Indications and dosage
The main indications for use of the drug:
- food poisoning body of the child, gastric hyperacidity;
- swelling, heaviness and pain in the abdomen;
- disruption of the digestive tract;
- diarrhea;
- viral hepatitis type;
- severe liver disease and kidney;
- allergic diseases;
- salmonellosis;
- toxic damage of the digestive tract after chemotherapy;
- poisoning by heavy metals and body salts.
Mainly young children prescribe to take activated charcoal to remove intoxication as a result of poisoning. Furthermore, the sorbent is effective in prolonged diarrhea. Some parents decide to give your child medicine without a doctor's prescription. However, such action can lead to serious complications. It is undesirable to take any medication, even once a day without the permission of the pediatrician.
According to the instruction allowed a three-year child to give activated charcoal in an amount of not more than 3-4 tablets per day. By means of using derivatives as an antidote dosage will depend on the weight of the baby's body.
It is allowed to take 50 mg of activated charcoal per 1 kg of weight of the child. Means necessary to wash down water before or after meals, three times a day.
Absorbent medicine is available in the form of tablets, capsules, special powder. Children under 6 years of age is strictly forbidden to give a capsule because of the difficulty in swallowing.
Contraindications and side effects
It is not always permitted to prescribe activated charcoal to treat a small child.
The drug is contraindicated in the following cases:
- gastritis acute and chronic forms, ulcerative lesions of the stomach;
- intraenteric it is bleeding;
- the use of other medications antitoxic;
- intolerance to substances in the composition of medicines.
Activated charcoal dosage for children of three years should be strictly adhered to destination specialist. Otherwise, there are side effects as dizziness, nausea, vomiting, constipation or diarrhea. In severe cases, plugging of blood vessels by thrombi. These negative effects are seen at regular overdose activated charcoal.
Application Notes
Before you start to children 3 years to make activated carbon, it is necessary to consider the following recommendations:
- To be most effective at the time of receiving the stomach of the child the drug should remain blank. That's because the sorbents absorb not only harmful, toxic substances, but also useful.
- The total duration of treatment of intoxication body of the child is 3 days. When allergy effects of activated carbon for use to designate consecutive 2 weeks. Regardless of the age of the child is strictly forbidden to exceed this rate.
- Stool baby at the time of treatment can acquire a black color, which is not an aberration. However, the need to keep track of how many times a day the baby to defecate. If constipation is recommended to drink plenty of fluids.
Activated acne need to store in a dark, dry place out of reach of children. In addition sorbent should not be in contact with other drugs, for security purposes.
sources:
Vidal: https://www.vidal.ru/drugs/activated_charcoal__23846
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