Toxicologists know that almost half of all cases of poisoning of children are poisoning as a result of ingestion of various types of medications. Most often, children eat medicines left in the drawers of the table, in cupboards; sometimes there are cases when adults themselves give children medicines for the game.
Probably, each of us cursed at least once, hardly discovering this or that medicine, especially the import. Well, who so seals? And most importantly, why? But the fact that adults seems an absurd inconvenience, in fact a conscious choice of the manufacturer of the drug - the medicine should not be able to open the child!
Those who have small children, toxicology doctors ask to remember the following safety rules:
• After each use of the medication, check to see if it is properly closed. Even "detox protection" packaging is not always a guarantee of safety;
• Take exactly as many tablets as you want to take from the package, not two or three times in advance;
• Do not store medicines in a room where children play. Bad places for storing medicines are a box on the closet (it can be easily knocked off with a ball) and on the table - this is usually what grandparents do to not forget to take the drug;
• If the child is curious, do not store medicines in bags, briefcases, purses and caskets;
• It is best to store medicines in a place so that a large child can not see them, and a small one can not reach it;
• Do not take medicines with children, they are very fond of copying adults. Having played a "headache", the child may be in the hospital;
• If the child is sick, do not allow him to take medication on his own. Only out of your hands;
• Never call children with sweets or candy at children. In your absence, the child will necessarily remember that somewhere nearby there are "sweets" and will begin to actively look for them.
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