Imithi ebandayo nezingane

Imithi ebandayo yokuthenga iyizidakamizwa ongazithenga ngaphandle kadokotela. Imithi ebandayo ye-OTC ingasiza ekunciphiseni izimpawu zomkhuhlane.

Lo mbhalo ukhuluma ngemithi ebandayo ye-OTC yezingane. La makhambi abandayo kufanele asetshenziswe ngokuqapha. Azinconyelwa izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka yobudala engu-4.

Imithi ebandayo ayelaphi noma inciphise umkhuhlane. Imikhuhlane eminingi iphela emavikini ayi-1 kuya kwayi-2. Imvamisa, izingane ziba ngcono ngaphandle kokudinga le mithi.

Imithi ebandayo ye-OTC ingasiza ekwelapheni izimpawu ezibandayo futhi yenze ingane yakho izizwe ingcono. Bangase:

• Nciphisa ulwelwesi oluvuvukile lwekhala, umphimbo, nezinsimbi.
• Yehlisa ukuthimula nekhala elilumayo, eligijimayo.
• Sula amafinyila ezindleleni zomoya (amakhambi okukhwehlela).
• Cindezela ukukhwehlela.

Imithi eminingi ebandayo ifaka phakathi i-acetaminophen (Tylenol) noma ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) ukusiza ukudambisa ikhanda, umkhuhlane, nobuhlungu nezinhlungu.

Izingane ezincane zivame ukunikezwa imithi engamanzi isebenzisa amathisipuni. Ezinganeni, umuthi ofanayo ungatholakala ngendlela egxilile (amaconsi).

Imithi ebandayo ye-OTC ingadala imiphumela emibi emibi, kufaka phakathi:

• Ukuquleka
• Ishaya ngamandla inhliziyo
• Ukwehla kwengqondo
• I-Reye syndrome (kusuka ku-aspirin)
• Ukufa

Imithi ethile akufanele inikezwe izingane, noma kuphela ngemuva kweminyaka ethile.

• Ungaziniki izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-4 imithi ebandayo.
• Nikeza kuphela imithi ebandayo ezinganeni ezineminyaka engama-4 kuya kwengu-6 uma udokotela wakho ekuncoma.
• Unganiki i-ibuprofen ezinganeni ezingaphansi kwezinyanga eziyisithupha ngaphandle uma uqondiswa ngudokotela.
• Ungamniki i-aspirin uma ingane yakho ingaphansi kweminyaka engu-12 kuya kwengu-14.

Ukuthatha imithi eminingi kakhulu futhi kungadala ingozi. Amakhambi amaningi we-OTC aqukethe izithako ezingaphezu kwesisodwa.

• Gwema ukunikeza umuthi obandayo ongaphezu kweyodwa enganeni yakho. Kungadala ukweqisa izidakamizwa ngemiphumela emibi kakhulu.
• Ukushintsha omunye umuthi obandayo ngomunye kungahle kungasebenzi noma kubangele ukweqisa.

Landela imiyalo yesilinganiso ngokuqinile ngenkathi unikeza umuthi we-OTC enganeni yakho.

Lapho unikeza ingane yakho imithi ebandayo:

• Zibuze ukuthi ngabe ingane yakho iyayidinga ngempela yini - umkhuhlane uzozihambela wedwa ngaphandle kokwelashwa.
• Funda ilebula. Hlola izithako ezisebenzayo namandla.
• Namathela kumthamo ofanele - okuncane kungenzeka kungasebenzi, okuningi kungaphepha.
• Landela imiyalo. Qiniseka ukuthi uyazi ukuthi uwunikeza kanjani umuthi nokuthi uwunikeza kangaki ngosuku.
• Sebenzisa isirinji noma inkomishi yokulinganisa enikezwe nemithi ewuketshezi. Ungasebenzisi isipuni sasekhaya.
• Uma unemibuzo noma ukukhathazeka, khuluma nosokhemisi wakho noma umhlinzeki wezokunakekelwa kwempilo.
• Ungalokothi unikeze imithi ye-OTC ezinganeni ezingaphansi kweminyaka emibili.

Ungazama futhi namathiphu okunakekela ekhaya ukusiza ukukhulula izimpawu ezibandayo ezinganeni nasezinganeni ezisencane.

Gcina imithi endaweni epholile, eyomile. Gcina yonke imithi lapho izingane zingafinyeleli khona.

Shayela umhlinzeki uma ingane yakho ine:

• Imfiva
• Ubuhlungu bendlebe
• Amafinyila aluhlaza noma ompunga ophuzi
• Ubuhlungu noma ukuvuvukala ebusweni
• Izinkinga zokuphefumula noma ubuhlungu besifuba
• Izimpawu ezihlala isikhathi eside kunezinsuku eziyi-10 noma eziba zimbi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi

Khuluma nomhlinzeki wakho ukuze ufunde kabanzi ngemikhuhlane nokuthi ungayisiza kanjani ingane yakho.

Izingane ze-OTC; I-Acetaminophen - izingane; Ukubanda nokukhwehlela - izingane; Ama-decongestants - izingane; Ama-Expectorants - izingane; I-Antitussive - izingane; Ukukhwehlela okucindezelayo - izingane

I-American Academy of Pediatrics, iwebhusayithi yezempilo.org. Ukukhwehlela nemikhuhlane: imithi noma amakhambi asekhaya? www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/chest-lungs/Pages/Coughs-and-Colds-Medicines-or-Home-Remedies.aspx. Kubuyekezwe uNovemba 21, 2018. Kufinyelelwe ngoJanuwari 31, 2021.

ILopez SMC, uWilliam JV. Umkhuhlane ovamile. Ku: Kliegman RM, St Geme JW, Blum NJ, Shah SS, Tasker RC, Wilson KM, eds. Incwadi kaNelson Yezingane. Umhlaka 21. IPhiladelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2020: isahluko 407.

Iwebhusayithi ye-US Food and Drug Administration. Qaphela lapho unikeza izingane ukukhwehlela nemikhiqizo ebandayo. www.fda.gov/drugs/special-features/use-caution-when-giving-cough-and-cold-products-kids. Kubuyekezwe uFebhuwari 8, 2018. Ifinyelelwe ngoFebhuwari 5, 2021.

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