Be careful, this product causes the most accidental poisonings in children

THE domestic accidents There are main cause of hospitalization of children. This happens very often due to everyday products, from household products to medicines and heating appliances.

In a study, published on Wednesday 24 April, the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES) and French Public Health analyzed various data from Poison Control Centers (CAP). Looking at emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths from 2014 to 2020, they ranked the most frequent accidental poisonings in children.

Everyday products are the main source of serious poisoning

• Wash

The product that causes the most poisonings is laundryand especially liquid laundry detergents, which children sometimes swallow. And this, “ despite a halving of these poisonings thanks to the mandatory European measures adopted since 2015″ANSES specifies in its press release.

• Drug

In second place come drugs, such asibuprofen, aspirin and paracetamol, antidepressants, or even anxiolytics, which are responsible for this frequent and serious poisonings in children under six years. Medicines for the cardiovascular system are also affected.

ANSES also reveals that children can be poisoned by carbon monoxide at home and are particularly vulnerable. This can be produced in case of improper use of heating appliances. This is also the main cause of admission to intensive care for children under one year of age.

Another curious cause of poisoning, ingestion of cannabis. The study reveals that accidents increased between 2014 and 2020, especially among children under one year old. The resuscitation rate completely doubled among children under six, going from 5% to 11%.

But the study includes button batteries among the small objects that are particularly dangerous if ingested, because they cause potentially fatal esophageal lesions for children.

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