If being prepared is one of your goals for the New Year, than you should review what’s in you’re medicine cabinet. Now that winter is here you may have to treat a middle-of-the-night fever or upset tummy. In order to save you from the midnight run to a local pharmacy, here are a few items that are essential for the medicine cabinet.
• Thermometer
• Liquid ibuprofen and acetaminophen for pain and fever.
• A hot water bottle/heat pack and an ice pack/cold pack help soothe tummy aches,reduce
swelling, and
cool feverish children.
• Cool mist vaporizer for cough and congestion.
• Hydrocortisone 1% and calamine lotion for rashes and itching.
• Antiseptics and antibiotic ointments help stop infection in cuts and scrapes.
• Adhesive bandages for scrapes and cuts.
• Tweezers for splinters and ticks and alcohol to clean the tweezers.
Please remember this is just a guideline and you should discuss the appropriate items and dosage with you pediatrician, who knows your child’s healthy history and can advise you on dosage.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
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