Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ian Paul, he polopeka o ka pediatrics ma Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, he mea hilahila i nā mākua ke nānā aku i kā lākou mau keiki i ka wā a lākou e ʻu ai, e ʻū ana, a e makaʻala i ka pō, no laila hāʻawi lākou iā lākou i ka lāʻau anu kahiko maikaʻi. A ʻo ka pinepine o kēia lāʻau i "hoʻāʻo ʻia" e nā mākua ponoʻī, ʻo lākou iho i lawe i kēia mau lāʻau, a maopopo lākou e kōkua ia i ke keiki e lanakila i ka maʻi.
Ua nānā ka poʻe noiʻi i ka ʻikepili e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka counter-counter, runny a me nā lāʻau anu, a inā paha e hōʻeha lākou.
"Ke hopohopo mau nei nā mākua no ka hana ʻino ʻana a pono lākou e hana i kekahi mea," wahi a Kauka Mieke van Driel, ʻo ia ke kumu aʻoaʻo o ka hana maʻamau a me ke poʻo o ka hui mālama olakino mua ma ke Kulanui o Queensland ma Australia.
Hoʻomaopopo pono ʻo ia i ka wikiwiki o nā mākua i ka ʻimi ʻana i mea e hoʻopau ai i ka ʻeha o kā lākou mau keiki. Akā, pōʻino, he liʻiliʻi loa nā hōʻike e hana maoli nā lāʻau lapaʻau. A hōʻoia ka noiʻi i kēia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dr van Driel e ʻike nā mākua he kiʻekiʻe ka pilikia o nā keiki mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia mau lāʻau. Ua kūʻē mua ka Food and Drug Administration i kēlā me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā keiki ma lalo o 6 mau makahiki. Ma hope o ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o nā mea hana i nā huahana i kūʻai ʻia no nā pēpē a hoʻololi i nā lepili i ʻōlelo e kūʻē i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i nā keiki liʻiliʻi, ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi i kahi hāʻule o ka helu o nā keiki e hōʻea ana i nā lumi pilikia ma hope o nā pilikia me kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO nā pilikia he hallucinations, arrhythmias a me kahi pae depressive o ka ʻike.
I ka wā e pili ana i ka ihu a i ʻole ka maʻi e pili ana i ke anu, e like me ka Pediatrics and Community Health Doctor Shonna Yin, "ʻo kēia mau hōʻailona ke kaupalena ʻia." Hiki i nā mākua ke kōkua i kā lākou mau keiki ʻaʻole ma ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, akā ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka wai nui a me ka meli i nā keiki nui. Hiki i nā hana ʻē aʻe ke komo i ka ibuprofen no ke kuni a me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ihu paʻakai.
"Ua hōʻike kā mākou noiʻi 2007 no ka manawa mua i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka meli ma mua o ka dextromethorphan," wahi a Kauka Paul.
ʻO Dextromethorphan kahi antitussive i loaʻa i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me Paracetamol DM a me Fervex. ʻO ka laina lalo, ʻaʻohe mea hōʻike e hiki i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke mālama i kekahi o nā hōʻailona o ke anu.
Mai ia manawa mai, ua hōʻike nā haʻawina ʻē aʻe e hoʻomaha ka meli i ka ʻū a me nā pilikia hiamoe e pili ana. Akā ʻo ka nectar agave organik, ma kahi ʻē aʻe, he hopena placebo wale nō.
ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻia nā haʻawina e kōkua nā mea hoʻopau i ka maʻi ʻaʻa i nā keiki i ka emi ʻana a i ʻole nā antihistamines a me nā decongestants e kōkua iā lākou e hiamoe maikaʻi. ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki ke kōkua i ke keiki me ka ihu kahe mai ka maʻi ʻaʻai kau, ʻaʻole ia e kōkua i ke keiki hoʻokahi i ke anu. He ʻokoʻa nā ʻōnaehana kumu.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Paul, ʻoiai no nā keiki ʻōpio a me nā ʻōpio, ʻaʻole ikaika ka hōʻike no ka maikaʻi no ka nui o nā lāʻau anu, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka lawe ʻana i nā ʻano kiʻekiʻe.
Ke hana nei ʻo Dr. Yin i kahi papahana i kākoʻo ʻia e FDA no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka lepili a me nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi no ka lāʻau ʻau a me ke anu a nā keiki. Pioloke mau nā mākua e pili ana i nā pae makahiki o ka lāʻau i manaʻo ʻia, nā mea hoʻoikaika kino, a me nā mea hoʻohana. ʻO ka nui o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau i loaʻa i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole, e like me nā mea hoʻopau i ka ʻū, nā antihistamines, a me nā mea hōʻeha ʻeha.
"Ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo nei au i nā mākua he anu kēia, ʻo ke anu he maʻi hiki ke hele, loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻōnaehana pale e mālama iā ia. A ma kahi o hoʻokahi pule, "wahi a Kauka van Driel.
Ke haʻi mau nei kēia mau kauka i nā mākua i nā mea e mālama ai, e kamaʻilio ana e pili ana i nā hōʻailona e hōʻike ana he mea ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi ma mua o ke anu maʻamau. Pono e noʻonoʻo pono i nā pilikia hanu i loko o kahi keiki, no laila e nānā pono ke keiki e hanu wikiwiki ana a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ma mua o ka maʻamau. Pono ʻoe e hele i ke kauka inā loaʻa ʻoe i ke kuni a me nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi maʻi, e like me ke anu a me ka ʻeha kino.
ʻO nā keiki me ke anu i ʻike ʻole i kēia mau hōʻailona, ma ka mea ʻē aʻe, pono lākou e ʻai a inu, hiki ke paʻa a maʻalahi i nā mea hoʻowalewale, e like me ka pāʻani.
A hiki i kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe o mākou mau mea lapaʻau maikaʻi no ke anu, a ʻo ka mālama ʻana i kahi keiki me kahi mea hiki ke kūʻai manuahi ʻia ma kahi lāʻau lapaʻau he pilikia loa.
"Inā hāʻawi ʻoe i ka ʻike i ka poʻe a haʻi iā lākou i ka mea e manaʻo ai, ʻae pinepine lākou ʻaʻole pono lākou i ka lāʻau lapaʻau," hoʻopau ʻo Dr. van Driel.
No laila, inā ʻaʻu wale kāu keiki a kihe wale, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hāʻawi iā ia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hāʻawi iā ia i ka wai kūpono, ka meli a me ka ʻai maikaʻi. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona ʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka ʻū a me ka ihu kahe, e ʻike i kāu kauka.