With small children at home, you have to be extra careful about where products that could be toxic to them are stored. On Instagram, Paula Soares, a digital influencer, used the social network to make this warning about child intoxication, because her two-year-old daughter ingested Neosoro without her mother knowing.

According to the influencer's account on the Internet, little Maria was following a normal routine. She had played, fed, bathed, and then went to rest.hospital," Paula wrote.

Upon admission to the emergency room, Maria was put on oxygen, but her heart rate continued to drop as well as her body temperature. The medical solution, then, was to transfer her to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

"There, the doctor did the evaluation and came to talk to me, asking if I was a nose medicine user (I have been using Neosoro for a while). It was then that he came to the diagnosis that she had ingested Nafazolin, the main component of the nasal decongestant," explained the mother.

In the comments, the followers were in doubt whether Paula applied the medicine to her daughter or if the component of the medicine had passed to the little one through her mother's bed, for example. It was then that the digital influencer explained that Maria probably took the Neosoro bottle and drank at least half of the liquid, according to what the doctor informed her.

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Symptoms of Childhood Poisoning

According to the NGO Safe Kids, poisoning or intoxication among children is the fifth leading cause of hospitalization for accidental reasons among children aged zero to 14. With this in mind, it is important for parents to be alert to the main indications of the condition.

According to the guidelines of the Health Department of the Government of the State of Paraná, the main signs of intoxication in children are:

• Pain;
• Vomiting;
• Seizure;
• Diarrhea;
• Paralysis;
• Difficult breathing;
• Mental confusion;
• Change in lip color;
• Burning sensation in the mouth, throat or stomach.

In short, these symptoms can occur due to poisoning by cleaning products, pesticides, toxic plants, and medicines - as was Maria's case. When confronted with any of these signs of poisoning, parents should seek emergency care.

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How to prevent this condition in children?

To avoid child intoxication by any of the items mentioned above, the NGO Criança Segura brings important guidelines for parents. Although it often goes unnoticed, the first recommendation is to keep everything from cleaning products to medicines in high places, out of the reach of the little ones. The indication applies even to those medicines that are of daily use for parents. Therefore, they should only beeasy access for adults!

In addition, products should always be kept in their original packaging so as not to confuse children, and the best containers are those with safety lids that are child-proof.

Still about medicines, parents should not offer them as "candy" to try to convince their children to consume them.

References:

NGO Safe Kids

Health Secretariat - Paraná State Government