Smecta for newborns is one of the best remedies for treating gastrointestinal upsets in a child. You can give it to children without fear, because this drug is a completely natural absorbent made from refined clay.
At what age can I give
Almost from birth. After all, this medicine does not penetrate the walls of blood vessels into the blood, but passes through the digestive tract and is completely removed from the child's body. It protects the mucous membranes of the intestinal wall and stomach, relieves cramps, eliminating pain and discomfort, and removes manifestations of diarrhea. Passing through the gastrointestinal tract, Smecta absorbs toxins and pathogenic bacteria and removes them from the body. The absorbent properties of this drug are quite strong. Useful microflora remains and continues to work. Therefore, Smecta is also used as a prophylactic against dysbiosis.
Indications for use:
- The child has loose stools (diarrhea);
- The baby often spits up;
- With manifestations of allergies;
- With bloating, intestinal colic, flatulence;
- If you have problems with the intestines with the introduction of new products;
- With dysbiosis (about dysbiosis);
- In case of poisoning.
Dosage
The instructions for use say that for children from birth until they reach the age of one year, it is enough to give 1 sachet. Its contents for a child up to three months old can be diluted with milk or a mixture, for older babies - boiled water (100 ml per sachet). The resulting suspension is taken in equal portions (approximately 20 to 25 ml) in several doses (3-4 times). If the baby has severe poisoning, vomiting, diarrhea, you can increase the dose to 2 sachets in the first day after the disease. In total, the drug is taken with a course of at least three, a maximum of seven days. Longer use of absorbent contraindicated!
How to give
- If other medications are prescribed for the child, they should be given either 2 hours before or 2 hours after taking Smecta. This is due to the absorbent properties of the drug, because of which the effect of other drugs will be greatly weakened;
- Do not exceed the dose of medication indicated in the instructions, otherwise the baby may experience constipation;
- The drug can be given crumbs, pouring into a bottle. If he does not want to suck an unusual suspension, you can use a syringe to give medicine, removing the needle from it beforehand. Older babies are given medicine from a spoon;
- How to dilute - so that the resulting suspension is uniform, pour the powder into a warm liquid with a thin stream, constantly mixing;
- During treatment, it is necessary to give the baby drink warm boiled water as much as possible.
Contraindications
You can not use the indicated medicine for severe constipation, bowel obstruction, with manifestations of an allergy to this drug, with its intolerance to the child's body.
When starting treatment for your baby, remember that a pediatrician should prescribe the medicine. After all, even such an ideal absorbent as Smecta is not suitable for everyone. Therefore, self-treatment is not worth it.
More about medicines for the smallest:
Complete first aid kit list (composition of the first-aid kit for a newborn baby)
List of popular cure for constipation;
Cure for colic for babies.
What is Smecta and how to use it, I write from my own experience. The first time she encountered Smecta, when her daughter was 6 years old and she was poisoned with bananas, a doctor was called and he advised to buy Smecta, dilute it with water and drink the child. After a day, everything returned to normal! Since then, Smecta has always been in the home medicine cabinet and I always take it with me on the road, I have more than once helped out in Turkey!
My son, under one year old, was prescribed Smecta three times: diarrhea, allergy, and once in case of poisoning. The child did not want to take this drug in any of the listed ways. In the first appointment, we have not yet introduced complementary foods and I gave him a spoon and of course I couldn’t drink a whole bag. It turned out no more than half the prescribed dose, but this was quite enough. When we introduced the lure, I began to mix it with the curd, but we also did not eat the recommended dose.