If being prepared is one
of your goals for the New Year, than you should review what’s in your 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
• A hot water
bottle/heat pack and an ice pack/cold pack to help soothe tummy aches,reduce
swelling, and to 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.
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