukongeza kwi-Pepto-Bismol, abazali kufuneka baqaphele ukuba i-Kaopectate (loperamide) kunye nayiphi na imveliso eneoli ye-wintergreen iqulethe i-salicylates efumaneka kwi-aspirin.

Kucetyiswa ukuba abantwana kunye nabaselula abanayo okanye abaphulukisayo kwi-inkukhu okanye umkhuhlane kufuneka bagweme i-Kaopectate. Ngokwahlukileyo, ioli ye-wintergreen kufuneka igwenywe kubo bonke abantwana nabaselula njengecandelo layo eliphambili (i-methyl salicylate) ayifanelekanga ukungenisa, nangakumbi kumalungiselelo ahlanjululwe.

Eminye indawo eya kwi-Pepto-Bismol

Ukuba umntwana wakho uhlambalaza, isicupunu, ukuhlanza, okanye urhudo, kukho ezinye iindlela zePepto-Bismol ezinokukunceda:

Ukuba kukho nayiphi na impawu ezinzima okanye zihamba kunye nomkhuhlane ophezulu, ukunciphisa urination, okanye ukukhanya okukhawuleza, khangela udokotela ngokukhawuleza. Uhudo okanye ukuhlanza okudlula iiyure ezingama-24 kufuneka kuhlale kuthathwa njengongqongqo kwaye unesidingo sokunyamekela.

> Imithombo:

> Kim-Jung, L .; Holquist, C .; kunye nePhillips, J. " Iphepha leKhuseleko le- FDA: I- Kaopectate Reformulation kunye neenguqu zokubhaliweyo ezizayo ." Izihloko Zeziyobisi. 2014: 58-60.

> Ulawulo lweZiko lokuTya kunye neDrug (FDA). "Indlela yokuLawula isifo sohudo kwiintsana kunye nabantwana abaselula." Silver Springs, Maryland; papashwe ngo-Oktobha 31, 2011.