Every year exceeds 500 000 juveniles to present the medicine bad reaction in U.S.A.

Every year exceeds 500,000 juveniles to present the medicine bad reaction in U.S.A.
A newest investigation which the children's hospital of Boston of special despatch country does reveals on September 27 in www.xinhuanet.com Chicago, every year exceeds 500,000 children to present medicine bad reaction and side effect in U.S.A., among them some patients are badly sick, need seeking medical advice, even hospital treatment.
The children's hospital of Boston has studied during 1995 the American juvenile to the national data that the clinic or emergency ward sought medical adviced, found finally, during this time, every young figure that went to a doctor because of the medicine bad reaction was basically steady, it is 58 on average. 59,220,000 people.
Research reveals, the infant less than 5 years old is most prone to the medicine bad reaction, the proportion accounts for 43% of the total number, secondly it is 15 years old to the 18 -year-old teenager, the proportion is 23%. Side effects that prescribed medicine such as penicillin and some other antibiotic initiate are most, including rash, have a stomachache, suffer from diarrhoea,etc..
Researchers say, though there is no death case in the existing data, but 5% of the patients need hospital treatment.
Director Cohan of a medicines security centre in U.S.A. says, the infant will often go wrong while taking the liquid medicine. The dosage that the liquid medicine is taken can be calculated according to units such as dripping, teaspoon, ml,etc., and parents think unit these be can use interchangeablied, so doctor must want, make with parents clear how about take the liquid medicine correctly by mistake.
Researchers say too, there " the administration may present the allergic response for the first time " on marking Medicine,it is take care extremely not to want parents,tell parents side effect symptom where the a medicines new might present for responsibility too doctors.
This result of study is published on " pediatrics magazine " of October.
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