When the baby has a fever, the parents are very anxious and wish to reduce the fever immediately.
Driven by anxiety, many parents will use some [folk remedies for reducing fever], which is risky.
Today we are going to talk about a kind of [enema to reduce fever] that many people are superstitious about.
Can enema reduce fever be used for children? Is it really as effective and harmless as the propaganda?
Enema to reduce fever is not recognized at all.
The so-called enema to reduce fever is to inject liquid or drugs into intestinal canal through anus to achieve the purpose of reducing fever.
Many people confuse enema to reduce fever with enema therapy. In fact, these are two concepts.
Enema therapy does exist in pediatrics, but it is usually used to relieve static convulsion, clean before surgery, and have some special examinations or treatments, which do not involve fever reduction.
Enema to reduce fever is a method of reducing fever without scientific basis, which has not been recognized in various authoritative guidelines or materials.
Not only that, in reality, there are various [drugs] used to reduce fever by enema for children, including ice water, cephalosporin antibiotics, favorable bavirin, dexamethasone, and even honeysuckle, bupleurum root, isatis root and Xiyan equality.
If these medicines go down and are directly absorbed by the rectum, the child may quickly reduce fever. However, the other side of the rapid reduction of fever is a safety risk that cannot be ignored.
How many pits is there in the seemingly safe and green enema fever reduction method?
Some so-called [doctors] will tell parents: enema reduces fever, does not undergo liver metabolism, and has no side effects.
This statement is wrong. When drugs are injected into the rectum and the effective ingredients are absorbed, they all enter the blood. Most of them are metabolized by the liver, not only by oral administration.
In fact, unreliable enema to reduce fever is a big pit for children.
Improper operation is easy to damage intestinal mucosa.
The child’s intestinal canal is very fragile. If the enema is not properly operated, the intestinal mucosa will be damaged in light cases, and intestinal hemorrhage, perforation and even life danger will be caused in heavy cases.
Including pouring ice water to children, although it can have the effect of rapid cooling in the short term, it will bring great pain to children. It is estimated that even adults cannot accept such treatment.
Moreover, it is pointed out in the relevant guidelines that ice-water enema can cause chills, vasoconstriction, energy consumption and more serious discomfort in children, and is generally not recommended.
If the dosage is not well controlled, liver injury may be caused.
In addition, pediatric medication has its particularity, and the dosage of drugs needs to be accurately calculated according to the child’s weight.
Enema administration is not easy to control the dosage, and the drug instructions do not indicate the standard dosage of rectal medication. We cannot accurately judge how much the child has absorbed. Together, these factors can easily lead to organ damage such as liver, kidney and heart of the child.
In 2018, there were news reports that a half-year-old child suffered from multiple organ damage, acute renal failure and even dialysis due to enema to reduce fever.
Originally it was only a small fever, but a child and a family were destroyed by the wrong fever reduction method…….
It may lead to flora imbalance and even anaphylactic shock.
Enema may also lead to intestinal normal flora imbalance, intestinal infection. Even anaphylactic shock may occur, because the ingredients used are too complex. For example, cephalosporin antibiotics, ribavirin, dexamethasone, and honeysuckle, bupleurum, isatis root, Xiyan equality, and also do not do antibiotic skin test directly used.
These drugs are not antipyretic drugs at all. Not only can they not be enema, but they need to be cautious both orally and intravenously.
In short, enema has a high risk of reducing fever. Parents must treat it with caution and never play with it.
We have safer and more reliable antipyretics available, such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen, which are safe and effective.
However, it seems that [green and healthy] enema is not so safe to reduce fever, so don’t harm the child for a temporary effect.