The drug "Cinnarizine" for newborns: indications for use

The appearance of a child in the family is a great joy andgreat responsibility. Parents should do everything necessary to ensure that the baby grew up healthy. Newborn children often get sick because of still immature immunity. They are prone to diseases, the diagnosis of which is very difficult. Sometimes in babies such pathology as increased intracranial pressure occurs. It is necessary to treat it primarily because the progression of the disease can lead to a dangerous consequence - a dropsy of the brain and a delay in mental development.

The main symptoms of increased cerebral pressure inNewborn children - an increase in the size of the head, refusal to eat, frequent regurgitation and vomiting - are very dangerous. When they appear, the child should be shown to the pediatrician.

In most cases, for the treatment of increasedintracranial pressure in children is prescribed the drug "Cinnarizin", first tested in a pharmaceutical laboratory by all known Johnson & Johnson Corporation and for the last fifty years successfully used as a vasodilator and antihistamine in the treatment of diseases associated with blood circulation disorders.

Give "Cinnarizin" babe can only beinstructions of the doctor and in the dose strictly prescribed to them. According to the instructions for use, this medication can be administered to children who have reached the age of five. It is not surprising that his appointment to a child at the age of several months can be very troubling to a young mother. In such a case, the specialist should explain to the alarmed woman the need to treat her child with this medication.

Some medicines mayto be assigned to small children, but only in cases when the benefits of treatment are significantly greater than all possible risks (for example, the occurrence of side effects) for the child. There is a separate group of diseases, the treatment of which is most successful before the child reaches the age of one year. The drug "Cinnarizin" for newborns is recommended for delayed mental development, increased intracranial pressure, and also for preventive purposes.

The drug "Cinnarizin" is released inform of tablets and is taken as prescribed by the doctor inside 10 minutes after eating. Dosage of the drug is calculated strictly individually depending on the disease. The daily dose of the medicine "Cinnarizine" for infants usually does not exceed 1/2 tablet. The course of treatment lasts no more than four weeks.

Most babies are given a medicinalthe remedy is very well tolerated. Its side effects (skin rash, drowsiness) are observed, as a rule, very rarely. Contraindication to the use of the drug "Cinnarizine" for newborns is the presence in the child of congenital liver diseases, intolerance of the main medicinal component.

At present, a largechildren of infants received encephalopathy. This disease, implying the presence of dystrophic processes in the child's brain. The basis of it is a violation of cerebral circulation, which arises from congenital anomalies of brain development, traumas of the skull obtained directly at the time of birth, the presence of abnormalities in the work of internal organs, etc. Treatment of encephalopathy is carried out with the use of drugs that have a positive effect on brain metabolism: "Piriditol", "Cerebrolysin", "Cavinton". The drug "Cinnarizine" for newborn children in this case is assigned only if there are special indications. Diagnosis of the disease consists in carrying out a computer tomography of the child's brain, electroencephalography, blood test, cerebrospinal fluid and urine. The prognosis of treatment is favorable in most cases.

Many adult diseases that occur in the earlychildhood, can cause serious harm to the child's body, which has not yet fully formed. Therefore, one should not prescribe treatment to one's own child alone. A young inexperienced mother, who read horrible stories in the relevant forums, should not panic when establishing a specific diagnosis for her child, when prescribing treatment with the drug "Cinnarizin". It is very dangerous for newborns to increase intracranial pressure, but this pathology is successfully eliminated with timely access to a specialist. In addition, it should be remembered that a qualified doctor will never prescribe a drug to a child that can cause significant harm to his health and development.