What should I do if my baby has a rash due to drug allergy?

The health of babies is very fragile, and they can easily get sick due to various viruses and bacteria. Therefore, any problems that arise with children must be dealt with in a timely manner. Many babies often have allergic reactions due to physical problems, which cause great harm to the body. For example, what should you do if your baby has a rash due to an allergic reaction to a drug? Let’s take a look at the explanation below, I hope parents can understand it.

Usually after taking the medicine, it will reach the gastrointestinal tract and be absorbed in about half an hour. Drug-induced allergic reactions sometimes appear very quickly. But some allergic symptoms may take half a day to appear, so it is not easy for parents to judge whether their children’s allergic symptoms are caused by drugs.

Infants and young children should seek medical attention promptly for drug allergies, but there are still some matters that require special attention. When an allergic reaction occurs, think about whether the child has taken any medicine. If so, let the child drink more water and seek medical treatment, especially infants should be more careful. For older children, you can observe whether the condition is getting worse. If you cannot determine which medicine is causing the reaction, you can take all the medicines to the hospital for the doctor to determine, and the doctor will recommend which type of medicine to stop first. If the child is allergic to antibiotics, the doctor should evaluate and use other types of antibiotics as substitutes.

Parents should be reminded that when a baby uses a certain medicine for the first time, he or she should be closely observed on the first day so that any abnormalities can be discovered in time.

Parents should remember which medicines their children are allergic to!

Once the allergy is confirmed, parents should remember which type of medicine may cause allergies in their children and be sure to inform the doctor every time they see a doctor in the future. If your baby is found to have favism after birth (the body's enzymes cannot metabolize a certain type of drug, which can easily cause a hemolytic reaction), don't forget to remind the doctor every time you see a doctor. If drug allergies are not noticed or treated properly, they may cause anaphylactic shock or skin and mucous membrane ulcers in severe cases. However, unless the physical condition is special (the disease will be accelerated and unconsciousness will occur), serious allergic reactions are rare.

In addition, drug allergies do not necessarily occur or are discovered in childhood. Some people become allergic to certain drugs when their physical constitution changes in adulthood. Also, being allergic to certain drugs now does not mean that you will be allergic to these drugs for the rest of your life. Children with allergic constitutions are usually more likely to suffer from drug allergies than the average person. As for drugs that are more likely to cause allergies, they include penicillin, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, etc.