Is it okay for children to take a lot of antipyretics?

Fever is one of the common symptoms present in many different diseases, especially bacterial infections. When any agent enters the body, the immune system will begin to respond by raising the body's temperature. To come up with a method to reduce fever, we need to find the cause of the child's fever. Some of the causes of fever in children are: drug side effects, sore throat, respiratory infection, chickenpox, heat stroke, prolonged sun exposure, food poisoning, teething, hormone disorders...
In fact, every time a child has a fever, parents are very worried and often give the child fever-reducing medicine. However, because this is not a disease but just a symptom of many diseases, it is more important to determine whether there is a real fever and if it is a disease that requires antipyretic medicine or not. giving the child fever-reducing medicine right away. To determine whether a child has a fever or not, the child's temperature should be measured at certain locations, such as the rectum, ear, and temple. Specifically, if the temperature is above 38°C, over 37°C in the mouth, over 37.2°C in the armpits, the child is considered to have a fever.
Some children have an infection, the fever will be a beneficial response of the body to help destroy the disease-causing virus in the child's body, so if you use fever reducer in this case, it will only help your baby's discomfort. rather than for the purpose of lowering the child's temperature. In addition, some other diseases that also have fever symptoms such as burns, cardiovascular disease, malnutrition, postoperative fever, prolonged fever of unknown cause, should be used antipyretic drugs as prescribed by the doctor. because fever in these cases will harm the health of children.

Is it okay for children to take a lot of hapacol fever-reducing medicine or should they give them a lot of fever-reducing drugs, which is a matter of great concern to parents. In fact, because to prevent high fever, when the child's fever is less than 38.5°C, many parents give their children fever-reducing medicine. Or parents give children antipyretic drugs to prevent convulsions, which is not necessary in today's medicine, because to prevent seizures in children, Depakine will be more effective.
Therefore, the use of antipyretics should be properly understood by parents and given to children at the right time and in the right dose. If fever is needed, use Paracetamol 10-15mg/kg/time every 4-6 hours or Ibuprofen 5-10mg/kg when prescribed by the treating doctor. In addition, when taking fever-reducing medicine, it is necessary to feed the child more than usual, if the child is no longer breastfeeding, give the child water and vitamin supplements from fruits. In addition, oresol can be added to help children rehydrate. The most important point when using antipyretics is to use the appropriate dose for the child's age, if the weight exceeds the standard for antipyretic by weight.
Children taking a lot of antipyretics can lead to serious consequences for their health. Therefore, when a child shows signs of fever, it is best for parents to take the child to a reputable clinic to be diagnosed to find the cause, then have appropriate treatment.
With many years of experience in examining and treating diseases in children, now the Pediatrics Department at Vinmec International General Hospital has become one of the major health care centers, capable of examining , screening and treatment of many specialized diseases in children. Therefore, if the child shows signs of a fever that does not improve, parents should not arbitrarily adjust the dose or medication, but take the child to Vinmec International General Hospital to examine and receive support and advice. from doctors and nutritionists.