If children break after taking the medication Are you still working?

More tablet if the child vomits? Drug can already work
Small children vomit relatively often. The causes are usually harmless: Much messed up, with a bad food the stomach spoiled, great excitement because of an exciting event. However, if the child has been given medication before vomiting, parents often ask themselves if they should administer another tablet. Here caution is appropriate: the agent could already work.

Body absorbs juices and solutions quickly
If a child has to vomit shortly after taking medicines, parents should not re-administer the medicine without further ado. The agent may have already developed its effect in the body. For example, the Federal Association of German Pharmacists' Associations in their journal Neue Apotheken Illustrierte (July 15 issue) explains that the body normally has already taken juices and solutions when between ingestion and vomiting between 30 and 60 minutes have elapsed.

If a child vomits after taking medications, another tablet should not be readily administered. The remedy could work. (Image: pathdoc / fotolia.com)

Vomiting after ingested tablet
For tablets, however, this may take longer. In that case, parents should contact their pediatrician and ask if the pill should be re-administered. If the child has to vomit later or if it gets diarrhea, the pediatrician must also be informed. If a child vomits while lying down, it should immediately be lifted face down, say the experts of the Professional Association of Paediatricians (BVKJ) on their website "kinderaerzte-im-netz.de".

Cool forehead of the child
Parents should also put their hand or a cool washcloth on the child's forehead to deprive the child of dizziness and nausea. Furthermore, the experts advise the young rinse the mouth, so that the bad taste disappears. Suitable for this are water or tea. Because the stomach is irritated, the child should in the next few hours no food (at most dry rusks or pretzel sticks) to eat. However, the little ones should drink a lot!

Give children only a few medications
In general, you should give children only a few pills and instead try it for lighter complaints with home remedies. However, if "ailment" becomes a disease, it is safer to consult with the pediatrician about the possibility of medication. In the question of which medicines are suitable for children, should always be in the foreground, whether their use is really necessary or the symptoms can not be alleviated by natural means. (Ad)