The immune system of infants and young children is not yet fully developed. At this time, their adaptability and resistance to temperature changes in the environment and surrounding bacteria and viruses are very weak. Therefore, many times, they have a higher chance of contracting diseases and developing them faster. This makes it impossible to use antibiotics that have different effects on the body. So, what are the hazards of antibiotics to infants?
What are the hazards of antibiotics to infants
1. Different types of antibiotics can potentially damage the cartilage tissue of babies, such as causing hearing loss in infants and young children, while others may cause poor blood flow due to the suppression of bone marrow, leading to blood related diseases. In addition, antibiotics have a great impact on the hearing and vision of infants and young children, which can easily cause hearing loss or blindness.
2. Antibiotics may also cause disruption of the baby's bacterial community, leading to partial dysfunction of the baby's internal bodily functions.
3. There are a large number of bacteria in the baby's body, which maintain a harmonious state through mutual exclusion and dependence, ensuring the normal operation of the baby's internal functions and the stability of the internal environment. After antibiotics enter the baby's body, they will kill all harmful and beneficial bacteria in the baby's body, leading to the disorder and imbalance of the bacterial community.
Which diseases in babies do not require antibiotic treatment
1. In most cases, antibiotics are not necessary for the common cold unless it is secondary or complicated by bacterial infection. Attention should be paid to encouraging children to drink more water and rest, rather than adding antibiotics.
2. Allergic cough or post infection cough generally do not require the use of antibiotics.
3. Summer heat is a unique disease in infants and young children, characterized by long-term fever, thirst, excessive drinking, polyuria, and sweating in clinical practice. Summer fever has strict seasonality and should be distinguished from fever caused by other diseases.
4. Non bacterial diarrhea is generally divided into infectious and non infectious types. Non infectious diarrhea caused by allergies, improper diet, indigestion, medication use, weather changes, etc. does not require antibiotic treatment.
Although antibiotics are a good prescription for treating many viruses and bacteria in adults, it is important to avoid excessive use of drugs for infants and young children who are still in the stage of growth and development. Otherwise, while other diseases may harm the body, the effects of drugs may also have adverse effects on the body.
