- HEART PILLS: In children, they can cause dangerously low blood pressure and heart rate, and even lead to shock.
- MUSCLE RUBS: Camphor is especially dangerous because ingesting it works so quickly; symptoms occur within 10-20 minutes, and often children can go into seizures without any warning.
- PRESCRIPTION PAIN MEDICATIONS: For an infant, even half a tablet of hydrocodone can be lethal.
- ASPIRIN AND OIL OF WINTERGREEN: Oil of wintergreen is particularly hazardous because its pleasant smell tempts toddlers to ingest it, but one teaspoon of oil of wintergreen is the equivalent of nearly 90 baby aspirins – a life-threatening dose for a toddler or child.
- ANTIDEPRESSANTS: After pain medications, antidepressants are the second highest cause of accidental death from poisoining in children younger than 6.
- BLOOD PRESSURE PATCHES, EYE DROPS AND NASAL SPRAYS: These medications, designed to be absorbed over time through your skin, can lead to serious consequences when ingested by a toddler. As little as 6 ml can lead to a coma.
- DIABETES DRUGS: As these medications are more commonly prescribed, the incidence of pediatric poisonings has also increased, with over 2,500 occurrences in the United States in 2001.
- simpan semua ubat-ubatan di luar penglihatan dan jangkauan kanak-kanak.
- simpan ubat-ubatan di dalam botol yang dilengkapi dengan child-resistant caps dan pastikan botol tersebut ditutup semula setelah digunakan. Jangan biarkan botol ubat terbuka begitu sahaja sampai kanak-kanak boleh capai.
- cuba untuk tidak mengambil ubat-ubatan atau makan ubat-ubatan anda di hadapan kanak-kanak bagi mengurangkan risiko mereka mengajuk perbuatan anda memakan ubat.
- jangan sesekali mengatakan yang ubat itu adalah gula-gula.
- ingatkan semua tetamu yang datang berkunjung ke rumah anda untuk menyimpan ubat-ubatan mereka di luar jangkauan kanak-kanak.
- buang semua ubat-ubatan yang telah luput tarikhnya dan semak tarikh luput ubat-ubatan sebelum anda memberikan ubat-ubatan kepada anak-anak anda.
Ingat… Ingat…dan ingat! Sila ingat Farah! Anda pun sama tau… Beringat selalu…In Shaa Allah…Sama-sama kita cuba melakukan yang terbaik…
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