To administer antipyretics such as paracetamol or ibuprofen, parents are actually doing with the disease extends guarantees a new guide of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
A new guide conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics advises parents not to give medication to children when they are with low fevers, since fever is a natural defense mechanism of the body and not a disease in itself. When administering antipyretics such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen, parents are, in fact, to cause the disease extends .
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, quoted by the Telegraph, parents give medications to children with too much regularity, when they have only a mild fever or do not have all of fever. In addition, many times, paracetamol or ibuprofen doses are administered incorrectly. According to the authors of the guide, one of the most common mistakes is to give children doses that are recommended for adults. In other cases, if the children are small for their age, you can also get too high doses, even if the parents follow the instructions.
The guide also notes that family doctors too often advise parents to administer antipyretics to children when, in most cases, the situation does not justify it. Instead, the American Academy of Pediatrics states that doctors should "help parents understand that fever does not jeopardize the health of children." " It should be emphasized that the fever is not a disease but actually a physiological mechanism that has beneficial effects in fighting infection ."