Fact: Baby Aspirin Can Be Deadly For Feverish Children

Most of the time children are diagnosed with fever due to a viral or bacterial infection. It acts as a body defense mechanism to help them overcome this infection. Yet, fever can be dangerous so it’s so important to give antipyretic medication to control the fever. Aspirin is one of the most famous antipyretics.

However, it can be DEADLY for children. It was proven that administrating aspirin during a viral infection can cause Reye’s Syndrome aka Gray Baby syndrome, which is fatal.

To avoid such a hazardous effect, play it safe by only using Paracetamol (Panadol) or Ibuprofen as your antipyretic and if the child is asthmatic you’d better use Paracetamol (Panadol) only, as Ibuprofen may aggravate the asthma.

Well, as funny as it may sound, think of the feverish child as a hollow tube which you want to keep it cool by hydrating from the inside and cold compress from the outside.