Acute poisoning in children

Poisons refer to substances that act on the human body in various forms and dosages under certain conditions, produce harmful biological reactions and pathological changes that cause serious damage to the body's functions, and even endanger life, including chemicals, drugs, plants, and Gas, etc. After the poison enters the human body, it can cause a series of symptoms of poisoning, tissue metabolism and organ dysfunction after interacting with body fluids and tissues in the body. In severe cases, it can lead to death or lifelong disability. A series of life-threatening pathophysiological changes and corresponding symptoms due to ingestion of poisons are called poisoning. Acute poisoning is manifested within hours to days after ingestion of poison. Any substance that can cause poisoning is considered a poison. The range of poisons is wide. Some poisons are severely toxic to the human body, such as cyanide and organic phosphorus. Other poisons are toxic only under certain conditions, such as food, drugs, vitamins, and oxygen. These toxicants do not have toxicological properties in normal times, and they only become toxic after being used in excess or interacting with other substances. Acute poisoning is one of the common emergencies in pediatrics. It is most common in children with ingestion poisoning, and it is more common in children aged 1 to 5 years. Because young children have a certain ability to move, but lack cognitive ability and life experience, and lack of awareness of the harm of certain poisons and drugs, the incidence of poisoning is higher in this age group. In the literature, although the incidence of poisoning groups under 5 years of age is relatively high, most of them are unintentional poisoning. The dose of poisoning substances they consume is not large, and the types of poisons are single. Their mortality is lower than that of adolescents. Some of them take self-harmful poisons in the presence of mental depression or mental disorders, and the doses are usually large, and the mortality is relatively high. When children are taken to the hospital after being poisoned, they often encounter medical records where the parents of the sick child cannot accurately provide the type of poison and the history of the poison intake, so that no targeted detoxification measures can lead to the death of the sick child in a short time. Therefore, parents should provide poisons as much as possible when facing acute poisoning. In addition, even for suspected poisoning, treatment should be given as early as possible to fight for rescue time, avoid further worsening of poisoning, reduce and reduce mortality and sequelae.

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