Candles for children on temperature

Increased temperature in a small child often requires the use of antipyretics. Such medicines are available in different forms and candles are one of the most popular (they are also called suppositories). What are the features of their use and what kind of candles can you bring down the temperature of a child?

First of all, adults are guided by the numbers that they see on the thermometer. The generally accepted recommendation of pediatricians is to reduce the temperature if it exceeds 38.5-39 ° C.

Nevertheless, there are situations when you should churn the temperature below such figures:

• If the child is not yet 2-3 months old. Such babies are advised to churn temperatures in excess of 38 ° C.
• When the baby has heart disease or diseases of the nervous system.
• If a child has febrile seizures when the temperature rises in the past.
• When the child's condition has deteriorated very much and the baby is difficult to tolerate high fever.
• If a child fever after vaccine administration.

Suppositories at high temperatures have such advantages of use:

• Suitable for the youngest babies who have not yet learned to swallow something more dense than breast milk.
• Can be used if the child has vomiting.
• Can be used during sleep of the child.
• Do not include chemical additives (flavoring agents, colorants, etc.), therefore they are recommended at risk of allergy.
• The effect of the antipyretic drug in the candle is longer than when taken by mouth.
• Choosing to reduce the temperature of the candle, rather than a suspension or syrup, you eliminate the irritating effects of the drug on the gastric mucosa.

With a large number of advantages, candles with antipyretic effects have several disadvantages:

• They can cause a chair, after which you have to re-enter the candle.
• The introduction of a candle can cause discomfort and protests in a child older than 6 months.

Candles with antipyretic effect can not be used when:

• Hypersensitivity to their components.
• Serious disorders of the kidneys or liver.

Also, the use of suppositories is not recommended at the age of 1 month, and most antipyretic candles are intended only for children older than 3 months.

Candles that are used in children to lower the temperature include either paracetamol or ibuprofen. These are safe medications used for fever in children all over the world. Their influence on the children's organism has been studied by a multitude of scientific studies. Paracetamol versus ibuprofen presented in another article.

In young children, the use of candles to reduce the temperature is very common. This is due to the ease of use, because you can introduce a candle to very small children who cannot swallow, to children with vomiting, as well as to sleeping babies.

Choosing candles for children over 3 years, it is important to consider the dose of the active substance. Such drugs as Cefecone D and Efferalganare used in children up to 10 years, as represented by the dosage of 250-300 mg of paracetamol.

Many manufacturers produce several versions of candles, different dosage, so the choice of suitable suppositories should consult a doctor. If you are going to buy and use candles with antipyretic effects yourself, be sure to tell the pharmacist the age of the baby and his weight. Then you will be able to purchase the right remedy for your baby.

Baby should be laid on the left side, and his legs bend at the knees and press to the tummy. Next, the adult expands the baby's buttocks and processes the anus with cream or oil. The candle, released from the packaging, is introduced by careful movement of the narrow tip into the anus. Then the child’s buttocks are brought together. The child should lie down for a while after the injection of the medicine.

On how to put a candle, see the following video of Dr. Zelensky.

The famous pediatrician reminds parents that absorption from the rectum occurs much slower than absorption from the stomach, as well as in smaller quantities. That is why the dosage of the drug in the candle is more than the same drug in the syrup. If the child has a severe deterioration of the general condition, and the temperature is very high, then Komarovsky recommends using the antipyretic, taken by mouth, because such a tool will give a faster effect.

In addition, according to a popular doctor, in a very serious condition and at very high temperatures, the intestinal vessels are spasmed, which makes it difficult to get a quick effect from antipyretic suppositories.