Can children use activated carbon
This remedy is considered harmless to the child's body, but it should be prescribed by a doctor after examining the baby.
Can you give your baby activated charcoal? It's best to discuss this question with your doctor in each specific case. Photo: Getty Activated charcoal is usually recommended for:
- poisoning;
- diarrhea;
- nausea;
- dysentery or salmonellosis;
- gastritis;
- allergic reactions - rhinitis, dermatitis, bronchial asthma;
- colic and gas formation.
The product helps to cope with intoxication of the body, eliminate the symptoms of poisoning and restore normal functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
How to give activated carbon to children
It is important to know a few rules about how to give this drug to a child:
- it is taken 2 hours before or after meals;
- children under 1 year old are allowed to give no more than 1 to 2 tablets, from 1 to 2 years old - no more than 4, from 2 to 4 years old - no more than 6 tablets;
- the specified dose of the drug is divided into 3 doses per day;
- You can also calculate the dosage based on the weight of the baby - 0.05 g of coal is taken per 1 kg of weight;
- treatment in case of poisoning takes up to 3 days, the doctor can prolong it according to individual indications;
- activated carbon is available in the form of tablets, suspensions, capsules and gel.
The format of the drug is selected depending onage of the child. You cannot give other medications at the same time as charcoal, otherwise they will not work. Activated charcoal is constipating and can cause constipation, so you need to follow the doctor's recommendations for the child's diet. When consuming charcoal, the stool turns black. Even such a safe medicine has a number of contraindications:
- dysbacteriosis - can remove not only toxins from the body, but also clear it of useful microflora;
- gastrointestinal bleeding;
- ulcer;
- individual intolerance.
It is important to give your child more water when takingthis remedy to prevent dehydration. Activated carbon can be used in childhood only on the recommendation of a doctor. If the dosage is violated and contraindications are not taken into account, then subsequently there may be eating disorders, vitamin deficiency, thromboembolism, hypoglycemia, therefore self-medication is inappropriate here. Read also:
