Camphor pill is used for antisepsis and insect control. It has many chemical components and cannot be eaten. If children eat by mistake, they should be sent to the hospital for gastric lavage immediately. About how to use camphor pill and how to treat it by mistake, let's take a look.
Is camphor pill edible
Camphor pills are not to be eaten.
Camphor belongs to the Lauraceae plant, which can excite the central nervous system. Excessive consumption may cause epilepsy and convulsion. In addition, naphthalene and p-dichlorobenzene in camphor are pesticide products, which have strong toxicity. Naphthalene will be metabolized into naphthol and naphthoquinone in vivo, resulting in hemolysis, which will damage the internal organs and digestive tract; PCB will damage the kidney and disturb the urinary system in vivo. So camphor pills can't be eaten.
What about camphor pill
The children should take the following measures after taking camphor pills:
Vomiting
When children eat camphor pills by mistake, they should drink warm boiled water, tea and egg white, and at the same time, they should oppress their tongue root or stimulate their throat to induce vomiting.
gastric lavage
After emesis, they should be sent to the hospital immediately for gastric lavage treatment. Warm boiled water or 0.5% - 1% activated carbon suspension should be used for gastric lavage. After gastric lavage, the gastric lavage solution should be completely sucked out to avoid increasing the absorption of camphor pills.
recovery
After gastric lavage, you should take egg white, starch paste or rice paste to relieve gastrointestinal pressure. Avoid taking milk and foods with high fat content within three hours to avoid accelerating the absorption of camphor pills. After gastric lavage, you can't eat food temporarily. You should wait 3-5 days to eat liquid food mainly including milk, noodle soup, porridge, etc. you can eat other food when the condition is better, but you should try to be light until it is completely recovered.
Is camphor pill harmful to children
Camphor pills are harmful to children. Compared with adults with complete liver detoxification function, they will not have a great impact on the small amount of camphor pills, but children are different.
1. The liver detoxification function in children is insufficient, the spleen and stomach are weak, and the red blood cells are mostly lack of enzyme. Once children eat camphor pills by mistake or wear clothes that have been contacted with camphor pills, naphthol decomposed by naphthalene component in synthetic camphor pills is easy to enter the red blood cells of children, and the red blood cells are damaged, and hemolytic jaundice is easy to appear.
2. The p-dichlorobenzene in the synthetic camphor pill will damage the nervous system of the child and affect the central nerve of the child. Due to the weak digestion and detoxification ability of children's spleen and stomach, once the p-dichlorobenzene in the synthetic camphor pill is absorbed by children, it is easy to excite children's central nervous system, produce hyperactivity, dizziness, headache, etc., affect children's brain function and intellectual development.
How to avoid camphor pill for children
Place the camphor pill out of the reach of children, such as high in the cupboard, or seal it. Or use other products instead of camphor pill, such as xiangmuzhu, bamboo charcoal bag, water absorption silica gel dehumidifier, etc.
Notes on using camphor pill
1. The clothes of pregnant women and children do not use camphor pills, so as not to endanger the health of pregnant women and children.
2. Do not use camphor pill in underwear to avoid infection.
3. The space of camphor pill is ventilated from time to time.
4. Put the camphor pill at a high place to avoid the touch of children.
5. See the ingredients label clearly when purchasing, and avoid purchasing products containing naphthalene and p-dichlorobenzene.
6. Avoid direct contact between camphor pill and clothes, and do not put camphor pill directly in clothes.
7. Adult clothes that have been exposed to camphor pills should be separated from children's clothes.